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- 1 Wood ash as fertilizer
- 2 Ash alternative to lime
- 3 Ash resists pests and diseases
- 4 Ash stimulates plant growth
- 5 Ash can replace tablets
Ash is the best solution for the supporters of natural farming. Ash contains all the substances necessary for plants, which are scarce in any other natural fertilizers, such as, for example, magnesium, calcium, potassium, sodium.
Wood ash as fertilizer
Ash does not contain nitrogen, and it is not able to replace nitrogen fertilizers, but it contributes to the creation of conditions for nitrogen-fixing bacteria. And unlike non-natural fertilizers, there is absolutely no chlorine in it.
Ash fertilizer
Most of the useful elements are found in the ash of deciduous trees, especially birch. Highest phosphorus content in cereal ash. Sunflower stems contain more potassium. Coniferous ash contains more calcium.
Ash alternative to lime
Ash significantly reduces soil acidity. For this, peat ash is suitable for you. For this, the soil is first loosened, then sprinkled with ash so that it mixes with the upper layers, about 3 glasses per 1 square meter.
Alternative to lime
Ash resists pests and diseases
You can sprinkle ash on the paths of insects, they will not like it. You can also direct the solution and spray the plants with it, this will help against the Colorado potato beetle, for example. You can fight rot and keel, for this you need to make a soap-ash solution and spray the plants with it.
40 grams of laundry soap is dissolved in half a liter of hot water and poured into the ash infusion. Plants can be sprayed at intervals of two weeks, more than once per season.
Spraying
Ash stimulates plant growth
For this purpose, an ash solution is made and the seeds are soaked in it. You can also add ash under the onion tubers, for example. This requires a solution, about 60 grams of ash per 3 liters of water
Ash can replace tablets
Ash can be useful to cope with some ailments, not any, but from oak or aspen. Oak, for example, can help with diarrhea and pressure drops. It should be taken half an hour before meals, three times a day. For this, you need to make a decoction, 4 tablespoons of ash per 1 liter of boiling water and leave to infuse for a day.
Aspen ash, suitable for respiratory diseases and colitis. An infusion is also made, only it costs 10 days. You need to take, three times a day, one hour after meals, a course of treatment, about 2 weeks, do not repeat the course more than 20 days later.
Ash as a folk remedy
