wood ash

[dvmcmrhp52]

Wood ash in conjunction with corn meal or cracked corn?
Any recommendations as to application of ash before or after corn meal or cracked corn or does it not make a difference?
Any inhibiting factors here?
Both easy to come by....Just thinking.....

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

As far as I know, both go on at the same time.

Wood ash is very alkaline - I assume you knew that. If you have acid soil, that's fine. If you live in Texas, there are other sources of potassium.

[dvmcmrhp52]

Most of our soils tend to be acidic but I should probably do a quick check.Thanks.What other sources of potassium are readily available?

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

Check out the info at

http://www.primalseeds.org/npk.htm

Note that the ash of almost anything is high in potassium (potash).

[dvmcmrhp52]

Thanks dchall,I thought maybe you had something else in mind,I have printed that page and it is a good reference.(it was on another thread somewhere.)

[CT John]

Can anyone offer an explanation of leached vs. unleached wood ash in that list of materials in that link?

[Dchall_San_Antonio]

Leaching is the water soaking process that removes lye (sodium hydroxide) from wood ash. It is possible you might find a source of wood ash with the lye removed I suppose.

[dvmcmrhp52]

My brother and I as well as others heat with wood,so we have a pretty good supply of ash to start.My question would be on the leaching aspects of it.Any ideas how to reasonably do this on a scale that would be somewhat productive?