Anthracite ashes in the garden, that OK?
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Is it ok to spread the ashes in the garden? I've heard both yes and no.......what say you guys???
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Iv read that wood ashes are very good . Not sure if coal ashes contribute anything useful.KozyKingOhio wrote: ↑Tue. Jan. 31, 2023 7:26 pm Is it ok to spread the ashes in the garden? I've heard both yes and no.......what say you guys???
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NOPE!!!!!!!
The ashes contain heavy metals so it is best to put them
in the garbage for weekly pick up.
I dump my ashes in the empty dry coal bags then I bag them
in them up in the HEFTY brand heavy construction garbage bags.
I really miss Jonathan Winters playing Maude in the Hefty commercials.
Sadly, for me John Cena and his beautiful Holstein steer do not come
around to visit and offer investment advice not that I have any money to
invest anyway.
At least I do not have to worry about the wife running into John Cena selling Hefty garbage bags
at the grocery store and one of the junior rug rats sitting in the shopping cart saying dada and
her saying I WISH.
The ashes contain heavy metals so it is best to put them
in the garbage for weekly pick up.
I dump my ashes in the empty dry coal bags then I bag them
in them up in the HEFTY brand heavy construction garbage bags.
I really miss Jonathan Winters playing Maude in the Hefty commercials.
Sadly, for me John Cena and his beautiful Holstein steer do not come
around to visit and offer investment advice not that I have any money to
invest anyway.
At least I do not have to worry about the wife running into John Cena selling Hefty garbage bags
at the grocery store and one of the junior rug rats sitting in the shopping cart saying dada and
her saying I WISH.
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Supposedly, the EPA says that coal ash contains no higher levels of heavy metals than is naturally occurring in soil.
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I wouldn’t know since I’ve never researched this EPA information, but that would be my thoughts as well.
Why would coal, buried deep into the ground, made up of decayed plant life be any different than ash from a tree whose roots pull up nutrients from as deep into the ground and deeper as the tree is tall? One lived recently, the other who knows how long ago, but certainly a long time ago.
The only real difference that I see is one is much further in the ground. One is of rotted plant material under extreme pressures. That’s just from this country boy’s perspective.
Maybe that perspective is highly skewed in the wrong direction, but a way more complicated answer will come from some scientist…and they’ve been under a lot of scrutiny as of late.
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This is very interesting.......I'm still not sure what to do?
I would assume that too much of anything isn't good.
So maybe, to be safe, just spread the ashes on the garden every so many years or so? (Like every 3 years?)
And do soil test, like the farmers do?
I like to hear everyone's reasons, especially when they are total opposite points of view.
I would assume that too much of anything isn't good.
So maybe, to be safe, just spread the ashes on the garden every so many years or so? (Like every 3 years?)
And do soil test, like the farmers do?
I like to hear everyone's reasons, especially when they are total opposite points of view.
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Grew sweet corn last year in coal ash and clay soil and sand mix.
Trash man won't take my ash.
Trash man won't take my ash.
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I noticed a couple different times last year where someone had dumped their ash pan on the side of the road along back roads. I wish they would have thrown it on the ice.