volcanic ash

Description

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volcanic ash is finely ground volcanic rock. It is rich in silicon in easily absorbable form for plants. Silicon increases crop resistance and resistance to drought, disease and pests. In addition to Silicon, it contains 83 other minerals that together improve the fertility and health of your soil.

Together with organic matter from compost or worm dung, for example, volcanic ash provides a good granular soil structure. Clay soil thus becomes rougher and allows water to pass through better. Sandy soil can retain nutrients and water better, and peat soil is stabilized against decomposition.

To be used for

• Weed control (helps well against moss and horsetail, read more in this blog)
• Pest control (slugs, lice, sprinkle over wetted leaves)
• Natural fertilization (wet spray or cover with worm manure after spreading)
• Diseases (spraying against fungal disease on boxwood)
• Soil structure improvement (mixing with worm manure)
• Control fruit flies in your worm composter (see this article)
• Improve the health of your compost worms and the quality of your worm compost.

Volcanic ash for worm bin

One or two tablespoons of volcanic ash every few weeks is enough to keep the acidity in your wormbin in order.

How much volcanic ash to buy for your (garden)?

How much volcanic ash you should buy depends on the application. And, of course, the size of your garden. Unlike fertilizer, you can’t quickly add too muchvolcanic ash as the minerals are only slowly released. The table below is a guideline.

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