What is the use or benefit of adding Ash to planting in crop production?
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What is the use or benefit of adding Ash to planting in crop production?
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To reduce the acidity of the soil.
Ash is very useful for fertilizers as well as for pest and disease control in farming and gardening.
It’s rich in minerals like calcium, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus which is an essential nutrient for the growth of plants.
These minerals are useful for stimulating the plant ability to adapt and be productive. It helps to strenghthen the stalks of the grain crops in particular.
Ash has been known for insect pest control including a massive problem with imported fall army worms on African maize. Farmers use ashes to attempt to control weevils in saved dry seeds.
Ashes is also high in silicia and arsenic, which is a major defensive plant component against pest and weevils physically and bio hemically.
Hope this helps you.
Try it and observe your farm and let us know the outcome.
I think, that you are not right.