Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site gypsy.UUCP
Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!siemens!gypsy!tjo
From: tjo@gypsy.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Lilac Fertilizer
Message-ID: <25900010@gypsy.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 16-May-85 13:55:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: gypsy.25900010
Posted: Thu May 16 13:55:00 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 17-May-85 01:37:15 EDT
Lines: 11
Nf-ID: #N:gypsy:25900010:000:431
Nf-From: gypsy!tjo    May 16 13:55:00 1985


A question about lilacs and wood ashes:

Speaking of lilacs, I've heard that wood or charcoal ashes are
especially beneficial as lilac fertilizer.  Aside from the fact 
that potassium is generally good for flowering plants, is there
any particular reason to use ashes for lilacs?

Also, should ashes be just as beneficial to  other deciduous 
flowering shrubs like forsythia, quince, etc?
What about deciduous azaleas (Exburies)?