Is fireplace ash a good soil amendment? If so ,for what plants?

I put my ashes in my compost pile to add potassium but I do not know any more information than that. Sorry. Hopefully someone else around here will have more info for you.

Christina

Never use any high alkaline material like wood ashes or lime on your lawn or garden without a recent soil test first!

Usually most soils east of the Mississippi, tend to be acidic while western states tend to be alkaline. Of course there are always exceptions.

As mentioned, regardless of your native soil structure and pH, composting neutralizes and balances all highly acidic and highly alkaline organic materials, if it is mixed with lots of extra greens and browns, in a highly aerobic composting process.

Check this out too:

http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/orga ... 29354.html

Happy Gardening!