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dice · March 17, 2009

[mulching with ash leaves]

This may not be your best choice of mulch materials. Some
kinds of ash trees exude chemicals that are toxic to some other
kinds of plants. I do not know that anything in the leaves of
your particular ash tree will bother tomatoes in particular
(or other vegetables), but there is at least a chance of it:

http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...thic#post91987

If you have some alternative for mulch, then you won't have to
find out whether it is safe to use the ash leaves for that. (You
could still try the ash leaves on one or two plants and see how
they do compared to the plants mulched with something that
you know to be safe, like straw, plastic, shredded paper, etc.)

March 17, 2009	#78
dice Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PNW Posts: 4,743	[mulching with ash leaves] This may not be your best choice of mulch materials. Some kinds of ash trees exude chemicals that are toxic to some other kinds of plants. I do not know that anything in the leaves of your particular ash tree will bother tomatoes in particular (or other vegetables), but there is at least a chance of it: http://www.tomatoville.com/showthrea...thic#post91987 If you have some alternative for mulch, then you won't have to find out whether it is safe to use the ash leaves for that. (You could still try the ash leaves on one or two plants and see how they do compared to the plants mulched with something that you know to be safe, like straw, plastic, shredded paper, etc.) __________________ -- alias