Can I use the ash left over from the barbie?

Can I scatter the ashes left in the bottom tray over the garden or turn it over into the garden with a shovel?
I seem to remember my dad used to do it with our house fire ashes but things may be different with charcoal ashes rather than house-coal ashes?

Thanks

WD

 

What about paper ash?

 

Sorry, I should've been clearer, I'm talking about clean ash, the stuff you can run through your hands and comes out clean, you can then just brush your hands together to remove it off them.

WD

 

@doubleudee Hi, you should only use wood ash or paper in your soil, and you need to make sure that the wood has not been treated or painted. Petroleum products and coal etc. Should not be placed into the soil either. So unless you know the provinence of what you are burning I wouldn't put it the soil.

The trouble with barbeque ash is that there will be large quantities of animal fats from the cooking process also contained , so binning it is a sensible thing.

If the ash is good, then it is a great source of potassium and other minerals for your soil, but be aware it has a liming effect on the soil and will raise the PH and could negatively impact what is growing depending whether it is acid loving or alkaline loving.

 

I used to put all barbeque ash in the compost bin. There was enough creepy crawlies going through that stuff to avoid a mass extinction event.
Not so much nowadays.....have a gas bbq