Ashes in compost?

[tomf]

I just got a compost bin and started, I heat with wood and have 2 stoves so I get a bit of ash, would adding this to the compost help it?

[rainbowgardener]

Here's a 4 page discussion we had in the winter about wood ash in compost:

https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20540&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=wood+ash+compost&start=0

It has a link in it to an earlier discussion.

[!potatoes!]

the general upshot being, put a little in if you want, but keep it minimal, and mix it around well, because it tends to cake.

I've seen it recommended to fertilize gooseberries with a bit of wood ash every year - gives a shot of extra K, and (if you burn hardwoods) calcium, without a big N input, since they don't do well with that...do you grow those? perhaps there's something else with similar requirements that you grow...

[Gary350]

I put wood ash from my wood stove in my compost but I don't put in very much. I mix a 5 gallon bucket of organic material with a couple hands full of dirt and a couple hands full of ash. Mix well. I pee it in several times every day until it gets a strong ammonia smell.