I was wondering if there is any usage for the paper/cardboard ashes that have been burned in my barrel?

I have several flower beds and a compost pile. Which would I benefit most from or any at all?

I was wondering if there is any usage for the paper/cardboard ashes that have been burned in my barrel?
After paper burns, all that is left is ALUMINOSILICATES! Not carbon. Carbon is what got burned away.





Ashes have the same basic composition as clay, but in very fine particles. After all, they were created at a molecular level during combustion. As such, they no longer need any further decomposition. Ashes are a superb fertiliizer. Just think of how quickly the land around Mt. St. Helens recovered after the explosion in the early 1980s. And how fertile the slopes of Mt Vesuvius are in Italy.





Mix the ash in with some potting soil and watch your flower beds eat it up! Happy gardening!
Reply:not gonna matter much.. everything in there is just carbon





id personally put it in my beds.. id probably put it underneath a new plant im putting in





its really just matter thats going to eventually help form more beneficial matter
Reply:Put them into your compost pile. I can't burn where I am, but I do shred up a lot of personal information, in the form of letters and bills. In the fall I add a couple of "shreddings" to my compost, and they are turned into good earth, by spring. My worms seem to like them. I've also buried shredded paper in holes, and then covered it over. As they rot, they become good fertilizer.