Straw ash is most common in the countryside because it is found whenever you cook with fire. Yes, grass ash is the ash left after burning straw. It makes sense to say that grass ash is garbage, but it is not.

1. Grass ash is fertilizer. For farmers who grow leeks, sweet potatoes and other crops, grass ash is the most commonly used thing besides fertilizer. The reason is that grass ash contains a lot of potassium. The most important thing for crops like leeks, sweet potatoes and potatoes to have a high yield is potassium. So for old farmers, grass ash is both cheap and highly productive.

2. Grass ash can prevent hardening. As we all know, crops planted on the same land for too long, coupled with irrational fertilization and irrigation, it is easy to lead to soil sclerosis, which affects the absorption of nutrients and water in the soil by the root system of the crop. For hardened soils, grass ash is perfect. Grass ash dissolves to form an acidic solution. Soil compaction is mostly due to iron fixed in the soil, so by spraying grass ash, the iron in the soil can be dissolved, thus improving soil compaction.

3. Grass ash insecticide and sterilization. No matter what crops you plant, you will worry about pests and diseases. Grass ash has a strong bactericidal and insecticidal effect, so it can be diluted and sprayed on crops to reduce the occurrence of crop pests and diseases, but also by spraying grass ash directly in the soil to reduce the occurrence of underground pests. Grass wood ash can not only act on plants, old farmers in the raising of poultry and livestock can also be sprinkled with some grass wood ash also has a bactericidal insecticidal effect.

4. Do alkaline dumplings. Many regions have the custom of eating alkaline dumplings on Dragon Boat Festival. Nowadays, most people use alkaline noodles to make alkaline dumplings, while in the countryside, grass ash is used to make alkaline dumplings. The grass wood ash used to make alkaline dumplings is not the same as the grass wood ash used for fertilizing, but only the ash from burning straw is used to make alkaline dumplings. Yellow alkaline dumplings taste different.

In fact, in rural areas, grass ash in addition to the above four points there are many functions. I remember when I was a child often because of naughty scratching, adults will be in the wound sprinkled with some grass ash. Bleeding wounds do not take long, because the grass ash bleeding effect is very good. In addition, grass ash can also be used to keep food fresh. In the old days, when there were no refrigerators, people used wood ash to keep food fresh. What other functions do you know about grass wood ash? Feel free to reply and discuss.