Dear All Friend, here I attached my figs at Home after Mt. Kelud erupted, is the dust/ash of vulcano can influence to the figs how ever I have cleaned it ? I heard Dust of Vulcano can increase PH of soil ? any suggestion ?

Regard

Aik Djogjakarta INA

 
 
 

 

that is an impressive picture!  I hear that the ashes make the soil more fertile, but have no knowledge of how the immediate effect would be like.  I heard that the wineries in Washington did very well after our saint Hellens went nuts...

I would wash off or dust off the ashes from the fruits and leaves. Hope they continue doing OK.

hope everyone's ok. can you scoop out the top then flush it out?

Mr. Bulllet08 and Grasa, everything is oke, still continued cleaned up :)

I don't know much about this stuff but I was watching on the science or discovery channel a while back about the Avocados and how and where they were grown in Mexico and they said they were grown over ashes of a volcano from long ago. They said the volcano ashes were fertile and the chemistry was just perfect for growing.

Hope that holds true for your figs and good luck.

How far away are you from Mt. Kelud? I read about that earlier today. Good to hear you okay, sounds lika a few were not.  Not in the same league, but how many of you in the Southeast U.S. felt the 4.1 earthquake centered in South Carolina last night. I did in NW GA.

I would try and wash them off, and remove the bulk of the ash from the pots. Not sure of all the affects that the ash will have (pH, etc.) but a small amount (after cleaning and removing as much as possible) wouldn't be a great problem, in my estimation.

Strudeldo, I lived in Yogyakarta (central Java) and Mt Kelud in Kediri District Area (East Java) around 242 km from I lived, Pitangadiego thanks for your advise.

I think the ash will affect the pH of the water in your area which will continue to affect your trees after they are free from ash.

Aik, wash the entire plants with water , specially the leaves ( you have to help them to continue photosynthesis), if leaves left with ash they can dye and hurt the entire plant.

Hi AikDjogja,

Ashes are a fertilizer , in the ground no problem -the rain will wash the ashes away -, but with potted trees like in the photo, it will burn the trees - like any fertilizer if you give too much, you burn the plants.
So yes, it is time to wash the ashes from the leaves and the most of ashes from the inside of the pots.
If you can, keep the ashes in a bucket and distribute them later as a fertilizer ... :)

AikDjogja,
I hope you and your family are safe and fine. Do take care ok.

Norhayati

Hope all is well, be safe.

Wow, what a mess! I hope your friends and family are all OK. Was evacuating an option during the dust settling or does everyone stay and wear some sort of mask? I would guess the ash cloud is pretty wide spread and evacuating isn't an option.

i understand volcanic ash to be alkaline, which should help  figs if mixed into the soil. you need to check this.

good luck.