BBQ Ashes

[Keleez]

Are BBQ ashes good for your garden? If so, what if the BBQ bricks were pre-treated with lighter fuel?.

[Clanad]

They probably don't harm or help your garden. Thing is, true wood ash, as from a fireplace or such, can help change the pH value of an acidic soil. However, charcoal has already been fired to make the charcoal, leaving little in the way of wood ash. Additionally, if your BBQ charcoal is the briquette style usually sold here in the U.S., not only does it contain the petroleum product for easier ignition, as you suggest, it can contain additional material to form the tidy little bricks and that can be detrimental to your garden. Best to just trash it (after assuring it's stone dead cold)...

[fenultimate]

I agree with previous answer but what they are useful for is making little rings around plants that are attractive to slugs and snails as they are reluctant to cross it.

[Keleez]

Thank you to you both for your answers, i wasn't quite sure if it was safe enough to use and i now know it isn't. As for the ring around plants thats a fab idea as i have built a garden in 6 weeks (with great expense and many hours hard labour) and have been so fustrated at the amount of slugs and snails having dinner parties with my plants lol. Thanks xx