sooty

no its not a glove puppet I found a drum of soot about thirty years old in the potting shed and I thought what should I use this soot on veg or flowers because its been so long ago since I seen my dad using soot on the garden and I've just forgot what one can use soot for

I know soot was used years ago by many gardeners on there allotments so I though I would ask what to use my soot on that is the question?

how did I get my soot well my dad was a part time chimney sweep about five bob a sweep now it cost's me £35.00 quid and no soot 

wood ash is good, but not coal ash

Some of the older gardeners dip the roots their brassica transplants in soot to stop root flies laying their eggs on them. Others put it in a circle round brassicas to stop slugs eating them. It seems to work..

Obviously soot was used a lot in veg gardens, in the past, as the soil in mine is very dark and warms up quickly in spring, compared to the lighter soil outside the gardens.