Our club has 4 tracts of land. Each tract is narrow but nearly a mile long in sort of a pie shape. The first tract is dense hardwoods. The second was clearcut in ' 99 and the third and fourth were clearcut in the fall of 2001. After talking to the owner of the fourth tract Saturday we were informed that her tract would be sprayed, burned, and planted in pines in July. Can you say very large food plot? Anyway, it seems like I remember reading somewhere that wood ashes would raise the pH level. The land is covered with tree limbs and brush so if it' s done right there should be a lot of wood ashes left behind. Does anybody know roughly what effect this will have on the pH level? I plan on discing it in as soon as possible to get the ash mixed in with the soil. How long should I wait to get an accurate soil sample? Thanks in advance.