Some of the rarest flowers in the Southeast depend on it" got me because my dumb ass almost killed a store-bought orchid last year by giving it too much water. I always figured fire was the enemy of anything green, so finding out some plants literally need to be roasted to pop up is wild. Guess my overwatering was the wrong kind of chaos for em.

Wait, you're telling me I'm not the only one who held onto a bucket of old ash from a chimney job for way too long? lol I feel personally attacked right now, because I had the same exact thing sitting in my garage for years, just covered in dust and stale memories. You're totally right though, that stuff is basically a hazard, and I remember the dumb reason I kept it was because my old boss said it was "lucky" or something. I finally tossed it last spring and honestly, my back and my lungs are doing way better with the new gear. I get the stories, but I'd rather tell them from a chair that doesn't hurt to sit in.