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sandih
Joined: 04 Apr 2003
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Location: Dallas,TEXAS
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject: looking for the calculation |
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I have a new vegetable bed and besides the normal ammendments I want 6 inches of compost. The bed is 230 sq. feet. I believe the compost bags are sold in 1 cubic foot size (at my nursery). So what is my calcualtion to determine how many bags of compost I would need?
I was never good at math... :oops: |
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Bluestem
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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Location: N. Texas
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| 6 inches of compost sounds like alot. But you need 115 bags. |
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goo0h
Joined: 07 May 2004
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Location: Denton,TEXAS
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| Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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This might be handy:
http://www.soilbuildingsystems.com/CubicYard.php |
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sandih
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| Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:08 am Post subject: |
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We need to raise the bed about 6-8 inches from where it is now. The soil is sandy and almost "dusty" feeling. This is what I did in my previous veggie beds with great success. What do you recommend to raise the soil level if not with compost?
BTW - excellent link to the calculation page. Thanks!! |
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Bluestem
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| Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't know what you were trying to do. Compost will work fine. |
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