[compost_tea] Re: compost application

From: Linda <wormwomantwo_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 01:29:34 -0000

Tim,


1/8" = .125 inches

1 acre or 43,560 sq ft X 0.125 = 5445 cu ft

5445 divided by 27 cu ft per yard = 201 cubic yards

That certainly would be more than 2 tons! more like 100 tons?




Linda






--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, timfelegy_at_a... wrote:
> Lets say that your compost weighed 1,000 pounds per cubic yard,
that would mean 4,000 pounds or 2 tons, your thickness would be
approximately 1/8th of an inch over an acre of land.
>
> So I would recommend that you use much more than 2 tons.
>
> Tim Felegy
> Alaska Humus Company


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