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Allotment Stuff => The Basics => Topic started by: steveuk on March 10, 2008, 12:43:24
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Hi
i need some convertion help if any oldies out there lol.
If my beds are 8' x 4' and i have to sow blood fish and bone dressing which is 4oz o per square yard, can any one work out how much i need, i am having a mentel block sry
thaks
Steve
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One square yard = 9 square feet (ie. 3 feet by 3 feet)
Your beds are 8' by 4' = 32 square feet
32 / 9 = 3 and a half
So you need 3 and a half doses @ 4 oz a time = 14 oz per bed
(Assuming my fingers are still working, that is.... It does sound quite a lot.)
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Hi steve
It's only a rough guide, to stop you emptying the whole box into a hanging basket or something. You know you're going to need a bit less than a pound, or a bit less than half a kilogram so find out what the box of FBB weighed new, guess how full it is now, tip roughly what you think you'll need into a dish or something and sprinkle it over your area, if sprinkle is what they ask you to do. You could always rig up a temporary balance like a seesaw, if you want to be ultra precise, with a bottle of water, using the known fact that a litre of water weighs a kilogram, at one end and your FBB tipped into a container at the other until the two balance. ;D
Geoff.