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Re: How much does a pound of 10-10-10 weigh????

R. Carson wrote:
>
> I need to fertilize my corn and have a forty pound bag of 10-10-10 garden
> fertilizer in my garage.  The bag states that 1 pound of fertilizer covers
> 100 square feet.  Since each  4 X 4 garden square equals 16 square feet I
> want to apply a little less than 1/4  pound of fertilizer per square (i.e.
> 1 pound fertilizer per 100 sq ft = 1/4 pound fertilizer per 25 sq ft).
>
> I have no way of weighing fertilizer.  Does anyone have a suggestion for
> how much fertilizer to apply to get the recommended application rate?  How
> much is 1/4 pound of fertilizer??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron ( From sunny South Carolina, but I'm not too bright)

Hi Ron,

I Remember from school (which was a long time ago) that "a pint is a
pound the world around". That means a pound is 16 oz and a 1/4 pound
would be 4 oz. So that would be easy to measure with anything that will
hold 4 oz of material.

Don
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