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


Donald Butler wrote:
>
> 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??
> >
>
> 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.
>
>

        This will get you into trouble. A pint of mercury is much heavier than
a cup of water. That said, 4 oz of my 10-10-10 gave me just over 1/8 lb.
Your milage may vary.

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