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

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• Subject: Re: How much does a pound of 10-10-10 weigh????
• From: R* C* I* <r*@UVI.EDU>
• Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 19:22:25 -0400

At 06:55 AM 5/3/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Donald Butler wrote:
>>
>> R. Carson wrote:
>>
>> 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.

Bill is right. A pint of mercury (or lead, to use a more familiar material)
weighs a lot more than a pount. The formula works for water; unless the
fertilizer has the same density as water (very unlikely) the formula will
not work.

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