Fw: by weight vs. by volume/ Manure Ad??????

---

• To: <p*@athenet.net>
• Subject: Fw: by weight vs. by volume/ Manure Ad??????
• From: "* A* <c*@value.net>
• Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1997 19:35:30 -0800

Tim,

Here is something else you may want to consider and remember, ask 10
pumpkin growers the same question, you will more often than not get 10
different answers!

Chris A.
Moraga, Calif.
----------
> From: Ellen Levy Finch <elf@xs.com>
> To: compost@listproc.wsu.edu
> Subject: Re: by weight vs. by volume
> Date: Monday, October 14, 1996 3:03 PM
> 
> >... you should use equal parts of brown and green -- BY WEIGHT, not
> >by volume. This will give you about a 3:1 ratio of carbon to nitrogen,
which
> >is what you want.
> 
> Unless you research the carbon:nitrogen ratio of the particular
ingredients
> you're using, it's a guess as to how many parts of each, by weight, you
> need to mix in to get the 3:1 ratio.
> 
> Most backyard composters don't want to do this kind of research and have
a
> tough time weighing the material anyway.  We've found that, for backyard
> composting, mixing equal parts BY VOLUME is quite sufficient, much
easier,
> much less intimidating.
> 
> Whatever works.
> 
> -ellen
> 
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>    Ellen Levy Finch, Master Composter                           
elf@xs.com
>    at Finchester Mystery House, Campbell, CA
>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--.
> 
> 

• Prev by Date: F&AM
• Next by Date: Forgot to copy the rest of you (Manure Ad...???)
• Prev by thread: F&AM
• Next by thread: Fw: by weight vs. by volume/ Manure Ad??????