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

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• Subject: Fw: by weight vs. by volume/ Manure Ad??????
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• Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 08:13:18 -0800

Sorry, see attached below from compost listproc!

Chris
 
> 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.
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> > 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
> > 
> >
>
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> >    Ellen Levy Finch, Master Composter                           
> elf@xs.com
> >    at Finchester Mystery House, Campbell, CA
> >
>
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> --.
> > 
> > 

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