Re: Water formula
- To: A*@aol.com, b*@pacific.net, P*@aol.com
- Subject: Re: Water formula
- From: j* j* v* <j*@cornell.edu>
- Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 11:42:54
At 09:57 AM 11/8/97 -0500, AndreaRay@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 97-11-08 01:03:10 EST, brocfarm@pacific.net writes:
>
><< >Water Question,
> > As I recall, a cubic foot of water weighs 62.4 pounds. >>
>
>Excuse me? I could have sworn that a gallon of water weighed 8 pounds ... I
>surely couldn't have been carrying around 4-gallon buckets [1 gallon a little
>less than 4 liters] had they weighed as much as 2 cu. ft. of water at 124.8
>pounds!
>
>Andrea
Check your math and your muscles Andrea. Be careful not to equate one
gallon to one cubic foot. One cubic foot of water is approximately seven
gallons of water which by your formula is 56lbs. Pretty close to what
pumpkinguy says and close enough for our purposes.
Imagine for a 1000sqft. patch about enough for one plant, one inch of rain
equals .6 x 1000 or 600gals of water or 12 fifty gal drums if you don't
have a sprinkler system. Multiply that times 6-8 weeks of growing season.
Now there's a project for the pumpkin thiefs and a four gallon bucket. Send
it to the judge.
Ciao, John
