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Old 21-05-2007, 04:39 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default moisture content in soil

On May 21, 4:06 pm, John McWilliams wrote:
john wrote:
On May 15, 8:58 pm, john wrote:
Could anyone tell me what peat with a 70% moisture content would look
and feel like. I would appreciate any help


John


I found the answer and as no one in this group seems to know I will
explain.


You get completely dry peat and weigh it - say 100g.


You then add water and weigh it again. If it weights 150g it contains
50% water content. If it weights 170g it contains 70% moisture
content.


Simple!


Perhaps simple, but wrong. In your first example, if it weighed 200g,
it'd be at 50% water.

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John McWilliams


Well John

It is really important that i know this so could you explain further.
For 100g of dry peat what would it weight with 70% moisture content?

John