Good morning,

I was going to buy some Cypress mulch and put it in my beds.
The bags contains 2 cubic feet of mulch.
Once I measure the width and length of my beds, how do I determine how
much mulch I will need for a 2 inch layer?

Thanks in advance

length x breadth x depth..........


"RUKind" wrote in message
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Good morning,

I was going to buy some Cypress mulch and put it in my beds.
The bags contains 2 cubic feet of mulch.
Once I measure the width and length of my beds, how do I determine how
much mulch I will need for a 2 inch layer?

Thanks in advance

Multiply length in feet by the width in feet. Then multiply that result by
..167. You will then have cubic feet required for a 2" covering.


"RUKind" wrote in message
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Good morning,

I was going to buy some Cypress mulch and put it in my beds.
The bags contains 2 cubic feet of mulch.
Once I measure the width and length of my beds, how do I determine how
much mulch I will need for a 2 inch layer?

Thanks in advance

"RUKind" wrote in message
...
Good morning,

I was going to buy some Cypress mulch and put it in my beds.
The bags contains 2 cubic feet of mulch.
Once I measure the width and length of my beds, how do I determine how
much mulch I will need for a 2 inch layer?

And people thought those story problems in math class had absolutely no
value...

A cubic foot is 12" x 12" x 12", right? So you can get 6 - 2" layers out of
a cubic foot.

So each bag will give you 2 x 6 = 12 square feet of coverage at 2" deep.

-Tim

On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 04:33:35 -0600, RUKind wrote:

Good morning,

I was going to buy some Cypress mulch and put it in my beds. The bags
contains 2 cubic feet of mulch. Once I measure the width and length of my
beds, how do I determine how much mulch I will need for a 2 inch layer?

Thanks in advance


Good day RUKind. If your beds are more than 90 square feet, I would
suggest that you go to a nursey and buy multch in bulk. It will be much
cheaper for you.

A cubic yard is a 3footx3footx3foot cube with the volume of 36 square
feet. That will spread and cover an area of 108 square feet at three
inches deep. When your estimating your beds, try to add in your plant
space useage. 10 plants x an average of 3 square feet of useage per plant
= 30 square feet that you'll need to subtract from your first bed total.

As far as multch in a bag, 9 bags would make a 1/4 yard of multch that
would cover 25 square feet or so.

Hope that helps......
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A cubic yard is a 3footx3footx3foot cube with the volume of 36 square
feet. That will spread and cover an area of 108 square feet at three
inches deep. When your estimating your beds, try to add in your plant
space useage. 10 plants x an average of 3 square feet of useage per
plant = 30 square feet that you'll need to subtract from your first
bed total.

3*3*3=27 cubic feet. I'm not sure how you got the 36 square feet.


27 * 6 = 162

So each cubic yard of mulch will cover 162 square feet 2 inches deep.

Ozzie