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Can anyone work this out please?
I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it
in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Thanks folks |
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Can anyone work this out please?
On 3 Sep, 02:04, "Ben Short" wrote:
I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Thanks folks Insufficient information. |
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Can anyone work this out please?
"Ben Short" wrote in message ... I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Thanks folks One of those jumbo bags is about 850 kg (see http://www.wickes.co.uk/Sharp-Sand/invt/220081 ) which in the case of sand would equate to a bit over 1 cubic metre (1000 litres). At £45 per bag this works out at £5.62 per 125 litres compared to B&Q's £6.70. HTH R. |
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Can anyone work this out please?
On 3 Sep, 08:32, "Ragnar" wrote:
"Ben Short" wrote in message ... I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Thanks folks One of those jumbo bags is about 850 kg (seehttp://www.wickes.co.uk/Sharp-Sand/invt/220081) which in the case of sand would equate to a bit over 1 cubic metre (1000 litres). *At £45 per bag this works out at £5.62 per 125 litres compared to B&Q's £6.70. HTH R. Are you mad? Sand is much denser than compost, you can't equate the two. Why is he putting horse manure in his bed? |
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A litre is 1000cc, ie 10cm x 10cm x10cm. If you can find out the dimensions of the big bag, you can work out the comparison easily.
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Can anyone work this out please?
Harry. Cubic capacity = volume not weight.
Think a cubic metre of feathers and a cubic metre of sand. Which do you get most of? Kind regards -- .................................... Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday. .................................... "harry" wrote in message ... On 3 Sep, 08:32, "Ragnar" wrote: "Ben Short" wrote in message ... I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Thanks folks One of those jumbo bags is about 850 kg (seehttp://www.wickes.co.uk/Sharp-Sand/invt/220081) which in the case of sand would equate to a bit over 1 cubic metre (1000 litres). At £45 per bag this works out at £5.62 per 125 litres compared to B&Q's £6.70. HTH R. Are you mad? Sand is much denser than compost, you can't equate the two. Why is he putting horse manure in his bed? |
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Can anyone work this out please?
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 02:04:46 +0100, "Ben Short"
wrote: I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. There's a report in the Lancet that some poor old chap caught Legionnaire's disease from his compost heap. He was using a trowel too. He's recovered, luckily. -- (¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯) |
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Can anyone work this out please?
In message , Ben Short
writes I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. A "jumbo bag" is around 1 cubic meter, or 1000 litres, which would make the garden centre stuff cheaper. If you have a use for the jumbo bags (e.g. as compost bins) the balance tilts further - B&Q sell jumbo bags at several pounds each. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Do you mean there's a little sand left over from the previous use of the jumbo bag, or has the garden centre product been intentionally mixed with sand? Thanks folks -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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Can anyone work this out please?
1 metre x 1 metre x 1 metre
1 Cubic metre Kind regards -- .................................... Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday. .................................... "kay" wrote in message ... Ben Short;899255 Wrote: I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Thanks folks It's a little difficult to answer the question if you don't know how much is in the big bags ;-) A litre is 1000cc, ie 10cm x 10cm x10cm. If you can find out the dimensions of the big bag, you can work out the comparison easily. -- kay |
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Can anyone work this out please?
In article ,
says... I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Thanks folks The price per litre is not that different so go for the most convieniant to you assuming the product is similar -- Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and Lapageria rosea |
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Can anyone work this out please?
On 3 Sep, 08:56, "'Mike'" wrote:
Harry. Cubic capacity = volume not weight. Think a cubic metre of feathers and a cubic metre of sand. Which do you get most of? Kind regards -- ................................... Today, is the tomorrow, you were worrying about, yesterday. ................................... "harry" wrote in message ... On 3 Sep, 08:32, "Ragnar" wrote: "Ben Short" wrote in message ... I need to fill a raised bed area with compost or horse manure. I can get it in the builders bags, the big ones used for sand etc, for £45 delivered, however B&Q do a bag of compost which is 125 litres for £6.70. Now I dont know how much is in these big bags but wondered if I needed 2 big bags would it be cheaper buying it from B&Q rather than the builders bag full from the local garden shop. My only problem is the garden centre stuff is a little on the sandy side. Thanks folks One of those jumbo bags is about 850 kg (seehttp://www.wickes.co.uk/Sharp-Sand/invt/220081) which in the case of sand would equate to a bit over 1 cubic metre (1000 litres). At £45 per bag this works out at £5.62 per 125 litres compared to B&Q's £6.70. HTH R. Are you mad? Sand is much denser than compost, you can't equate the two. Why is he putting horse manure in his bed?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Exactly. And your question is stupid. You don't specify by weight or by volume. A big bag now contains 800Kg of sand. But the older ones contained 1000Kg. Who knows how much peat it contains. Any answer is therefor guess work. |
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Can anyone work this out please?
"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2010-09-03 18:10:11 +0100, harry said: snip Exactly. And your question is stupid. You don't specify by weight or by volume. A big bag now contains 800Kg of sand. But the older ones contained 1000Kg. Who knows how much peat it contains. Any answer is therefor guess work. It's absolutely unnecessary to talk in this fashion to people seeking help and advice. You may know everything - you certainly give the appearance of thinking that you do - but others come here to chat, discuss, learn, pass on information - they always have and blowhard posters like you permitting, always will. If you know it all already I can't imagine why you bother with the rest of us who still feel we have things to learn and information to exchange. Alan Titchmarsh may be looking for someone to tell him where he's going wrong...... Very good! Alan -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
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Can anyone work this out please?
Exactly. And your question is stupid. You don't specify by weight or by volume. A big bag now contains 800Kg of sand. But the older ones contained 1000Kg. Who knows how much peat it contains. Any answer is therefor guess work. The OP has stated in all but name that he/she does not understand the situation and your arrogance and poor spelling do not help. Part_No |
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Can anyone work this out please?
In article , Sacha
writes The compost at B&Q is usually good quality so why not use a mixture of the two? The trials on beechgrove garden showed an immense improvement in geraniums and potatoes in a barrel yield when grown in B & Q compost compared to peat free and 2 other composts so B & Q must be pretty good. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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