How much compost ?

50Twuncle

We have a garden planter to fill with compost
The internal size being 20cm deep by 80cm wide by 1.4 metres long
To me - that looks like 224 litres
but composr is sold in 50 litre cubes in B&Q

No way do I need 5 of them - they are clearly compressed - but how compressed are they ?

andrewf75

I've never tried to work it out, but I find you usually need more than you think!

and you can never have enough compost even if you don't use 5 bags....

tori.k

Don't forget to add drainage. 4 bags should do it

50Twuncle

tori.k wrote: »

Don't forget to add drainage. 4 bags should do it

Thanks - the trough is actually a large wooden raised planter table - so has plenty of drainage !

peter_the_piper

3 x 75 lit compost bags would also do the trick.

50Twuncle

peter_the_piper wrote: »

3 x 75 lit compost bags would also do the trick.

Confusingly - only two 75 litre bags filled it to the brim !!

peter_the_piper

Outside dimensions and thick sides.

50Twuncle

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Outside dimensions and thick sides.

No - internal !

unrecordings

Have you watered it yet ?
Once watered in it'll be a lot less fluffy and you may need to top up - even if you've tamped it down already

50Twuncle

No - the rain has done that for me.

peter_the_piper

Ah yes, the twisted tape measure syndrome, MIL does it all the time when knitting. Her jumpers do turn out funny.:rotfl::rotfl: