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Arrakis
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Hpoo field capacity question (Wouldn't this work?)
#5694209 - 05/31/06 09:44 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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I've been reading up on Hpoo (for my first attempt at bulk), and I have pretty much all of my questions answered, but I thought that this method would make achieving "field capacity" with my Hpoo easier/faster (especially for my first time) and was wondering if it sounds good to you guys:
I've read that field capacity for Hpoo/compost is 75% moisture content. So I figured that after I've know how much the required amount of poo will weigh (when it's COMPLETELY dry), couldn't I just multiply that by 4 and add water until the weight increased by 3X (75%)?
For instance, if I need 5 pounds of (completely) dry poo to fill my space:
Couldn't I put bag full of 5 pounds of poo on a scale, add water (slowly) until the contents of the bag weigh 20 pounds, and get a bag full of poo that's moisturized to field capacity as a result?
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Wronguy
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Re: Hpoo field capacity question (Wouldn't this work?) [Re: Arrakis]
#5694329 - 05/31/06 10:22 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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The manure would need to be at 15 pounds, not 20. Five pounds of manure at proper field capacity would weigh roughly 3 times it's original weight, so that's 5 X 3=15. I would still test for proper moisture content using that method though. If you find yourself going over the appropriate moisture content, start adding some vermiculite to compensate.
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Arrakis
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Re: Hpoo field capacity question (Wouldn't this work?) [Re: Wronguy]
#5694417 - 05/31/06 10:46 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Okay cool, I was definitely going to feel the moistened poo and do the "squeeze test", and probably was going to throw in some vermiculite before I added water, but I see what you're saying. It's better too dry than too wet, I hear.
So is that part about field capacity poo being 75% moisture content incorrect?
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Wronguy
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Re: Hpoo field capacity question (Wouldn't this work?) [Re: Arrakis]
#5694490 - 05/31/06 11:13 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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No, 75% would be correct. If you were to calculate 5 pounds being 1/4, where 4/4 is equal to 20, or 4 times the original factor, it would look like this (25%) 1/4=5, (50%) 1/2=10, (75%) 3/4=15, (100%) 4/4=20.
Are you as confused as I am?
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Arrakis
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Re: Hpoo field capacity question (Wouldn't this work?) [Re: Wronguy]
#5694516 - 05/31/06 11:21 AM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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LoL, yeah now I am.
I had it figured that 75% of 15 (pounds total) would be 11.25 (pounds of water), and that 25% of 15 is 3.75 (pounds of poo).
That's taking into account that the poo was completely dry (so 0% moisture content) to start off with.
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Arrakis
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Re: Hpoo field capacity question (Wouldn't this work?) [Re: Wronguy]
#5704819 - 06/02/06 05:03 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hmm, I'm almost positive now that 5 pounds of dry hpoo would be 20 pounds at field capacity, since field capacity is a moisture content of 75%.
Just to clarify:
100 pounds of hpoo that is at field capacity would weigh 25 pounds dry, since the weight was 75% moisture content.
So whatever amount of DRY poo that you have would weigh 4X as much at field capacity. This is because dry poo is at 0% moisture content.
This is why I believe that the method that I described in the original post would be correct.
Thoughts?
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Jack_Straw
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Re: Hpoo field capacity question (Wouldn't this work?) [Re: Arrakis]
#5705425 - 06/02/06 08:43 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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is *anything* at 0% moisture content?
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BPJohnny
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Re: Hpoo field capacity question (Wouldn't this work?) [Re: Jack_Straw]
#5705432 - 06/02/06 08:46 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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yes if you bake something you can get it to 0% its talked about in TMC to get casing to correct moisture level
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