soil how much soil to fill a 5gal bucket?

[Hathron]

How many 1cu foot bags of soil about does it take to fill a 5gal bucket? Thanks

 

[Terravexti]

1cu foot is about 7 gallons.

 

[AlabamaJack]

A standard 5 gallon bucket is right at 14" deep and an average of 10.5" diameter...

formula for volume of a cylinder is pi r[sup]2[/sup] h

so 3.14159 X 5.25[sup]2[/sup] X 14 = 1212 plus change cubic inches

one cubic foot = 12 X 12 X 12 = 1728 cubic inches

so the answer is less than one bag...

 

[dragon49]

I don't understand the math, but one bag is fine. I filled my 5 gallon bucket with soil from a 1 cubic foot bag of soil, and had plenty of soil left over.

 

[Noah Yates]

i would say about a 5 gallon bucket full should do the trick

 

[Terravexti]

google has a cubic foot to gallon calculator

 

[willard3]

I don't understand the math, but one bag is fine.

It's not math, it's arithmetic.

 

[Phil]

Too.... much.... math!!! Two thirds or so of a bag should do.... and yes, soil can be expensive if you're using MG potting mix

 

[naganumbness]

a 2 cubic foot bag fills almost 3 buckets.

 

[Datil]

1 cu foot = 7.481 gallon

Cya

Datil

 

[sicman]

How many 1cu foot bags of soil about does it take to fill a 5gal bucket? Thanks

5 gallons worth!!!!!!!!!






sorry i couldnt help myself