It’s not good when you get home and find that you don’t have enough potting soil to fill your pots. With the chart below, you can estimate how much you are going to need.
HOW MUCH SOIL WILL I NEED?
FOR THESE POTS: |
|
YOU’LL NEED: |
Gallon-size Pots |
One Gallon |
3 dry quarts |
|
Six Gallon |
18 dry quarts |
|
12 Gallon |
1.5 cu. ft. |
Large Flower Pots |
12” Pot |
8 dry quarts |
|
18” Pot |
28 dry quarts |
Shallow Bowls or Wire Baskets |
14” Container |
8 dry quarts |
|
18” Container |
20 dry quarts |
Window Boxes |
3 ft. x 6in. x 6in. |
20 dry quarts |
|
4 ft. x 6 in. x 6 in. |
1 cu. ft. |
Whiskey Barrel |
23 in. high |
3 – 1.5 cu. ft. bags |
1 cu. ft. = about 26 dry quarts.
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