Sphagnum Moss Pack Size

[pastafreak]

Which is bigger...
A package that covers 80 cubic inches...or one that is "enough to line a 14"/35cm basket" ?

[woofgang]

so the first one is 1 inch deep and then 8x10? so smaller than A4. the second one is going to be an area of 153 ish inches! according to this google calculator https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=area+of+a+circle&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[pastafreak]

So it's the second one then?
Why oh why can't measurements be universal...stupid question, I know. Even if several were indicated on packaging. It's just very annoying.

[pastafreak]

I've seen it measured in volume, weight, inches/centimetres...etc.

[Atheist]

The area of a hemisphere with radius 7 inches is about 316 sq inches. If the moss lining is an inch thick there would be about 300 cubic inches of moss - almost 4 bags of 80 cubic inches.
I may have got this wrong, but no doubt others would be able to correct me.

[KARL]

Is there really nothing on either pack that states either how many litres or how many kilogrammes or best of all both - where are these being sold ?

[pastafreak]

This one is on Amazon and eBay...

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[pastafreak]

And this is on eBay...

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F121271228560

[THECORBYLOON]

The description on that one says the package is 880g.

[THECORBYLOON]

That was for the Amazon one.

[pastafreak]

Ah...thanks for that, Corby. I've looked at so many, I probably missed that.

[pastafreak]

A bit more searching...the second one is 150gm.

[THECORBYLOON]

On the Zoo Med site it says that item is 80 cubic inches and weighs 150 grammes. That means a cubic inch of moss is about 2g in weight.

[KARL]

To have any hope of comparing things you need to stick to the same units on every item of comparison. Given the obscurity of what is provided, one might think the producers and retailers are determined to confuse you, although in my experience the volumetric size (in litres of course) has been stated on the moss/compost/etc. pack, but thinking about it I ignore those where I am left in the dark. Although I thought it was a legal requirement to state sizes (in modern units, one would hope), the UK is particularly bad for this and I know that until recently the likes of B&Q and Wickes were selling sand in bags labelled either "Large Bag" or not labelled at all for size - absurd. Even when an attempt is made to give the information, garbled abbreviations appear so one has to ignore a certain level of nonsense. Examples are kgs (=kilogrammeseconds), ltr (not the notation for litre which is l), etc., etc. (oh, gm=grammemetre). It is everywhere, in food (x "portions" - meaningless), energy measurement ("unit", why not tell the humble/thick public you mean kilowatthour=kWh ?). If your "enough to line a 14"/35cm basket" is a quote from the only info provided as to size, then it perfectly illustrates the point - an avoidance of clarity, or in plain English awkwardness for the sake of it.

[THECORBYLOON]

KARL, weights and measures legislation refers to gram not gramme so your "kilogramme" should be "kilogram" legally.

[KARL]

CORBY, you are correct although the unit (gramme/gram) was of course a Napoleonic invention/definition that has now almost entirely superseded other units of weight worldwide and in the course of that the French spelling is widely modified/altered.

[Mamyalynne]

As an alternative or just as a comparison - this pack weighs 1.5 Kilograms and will line 3 x 14" hanging baskets.

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