Item Size Coverage
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Manure 30 pound bag 50 square feet of garden
Lime, Pelleted or Powdered 40 or 30 pound bag 1000 square feet
Top Soil 40 pound bag 12 square feet at 1 inch deep
Pine Bark Compost 3 cf. bag 50 square feet
Keep in mind that mulch is sold by the cubic yard. One cubic yard of the material covers a 324-square-foot area an inch deep. So, to determine your total, multiply your square footage by the depth in inches desired, then divide by 324. Here's your formula: Square footage x desired depth / 324 = cubic yards needed.
How much area will a bag of mulch cover?
Wood Mulches For the mulch to work properly in the suppression of weeds and moisture retention, it's recommended to install at a thickness of 2 to 4 inches. One bag installed at 2 inch thickness covers 12 square feet. One bag installed at 4 inch thickness covers 6 square feet.
How many 2 cubic feet bags of mulch do I need?
Most standard bags of mulch in the US hold 2 cubic feet. As there are 27 cubic feet in a yard, a yard (cubicyard (cubicA cubic yard (symbol yd3) is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet, 36 inches, 0.9144 meters) in length.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cubic_yardCubic yard - Wikipedia) of mulch equates to around 13 1/2 bags. 1 yard of mulch = 27 bags of 1 cu. ft size.
How much is a 2 cubic foot bag of mulch?
For example, at a recent visit to a garden center, bagged cedar mulch was $5.99 for a 2 cubic foot bag. Bulk mulch was $46 per cubic yard. A cubic yard (often just called "a yard") is 27 cubic feet. So the price per cubic foot was bulk, $1.70; bagged, $3.00.