I have a 25 by 30 feet area that I need to mulch at around 6 inches high. How many yards of mulch would I need
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25 x 30= 750sq feet
750 x .5(6 inches)=375 cu feet
375/27=13.89 yards
there ya go..14 yards...but that is a LOT of mulch.ususally you only go 1-2 inches at most
Good Luck
25 ft x's 30ft is 750 sq ft divided by 3 is 250sq yd and bags of mulch go by 4 inches deep and they cover 2 cubic ft so thats all i got but if u get it by the truck then u could just tell them and they will bring enough but it will cost more cause ur hiring ppl to do it or just call them find out how much it is and hang up lol
25x30x0.5 = 375 ft^3.
375ft^3/27 = 13.9 yd^3
When i read this I was wondering why you want to go 6" deep. Please do not use mulch in lieu of dirt where you really need it.
First you need to decide if you really want the mulch to be six inches. If you decide that you do need that much, there are a number of websites you can check out to calculate exactly how much mulch you'll need. A good one that I know of is www.1800TOPSOIL.com. They have a calculator on their home page. Good luck!
25x30 would equal one full tractor trailer loads of mulch to meet your needs. Let's see, that is 750 sq ft. At a six in depth that would mean 325 sq foot. Given the footage, etc, you would need roughly 30-35 cubic yards of Mulch to achieve your ends. Given you had to ask lends itself to ask a question of you. What in God's name are you trying to do!
Do you realize that it takes a crew of six people, all equipped with wheelbarrows and necessary equipment a day to spread that amount of material over a landscape in an eight hour day. Whomever, or whatever, told you that six inches of anything, aside from topsoil, was the solution is out of their mind.
If your soil needs amending, amend it using conventional and intervention. If you want weed control try pre-emergent controls. If you want water retention then use the mulch at a two inch/max three inch level. Six inches is absurd!!
Order your tractor trailer of mulch. It will take you about five days, working ten hours a day, to simply transport it from the curb to the bed. Spend the next three days, eight hours per day to spread it at the level you want. This should be fun in the heat and humidity of Houston (worked there in the 70's and 90's). Then the fun begins.
In order to water your plants to the desired six to eight inches below level you have to pass six inches first. Watering will take three times longer to have any success.
With mulch wet it is necessary to rake and turn over to prevent mold and excessive heat build-up. Did I mention the way vermin and insects love a warm and moist decomposing mass?
Sir you have been ill-advised. A 2" layer of any mulch, stone, gravel, hardwood, or cypress, is max. Six inches? Aside from your back being broken by moving it, spreading it, and turning it, your pocketbook is going to take a pounding in weed, pest, insect, and vermin controls. Best of Luck.
A lot of people around here don't know their math :-(
John M is right: 25 x 30=750sqft x .5 = 375cuft; since there are 3 ft in a yd, there are 27cuft in a cuyd (3x3x3); therefore, it's 375/27=13.88888 cuyds.
I've tried 6 inches deep before; looked great for a month or two; then, because it was too thick, the underneath started rotting and it started growing a bunch of mushrooms. All in all, a bad idea. I suggest making it two inches deep. And for that, you'll need 4.629 cuyds
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