It would seem the product was downsized from the original size. It would also seem the sack was meant to hold 1 kg and the company may package it in 1 kg amounts where package sizes are regulated.
Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 2004-04-16 01:54 Subject: [USMA:29536] Re: Plant soil > I just retrieved a small bag of "Schultz Professional Potting Soil Plus (for > African Violets & Flowering Plants)" from my garage. > > Both mass and volume are specified. It says "Net Wt. 1.9 LBS (870 g)" and > "Net contents 4 Dry Qt (4.4 L)." The first is on a stick-on label. I peeled > it off, revealing "Net Wt. 2.4 lb (1.09 kg)," which was obviously an > erroneous value. > > The Schultz Company is in Bridgeton, Missouri. As far as I remember, I > bought it at Home Depot. > > (Crazy thought: Would Schultz Amateur Potting Soil be cheaper?) > > Bill Potts, CMS > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Behalf Of J. Ward > >Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 21:01 > >To: U.S. Metric Association > >Subject: [USMA:29535] Re: Plant soil > > > > > >The last I bought was sold by the cubic foot. > > > >On Thursday 15 April 2004 17:09, john mercer wrote: > >> Hi my wife just bought some plant soil today. It came in 15 l bags. How > >> do they bag plant soil in the States, is it measured in qts or > >lbs? Since > >> soil is solid why wouldn't the bags Doreen bought be weighed in kg? Does > >> anybody know how plant soil in the UK is bagged, in liters or kg or lbs? > >
