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small gravel and other things in castings - 2008/05/31 15:47I harvested our first bin today, using an old harvester that was given to us. it has 1/4 inch wire on top and 1/8 inch wire on bottom. The problem I had was 1st my stuff was too wet to process properly, so I learned that lesson. Then I had lots of gravel and other trash go through as well. How do I stop that I think the gravel came from the Walmart Cow Manure and lots of sand too...how do I keep these gravel from passing through. Should I add an overlapped piece of 1/8 inch wire to finer strain? Plus I only got about a pound of castings. Any suggestions would be appreciated.[b]I got worms how bout u!
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WFike
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Re:small gravel and other things in castings - 2008/06/01 09:40You want find anything in the castings unless you put it in the bed first. Just don't put anything in the bed that you don't want in your castings. You are wasting your money on that bagged cow manure.
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Paratrooper
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Re:small gravel and other things in castings - 2008/06/02 01:27Trying to overlap wire screen easily is like having sex in a hammock ...... standing up . You need a smaller mesh to make it easier . Sometimes the mesh on a screen is given with just a number (20 , 50 etc.) I will give you a quick formula to determine the size of the openings . Take the mesh number and divide it into 1 . The mesh actually represents the number of openings in one inch . When you have your answer (which will be a decimal) you then multiply the answer by .8 .This removes the thickness of the wire which separates each opening . EXAMPLE: 50 mesh means 50 openings per inch . You divide 1 by 50 and you get .020 . Then multiply .020 by .8 and you get .016 . This is just a tad bigger than 1/64th of an inch . If you want to overlap 1/8" you are looking for 1/16" which is .0625 . So we invert the equation to find that we are looking for about .080 which is right about a 12 mesh .If you live near a store that sells prospecting supplies they have mesh screens with sides that will work your castings easily .Tom Kingman Arizona
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jasdip
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Re:small gravel and other things in castings - 2008/06/03 13:32Trying to overlap wire screen easily is like having sex in a hammock ...... standing up
This makes a VERY intriguing picture Paratrooper!!Southwestern Ont. Canada
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lanbro
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Re:small gravel and other things in castings - 2008/06/06 14:41THANKS MUCH PARATROOPER I APPRECIATE THE INFO.
AND THANKFULLY i DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON THE BAGGED MANURE ANYMORE. HAVE A FRESH READY MADE SOURCE NOW BETWEEN US AND 2 OTHER FARMS.
HOW COOL IT IS.[b]I got worms how bout u!
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gnosnhoj
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Re:small gravel and other things in castings - 2008/06/06 22:02lanbro wrote: HAVE A FRESH READY MADE SOURCE NOW BETWEEN US AND 2 OTHER FARMS. HOW COOL IT IS. Cool indeed, lanbro. ALL CAPS, not so much . Now ya know where it is coming from, what the producers are getting dosed with and when. All wormers should be so lucky.Y'all have fun, whatever you're doing. Gary Hopkinsville, KY
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lanbro
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Re:small gravel and other things in castings - 2008/06/15 00:32Yes it's very cool...We have even got the other two farms to alternate the worming of the livestock so we always have at least one source in addition to ours. Of course we had to pay them off with a good dose of castings on the hay fields. LOL...but well worth it.[b]I got worms how bout u!
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. Now ya know where it is coming from, what the producers are getting dosed with and when.