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How many bags of mulch will fill this planting bed?
One square metre covered one centimetre deep uses 10 litres. Multiply by area and depth, divide by bag volume and round up. Deduct full bags on hand before pricing the order.
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Worked example
With the example inputs below, the calculator returns these results.
Bags to buy 22
- Bed area
- 24 m²
- Chosen layer depth
- 5 cm
- Volume per bag
- 50 L
- Full bags on hand
- 2 bags
- Price per bag
- 7.5 €
Other results
- Top-up cost
- €165.00
- Volume required (L)
- 1,200
Use your own figures
Quote the bags the gardener still needs after counting supplies on hand. Open the worksheet, replace the example values, then copy or print the result.
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