<h1><span lang="EN-US">Calculating How Much Mulch You Need</span></h1> <p>Hi, my name is Jill and I work for Scotts in the Consumer Service department and I&rsquo;m here today to talk about how much mulch to buy. &nbsp;If you&rsquo;re like me, figuring out how much mulch to use can be very daunting, so I&rsquo;m here to give you a visual because it does help me. &nbsp;Math was never my forte so square footage is always confusing. &nbsp;So we have a plot here to give you a visual of how much mulch does one bag cover.</p> <p>Here on the back of your bag, it does give you coverage as recommended, and for every 24 square feet, you&rsquo;re going to buy three bags. &nbsp;Every 48 square feet, it would be six bags. &nbsp;Every 72 square feet, nine bags, and for every 120 square feet, fifteen bags, and this would be the recommended for making it the depth of 3 inches.</p> <p>Here we have marked out with the yellow stakes an 8 square foot area. &nbsp;One 2 cubic foot bag of mulch at 3 inches depth would cover this area, so we&rsquo;re going to show you what 3 inches in mulch looks like.</p> <p>On my little measuring stick here, I have 1, 2, and 3 inches marked. &nbsp;They are marked at the bottom of this so when I stick this in here, we are exactly 3 inches deep. &nbsp;At this depth, this will naturally crowd out and keep out any weeds in your flower beds.</p> <p>After I&rsquo;ve done all this math and everything, then I find out, you know what? &nbsp;I can make it even easier for you: we have a mulch calculator! &nbsp;Go to Scotts.com and check it out.</p> <div><br /></div>