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["Kevin Topek" <ktopek@houston.rr.com>]

Highest mesh means the mesh fibers in the seive are close together, so the
fines that pass through are smaller the higher the mesh count. 200 is
considered a high mesh. I think that is 200 fibers per square inch, may be
wrong on the unit of measure though.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Freeman" <sunnysidesourdough@gmail.com>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Rockdust Revisited


> > Go for the highest mesh fines you can get ---> 200 mesh for starters
> > screenings will take forever to provide plant-available micronutrients
>
> Does "highest mesh fines" give finest or coarsest rock dust? Sorry if this
> is a dumb question.
>
> Robert
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