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Default plum recipie analysis (my plums are ripe!!!!)

On Aug 29, 7:27 pm, pp > wrote:
> On Aug 29, 4:13 pm, Tater > wrote:
>
> > On Aug 28, 11:51 am, pp > wrote:

>
> > > On Aug 27, 2:40 pm, Tater > wrote:
> > > > the reciepies i see call for 3-6 pounds of plums PER gallon, then up
> > > > to 3/4 of a gallon of water

>
> > > I'd say your math - how do you get 1/5 gal with 3-6 lbs of plums + 3/4
> > > gal of water??

>
> > > Pp

>
> > nope thats my puncuation, should be 1.5 gallons

>
> Well most of the plums will be solids, no? The original math assumes a
> yield of ~1/4 gal of juice out of 3-6 lbs of plums, that seems pretty
> reasonable to me, certainly more than additional 3/4 gal.
>
> Pp


recipies call out for fruit to be added to primary, not just juice.
i'll guess that this is why I have a 10 gallon primary for a 6 gallon
secondary