Aaron, I have used in the past the following for relatively large quantities of dry plant material: it works pretty good and fast: a Cyclone Mill (UDY Corp., Fort Collins, CO) to pass a 1-mm screen. Works for total n and P.
Elly Elly P.H.Best, Ph.D. Senior Research Ecologist NRMRL, Water Supply and Water Resources Div. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 26 W Martin Luther King Dr. Cincinnati, OH 45268 Ph: 513-569-7517 FAX: 513-569-7185 Email: [email protected] From: Aaron Stoler <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 03/31/2011 01:08 PM Subject: [ECOLOG-L] how to grind up A LOT of leaf litter? I need to grind up a very large quantity of leaf litter, varying in toughness and size, for nutrient analysis. For smaller amounts, I typically use a Wiley Mill, but for the amount that I need to grind, this is entirely impractical. I am not very concerned with consistency of the grind, but I would like to get it down to a ground somewhere in the range of coffee grounds. Does anyone have suggestions? Thank you, Aaron Stoler -- University of Pittsburgh Department of Biology 101 Clapp Hall Pittsburgh PA 15260 410.365.7700 (cell) 412.624.4458 (office) [email protected] www.pitt.edu/~abs45/index.html
