spraying tomatoes

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er.... one US gallon is actually 3.785 litres is it not!

Yes but we're in the UK, not the US  

But Trillium, who posted the original recipe, is in Canada.

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er.... one US gallon is actually 3.785 litres is it not!

Yes but we're in the UK, not the US 


But Trillium, who posted the original recipe, is in Canada.

I know but it's a UK recipe thats required 

Its Belgian actually!  But the gallons were originally quoted in Canada.

Trilliums original post only mentions baking soda.....bicarbonate of soda, and NOT baking powder

One imperial (UK) gallon = 4.546 litres.
One US gallon (which Trillium might be using) = 5.455 litres.

er.... one US gallon is actually 3.785 litres is it not!

Hm, on the converter I used a US gallon is 1.2 imperial (UK) gallons.

I see how the misunderstanding has arisen - in fact  UK gallon is 1.2 US gallons (per the US pint being 16 fluid ounces rather than our 20 fluid ounces) giving the figures of approx 4.55 and 3.78 I quoted.

Easily done said he who once made a bit of a boo-boo in his 'back of a fag packet' calculation when obtaining diesel in a US port.........   Ahem.

So they have a bigger gallon but a smaller pint? Well how confusing is that?! 

No, the US have a smaller gallon at 3.78 litres rather than our 4.55 litres in proportion with their smaller pint.  ie a gallon is 8 x 16 fl oz instead of Imperial 8 x 20 fl oz.