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Author Question: Consider a pot measuring 3 inches deep and a cut flower bench 8 inches deep. Both contain the same ... (Read 78 times)

jessicacav

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Consider a pot measuring 3 inches deep and a cut flower bench 8 inches deep. Both contain the same root substrate, were recently watered, and have just stopped draining. How do the air and water contents in a cubic inch of substrate located in the top inch of each container compare?
 
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With reference to water, what is meant by container capacity?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

More water and less air are in the top inch of the 3 inch pot.

Answer to Question 2

The maximum amount of water the root substrate can hold against
gravity in a specified container which has drainage holes in the bottom.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Excellent

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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