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Lisaclaire

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As a plant remains longer and longer in the same pot, will the frequency of watering required increase, decrease, or stay the same?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What are the three main pathways of water loss in potted plants?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

It will need to be watered more frequently the longer it is in the same pot because the plant will grow and deplete the available water sooner.

Answer to Question 2

Transpiration, evaporation through the pot, and evaporation from the surface of the medium



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