"Repeating Decimal" wrote in message
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in article , David
Hare-Scott
at wrote on 6/27/03 1:35 AM:

Your sums are right giving 785 cu in and it seems (not being a
native
user of US gallons) there are in fact 231 cubic inches per US
(liquid)
gallon. So it looks like these pots are a very nominal 5 gallons.
Since you are buying a plant not an amount of soil I don't suppose
it
matters much. I wouldn't want to buy soil, compost, etc from
somebody
who used those volume measures though :-)

It does matter! Bigger pots, supposedly have larger plants than
smaller
ones. This is especially true for fruit trees where the plants can be
very
expensive. On canned soup supplier was once nailed for filling its
bowl with
marbles in order to make you think you were getting more than you
were.

Bill


I would judge the value for money on the size and quality of the plant
against the price. To me the amount of dirt is only important to make
sure they were not root bound. If you feel agrieved by all means
complain.

David