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Old 20-11-2002, 03:14 AM
Rodger Whitlock
 
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Default Trees in pots

On 19 Nov 2002 20:36:25 GMT, (DaveDay34) wrote:

it? Osmosis will operate until all the soil is truly saturated.


Osmosis doesn't operate until all the soil is saturated.


You are both confusing osmosis with capillarity.

It's capillary attraction that causes a pot standing in 1/2" of
water to become waterlogged, not osmosis.



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