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Accurately monitoring and maintaining soil water in greenhouse containers

Dwyer, L.M.

Accurately monitoring and maintaining soil water in greenhouse containers - 1987 - Printed

Tables, references p. 91

An efficient method of routinely measuring soil water content in containers,of calculating and recording the volume of water required to bring them to a specified water content, and of accurately adding the calculated soil water volume to each container is described. The method, which requires use of a computer, a balance weighing to 0.1 g, and a burette (graduated in 1.0 cm3 divisions) with reservoir, is a rapid (o 3 h for 150 containers), accurate (o ñ1.0 cm3) means of monitoring and maintaining soil water content and of estimating and recording evapotranspiration in greenhouse containers.


English


Evapotranspiration
Greenhouse soils
Greenhouses
Plant containers
Soil water content
Soil water retention

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