Container capacity

Container capacity

The percent volume (volume/volume) of soil/growing media filled with water after it has been saturated and allowed to drain. It is sometimes called the water holding capacity and is the maximum amount of water that soil/growing media can hold. In field soils, it is called field capacity.

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