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Old 11-Nov-2002   #6
whidn
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you know I was thinking about a theory.

If you take a bowl the same cercumfrance as your pot and fill it with 3 inches of water, and it takes that much to water your tree properly then that would equal 3 inches of rain to properly water your tree.

Case study

I have a bonsai in a 4 inch pot.
I use a cup that is 2 inches wide to water
I need to fill the cup 4 inches to water my tree
that equals 2 inches of rain that I would need (I think)

It is not often to get 2 inches of rain in a day.

Thats why if we are only having a light rain I water my trees anyway Just to be safe because 1/4 inch of rain wouldn't thoroughly water my tree.

Someone please correct me if Im wrong
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