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In my search to figure out the soil capacity in gallons of the pots I have. I did a search on the net and found this. This formula only applies to round containers.
1. Find the radius (center of the container to the edge) of the container in question. Mine for example are 10in. The radius is half that so 5in.
2. Determine the depth (height) of the container.
The formula is Volume = (3.1416 X radius X radius ( or radius squared) X depth.
For this example I will use my container(s).
They are 10 in round and 7 in deep. So 3.1416 X 5 X 5 X 7 is equal to 549.78 cubic inches. The source (link provided below) states that it takes 207.8 cubic inches of media per one gallon container. To figure the gallon capacity of my container(s) I will take 549.78 and divide it by 207.8 which equals 2.64 gallons.
Since I was trying to figure this out I thought others might be too.
Reference Link: http://osufacts.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1119/HLA-6706web.pdf
1. Find the radius (center of the container to the edge) of the container in question. Mine for example are 10in. The radius is half that so 5in.
2. Determine the depth (height) of the container.
The formula is Volume = (3.1416 X radius X radius ( or radius squared) X depth.
For this example I will use my container(s).
They are 10 in round and 7 in deep. So 3.1416 X 5 X 5 X 7 is equal to 549.78 cubic inches. The source (link provided below) states that it takes 207.8 cubic inches of media per one gallon container. To figure the gallon capacity of my container(s) I will take 549.78 and divide it by 207.8 which equals 2.64 gallons.
Since I was trying to figure this out I thought others might be too.
Reference Link: http://osufacts.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-1119/HLA-6706web.pdf
