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Originally Posted by Wolfman01
You do realize that potted plants require substantially more water than when they are in the ground?
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Actually no...I grow a few hundred plants in pots in a moisture retentive soil mix with mulch to get them through this three year drought, a trick I picked up from some brilliant gardeners I know in desert California.....when your entire soil mass has become dry (our water table has plunged to 8 feet down and trees are dying in droves here and we can only water 1/2 day per week the last 3 years now), it MUCH easier to keep a localized soil mass in a pot damp then trying to keep the entire soil mass of a property wet. But my main point was that with that region being so very arid and switchgrass wanting 2-3 feet of water per acre per growing season, it could take a LOT of water that could be better used I feel to grow food crops for people or livestock. So I personally continue to favor cellulosic ethanol from plant waste vs. cultivated crops.