Nursery contains or Flower pot sizes
J.E. Shields (Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:26:57 PST)

Angelo's comments inspired me to determine some actual volumes, since I've
been wondering about this for literally years. My preliminary results are at:
http://www.shieldsgardens.com/FlowerPots.html

I simply took some average-looking standard clay flower pots and measured
the inside diameters and height, then calculated the volumes. As I recall,
for a truncated cone the formula is:

V = pi X (r1 + r2) X (r1 + r2) X ht / 4

A 6-inch pot holds a little under 1/2 gallon (US), a 7 inch pot holds a
little over that.

Regards,
Jim Shields

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