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ARTICLE: Physical Characteristics of Growing Mixes

kemistry
12 years ago

I found this article while reading one of the older Container Soils threads. It contains many of the points mentioned by Al but with diagrams which make them easier to understand. I thought it deserves a repost:

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/1000/1251.html

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