Question

would you expect plants growing in the field to exhbit the same type of transpiration rate as they growing in pots?

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Answer 1

The ten important factors that affecting transpiration. The factors are:

1. Relative Humidity

2. Atmospheric Temperature

3. Light

4. Air Movements

5. Atmospheric Pressure

6. Availability of Water

7. Leaf Area

8. Leaf Structure

9. Root/Shoot Ratio

10. Mucilage and Solutes

So the transpiration rate of plants grown in field is more than that grown in pots.

Potting soil is often less dense than garden soil and thus holds less water. Additionally, the pot restricts the amount of soil to hold water. And because the pots are above ground, they don't have all that mass around them to keep cool. Too much or too little water will kill your plants.Every plant needs the right soil, water, light, and fertilizer, but container-grown plants need a little bit more attention from a caregiver than those grown in the ground.

Planting directly in soil is as natural as it gets. The roots are free to quickly explore the depths of the underground world, triggering the plant to grow to a potentially monumental size. Roots can go very deep indeed, and if they manage to find a good enough waterbed or moisture content, the plant can survive unattended throughout a very hot and dry summer. Microbial life will be at its best, as will be the potential nutritional offering—of course—provided you have good farming land.

The most variable factors influencing transpiration rates are rapid fluctuations

in the environment. The development of growth chambers in recent years has

made possible the control of light, temperature, humidity, and wind velocity.

The use of these chambers greatly increases reliability of results within the range

of conditions available. Because of present limitations, specifically in simulation

of natural light intensity, it is not possible to equate results from growth chamber

studies with those for plants growing under natural conditions