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For watering, if there is an irrigation system in the landscape near your containers, spaghetti tubing is easy to insert through the drainage hole.
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Suzanne S. Brown, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
Phosphorus is naturally occurring but can also come from agricultural runoff, leaky septic systems, stormwater drainage and other human activities.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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Suzanne S. Brown, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
Phosphorus is naturally occurring but can also come from agricultural runoff, leaky septic systems, stormwater drainage and other human activities.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
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“Drainage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drainage. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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drainage
noun
drain·age
ˈdrā-nij 
1
a
: the act of draining
b
: something drained off
2
: a method of draining
also
: a system of drains
Medical Definition
drainage
noun
drain·age
ˈdrā-nij
1
: the act or process of drawing off fluids from a cavity or wound by means of suction or gravity
2
: a process of releasing internal conflicts or pent-up feelings (as hostility or guilt)
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