"One inch of water"

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6. Still a nonsensical measure

As I mentioned in the OP, "acre-foot" is an exact amount of water. "Inch of water" relies on the less than scientific methodology of capturing an amount of water in a container, estimating its area and multiplying that by an area assumed to be within the plants root zone. No one who has a clue is using sprinklers on tomato plants, why employ them to guess (and that's all it is) how much to drip or soak your plants with? "One gallon per square yard" is far simpler to understand.

And yes, I know you don't keep tomatoes soaked, or that gallon per sq. yard is the recommended amount. these are examples of the type of phrasing I could relate to.