Unless someone has the numbers... (about pots)

[Xzila]

- Moisture-Preserving Pot, are superior if you stretch your staff thin (all botanists assigned 8 stations)
- Air pots are only good when your staff is not maxed out on stations and can afford to make return trips to re-water it. They require almost 2 times more water than the moisture preserving pot.

I.e. if you find yourself helping out your stretched thin staff using air pots, switch'em over to moisture, or reduce the number of pots they are in charge of.

[Pluto]

air pots are great for same output with half the pots so less space needed, assign 4 pots to one botanist and your good