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A unique hydroponic system for growing plants in nutrient aerosol spray is provided by a change in the growth cycle of plants when a secondary system of roots is produced after some initial plant development and, as the secondary system is developed from the plant\s branches, the secondary roots are

A unique hydroponic system for growing plants in nutrient aerosol spray is provided by a change in the growth cycle of plants when a secondary system of roots is produced after some initial plant development and, as the secondary system is developed from the plant\s branches, the secondary roots are already suspended in an air environment and subsequently become an air-suspended root system and then the principal root system of the plant. Since the new roots are developed by a special type of air-layering which is a nutrient spray type of air-layering, this system improves former systems in that it removes the time consuming requirement of transplantation, the initial roots merely remaining in place while the air-layered roots developed from the branches become a very augmented root system and remain in the same position to continue to receive the nutrient spray. A perforated cover together with a nutrient spray are merely set in place over the plant at a stage in its growth in order to implement this system.

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A method of growing hydroponic plants which augments the plant\s root mass and suspends the roots for aerosol nutrification comprising: (1) growing a plant in a container such as a trough by supporting the seed and the roots developing from it in suitable nourishment in the base of the container and

A method of growing hydroponic plants which augments the plant\s root mass and suspends the roots for aerosol nutrification comprising: (1) growing a plant in a container such as a trough by supporting the seed and the roots developing from it in suitable nourishment in the base of the container and admitting air and sunlight to the plant within the container and (2) by allowing the plant to grow naturally until significant branch and foliage has formed, (3) excluding light from a significant portion of the lower branches by the use of a cover and at the same time, (4) periodically soaking the darkened portion of the branches with nutrient hydroponic solution, converting the branches to a suspended root system and (5) continuing the nutrient solution application to the newly formed roots for the life of the plant.