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Tenielle Jordison

New NASA technology is making it possible to grow plants using fog – it could bring faster harvests with less waste

Plantaform fogponics smart indoor garden.

A new technology developed by NASA means it is now possible to grow plants indoors using fog. The method is known as fogponics and uses much of the same principles as hydroponics, but with a slight difference.

'Instead of soil or even the water-based immersion used in traditional hydroponic gardening, fogponics relies on an ultra-fine mist to deliver nutrients and oxygen directly to the root system,' explains Renata Scorsone from Plantaform, which developed the first indoor smart garden to use advanced fogponics technology.

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