Bioponic International offers Airponic Growing Projects, which can accelerate and increase food and horticultural production, expand the scope of plant research and provide global reforestation and reclamation projects with high volumes of genetically sound seedlings for out-planting. The Airponic Growing System is a high-technology growing method that excels in large-scale projects requiring high yield plant production, phytopharmaceutical research and development or in reforestation and land reclamation projects. For environment reforestation or reclamation projects: The Airponic Growing System is designed to be the basic growing technology for any large-scale environmental project involving reforestation, land reclamation, erosion control, watershed management or the preservation and replication of endangered plant species. The system has the ability to asexually propagate large volumes of indigenous plant species at a highly accelerated rate; and can be installed in remote growing facilities, on-site in the affected region. The technology allows for the selective propagation and regeneration of superior local cultivars indigenous to the areas designated for replanting by utilizing any remaining cultivars as "Mother Stock". The fact that remaining or neighboring soil may be nutrient poor or ill suited for agriculture does not impair the Airponic regeneration process. The Airponic System eliminates the high project cost of importation and handing of non-indigenous plant material, low plant survival rate and yield, and large scale remote nurseries. For the phytopharmaceutical or research organization: For plant research organizations and phytopharmaceutical growers the Airponic technology can expand its research capabilities in developing phytochemical production. The root zones of Airponically-grown plants are accessible to biochemical manipulation. Specific nutrient and/or chemical precursors can be delivered directly to the root systems free of interference or buffering from soil or other substrate growing media. Plants producing phytochemicals grow fast and more consistently. Users are assured of a constant supply of medicinal plant material in a controlled environment, eliminating dependence upon outside supplies and supplier of raw plant material. Plus, the Airponic technology provides the ability to harvest roots, thus creating a renewable, regenerated supply of root biomes and a potential source of phytochemicals. For the greenhouse or nurseryman: Airponic growers can experience significant increases in their production profits over previous earnings from soil-based growing. Plants produced in Airponic Growing Systems normally grow at a highly accelerated rate, many times faster and with superior quality than other growing methods. Airponic growing provides horticultural producers with a competitive advantage over those using conventional methods. Many food crops, foliage, flowers and seedling trees grow fast, and in less space, than with other methods. By accelerating the plant propagation cycle, the Airponic System increases the per square foot yield of the modern greenhouse, often producing several harvestable crops in the time usually required for a single crop. Profits per square foot of greenhouse space can be increased significantly. Airponic growing: Airponics is the method of accelerating the growth of plants in an oxygen-rich environment, without soil, where the plant's root's zone is suspended in a growing chamber and intermittently pulse-misted with a nutrient solution. The company's Airponic technology consists of both the "hardware" and "software" aspects of the Airponic Growing System. The hardware is made up of a proprietary assembly of growing chambers with spray arm manifolds, Hydrocontrols, and digital timers and Plantcycle equipment. The software consists of trade secret nutrient and chemical formulas, plus application know-how and methodology. Airponic production capacity: Each Airponic Growing System consists of a set number of Growing Chambers with a matching Plantcycle System designed to process and recycle the nutrient solutions efficiently to reach maximum production. The propagation production capacity of the system is keyed to plant species selected and the diameter of its cutting. Each Growing Chamber contains 161 support holes, and each hole has the capacity to hold from one to five cuttings (depending upon cutting diameter). Plant species have differing propagation cycles in the Airponic System, with most species having either a 7 day, 14 day, or 30 day cycle (propagation cycle = the number of days it takes to produce a root system on an unrooted cutting sufficient to enable it to be transplanted to soil and survive under normal conditions). The maximum annual plant production capacity per AGS Growing Charber for the three most common propagation cycles is illustrated on the following page. High yields = High profits: The increase in growing profits per square foot of greenhouse space due to accelerated propagation cycles is illustrated by the following table where a grower's annual profit using an AGS Model 10 is compared to his profit from the same amount of greenhouse space using conventional soil methods. This table compares the production efficiency and increased profit capabilities of the Airponic System Model 10 (100 Growing Chambers) against conventional sand culture, soil or bed methods. The numbers used represent an average sample for a crop of ground cover (such as Ivy) or foliage plants (such as Pothos) on a 14 day Airponic cycle using 3 cuttings per hole. The AGS product line: The Company offers a product line in a series of modular Airponic Growing Systems. Each model is designed as a complete life support vehicle for accelerating the plant's propagation and growth cycle. It uses a closed-loop process, which delivers the nutrient solution to the plant root zone in a pulse-mist application inside a Growing Chamber and then recovers and recycles the solution via the Plantcycle System - a multi-stage bioactive filtration apparatus. Each Airponic Growing System consists of a set number of Growing Chambers, Hydrocontrols with Digital Timers, and the Plantcycle System. The flexibility of the Airponic "software" adds to the System's desirability for reclamation and preservation projects. Many species are difficult or close to impossible to propagate outside of their natural state due to complex microclimate balances and their effect on the stratification and germination of seeds. By adjusting the nutrient parameters and spray sequences within the System, the user is able to replicate the exact nutrient profile for each species and thereby substantially increase the plant regeneration success rate.