Suaeda salsa, a halophyte that removes sodium from the rootzone and deposits it in the foliage, decreased the sodium concentration in the root media by 50 percent or greater (91.8 meq Na/100 g of media with S. salsa and 186.8 meq Na/100 g of media without S. salsa). With S. salsa as a bio-desalinating companion plant with tomato, the media salinity was 31 percent lower (43.4 dS/m without S. salsa and 29.9 dS/m with S. salsa).

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A Suaeda salsa plant growing in the same pouch with a tomato plant (with capillary subirrigation with saline water in CIPS) decreased salt accumulation in the root media by 50%.

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