'Smart Plant' System . . . Plant Controlled Water and Fertilizer Movement & Uptake

• Plant-Controlled Fertilizer Solubilization and Uptake. An 'infinite' reservoir of fertilizer can be placed in a non-irrigated fertilizer pouch. Water will be transferred across an air gap from roots in the capillary irrigated pouch to roots in the fertilizer pouch. Water will be discharged from these roots to solubilize the fertilizer for uptake.
• Plant-controlled water and fertilizer uptake!

Dual Pouches: The root system of each plant was divided with half of the roots in the fertilizer-media in the water impermeable plastic bag on the right; the other half were in the light blue, copper coated, water permeable pouch on the left.
	Water uptake in the left pouch; water exuded from root to dissolve fertilizer in the right pouch for uptake.