Welcome to Fogponics.com! Fogponics is a trademarked line of products manufactured by Nebula West Enterprises that all use a dry fog technology as the means for growing things. Fogponics is also the best descriptive we could come up with for this revolutionary growing method created by new technology through NASA research in an effort to solve the issues of growing food in space.

Hydroponics was the beginning of this search for ways to grow food without soil, then came Aeroponics as a better solution and now there is "Fogponics".

The dry fog utilized in our products is created by an electronic ultrasonic device that actually shatters water molecules with vibration from sound waves. The result is water particles reduced in size down to 3 - 5 microns similar to fog and clouds. This form of water feels dry to the touch and is very rich with oxygen thus being able to breathe in fog whereas you can not breathe in a more solid form of water. Apply this to a root zone and you have the highest concentration of oxygen rich, nutrient laden solution you can get while using less water and nutrient and eliminating the need for any medium.

Fog technology has been used in grow rooms for some time and has proven itself to be incredibly effective as well as problematic and rather expensive in its infancy. There are plenty of examples of its success as a growing method and also plenty of failures or inconveniences of its use as well.

One of the issues with this blossoming methodology is multiple components and the cleaning/maintenance of these components as well as the inconvenience of their space requirements. Most individuals do not have the room for three or four component systems and are not interested in something that is a pain to clean and maintain. Another problem is fog failure from insufficient water levels. All of these issues are addressed with a new product, the Fogponics Dominaero, manufactured by Nebula West Enterprises.

The Dominaero is designed as a propagation unit and with the soon to be available optional decks, will also be a start to finish growing unit. Depending on the type of plants you are growing, this system can be used as is, to full harvest. This is a single component system measuring in at less than 2' by 4' and only 12 inches high that utilizes spray jets for back up in case of fog failure and buoys to avoid fog failure in the first place. The ceramic discs used in the ultrasonic device to create the fog are Teflon coated for easy cleaning and resistance to nutrient build up as well as water mineral deposits. The pump used to operate the two spray jets is also used to drain the unit for weekly nutrient change and cleaning. The spray jets are only necessary for faster root production with cuttings and as a backup in case of fog failure. Once roots appear, the spray jets are almost obsolete next to the results pure fog can provide by allowing each root to develop micro roots as fine as hair. This creates up to 1500% more surface area for the plant to absorb nutrient solution. The abundance of oxygen in fog along with its ability to penetrate without the surface tension of a film of water eliminates root decay thus allowing the plant accelerated growth without having to replace root structure. We recommend disconnecting the spray jets as soon as there are roots to enable this accelerated growth.

There is still much to learn and experiment with in this direction of soilless growing and we invite everyone to grow with us. Changes in personal and global food production may lie in the future of fog, especially where soil is contaminated or not present at all. Organic farming without any medium is now a reality with absolute control of what a plant absorbs giving the individual control over what is in their food.

Our goal is to create new growing products for the individual's use as well as systems for community and commercial use that liberate space and soil constraints. The next step for us is to also remove power constraints from the equation thus making it possible to grow anything just about anywhere with minimal resources. Many places in the world have almost enough resource to grow abundant food if they could just solve the one or two missing ingredients without bankrupting themselves. Other situations require a great deal more time to rebuild a damaged ecosystem than the immediate need can allow. Climate changes throughout the world caused by normal cyclic patterns, unusual natural events as well as human impact that directly affect food production can be mitigated by adopting alternative growing methods. Africa is an example of where we believe Fogponics can be applied along with new solar LED technology to solve some serious problems with food production. Soil is contaminated from petroleum/oil drilling and rendered almost useless as a growing medium in some areas. There is water although not always abundant, but it is there in quantities sufficient for fog methods and could be increased with a little management. There is plenty of sun and wind to assist, if not provide, low level energy requirements for alternative soilless growing methods. We are determined to pursue this line of thinking through our research and development of Fogponics as a methodology as well as our product line.

Plants are essential to all forms of life on this planet and growing with fog may be the future of sustainable, clean, soilless plant production on this earth. Once again, our intentions for continued development of space travel may be an answer to our needs here on earth. It seems the higher we reach the more we bring home.