However, with a soilless system you obviously cannot grow anything that would be subterranean - so no onions or carrots, for instance.

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Like high-end winemakers, these producers obsess about methods, singing the virtues of organic gardening, hydroponics (soilless agriculture), even aeroponics (with nutrient misted on the plants).

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