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In a study published in the journal PNAS, researchers from Linköping University have developed an electrically conductive "soil" for soilless cultivation, known as hydroponics.

From Science Daily • Dec. 27, 2023

If you buy some good sterile soilless mix and repot the tree, washing the roots well first and repot in a new pot that generally succeeds as the larvae require organic matter to survive.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

The debate pitted hydroponic and aquaponic farmers, who grow plants indoors using nutrient-fortified water, against vehement “dirt-firsters,” who claim that the USDA’s certification of soilless farms betrays the very definition of organic farming.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2017

This year, instead of bags, I used four-inch plastic pots filled with half soilless mix, half perlite.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2015

True to her prediction, the Texan drew up at the edge of a black ridge that cut diagonally into the treeless, soilless waste.

From Prairie Flowers by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)