Rooter bag

I discovered that my roots are bound in a ziplock bag. This bag has a canoe shaped piece of foam wedged in the opening that retains the needed moisture. My stem is held in place by a piece of scrap spongy material called pigmat. Used as absorbent packing for spacecraft supplies, pigmat will soak up any liquid spillage. Pigmat makes a nice transition in the rooter bag between the stuffy closed cell foam and my green parts. My rooter bag is most definitely not hydroponics; my roots are not submerged in a bag of water. This bag is mostly filled with air and only has a small amount of water neatly tucked in the corners from the action of capillary forces in weightlessness. This is passive aeroponics, a new method for raising plants without soil and without large volumes of water. Only a small amount is needed, just enough to keep my roots at 100 percent humidity and make up for what I drink. My roots are not hermetically sealed in this bag, they have access to gas exchange with the cabin air. My roots are exposed in this transparent bag, naked to the cosmos. Embarrassed, it took me a few days to get over the idea that anyone can see my roots.