System and Method for Increasing Plant Growth and Yield

Abstract

A plant growing system that includes a hyperbaric growing chamber having a growing atmosphere holding compartment overlying a liquid growing medium holding compartment separated by a gas and liquid impermeable barrier. The growing atmosphere is pressurized to at least 150 kPa and enriched with CO2 to at least 0.05% by volume. An oxygenation system employing an electrolyzer and nebulizer produces hyperoxygenated hydroponic growing medium containing oxygen nanobubbles maintaining at least 5 mg/L dissolved oxygen. A foliar feeding system discharges nanosized surfactant-enhanced fertilizer droplets into the growing atmosphere for stomatal uptake. An acoustic stimulation system selectively varies sound frequencies emitted by transducers to controllably open and close stomata during feeding cycles. A lighting system collects sunlight via solar collectors, filters UV wavelengths, and delivers filtered light through fiber optic bundles to emitters within the chamber. The chamber is preferably disposed underground to maintain stable growing temperatures without active climate control.

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