Root Propagation System
Against transplant shock
The innovative system to ensure a long, luxuriant life for your plants and drastically reduce losses due to transplant shock.
The innovative system to ensure a long, luxuriant life for your plants and drastically reduce losses due to transplant shock.
Roothus® is a root propagation system designed to actively manage and optimize root development.
Thanks to its engineered internal structure, it prevents root spiralling and promotes a controlled, outward-directed growth pattern.
Starting from the centre of the plant, roots naturally grow toward the outer edges of the propagation container. Here, they are guided by a network of internal pyramids that channel them toward специально designed openings. Upon reaching these air-rich zones, the root tip dehydrates, triggering the air pruning (self-pruning) process.
In response, the plant stimulates the formation of multiple lateral roots along the pruned root, continuously regenerating new growth points. This process repeats itself for as long as the plant remains within the Roothus® propagation system.
The result is a dense, fibrous root system rich in active tips oriented outward, dramatically increasing the plant’s ability to absorb water and nutrients. This leads to stronger, more uniform plants, significantly faster growth, and up to a 50% reduction in production time.
Thanks to the continuous formation of primary, secondary and tertiary roots, the root system of a plant grown in a Roothus® container or trays cells will be at least twice as developed as a root system grown in a traditional pot.
The particular shape of Roothus® root containers or trays cells ensures greater oxygenation of the soil than any traditional pots, a situation which, in addition to triggering the air pruning (self-pruning) process, also ensures better conditions for beneficial bacterial activity, significantly increasing the natural nutrients and resistance to diseases.
Thanks to the vast number of root tips which grow continuously and the efficiency of the root system, the absorption of nutrients increases, thereby guaranteeing a decidedly faster rate of growth, up by at least a third, in terms of the plant’s development, generating faster crop rotation, which then translates into higher profits, a fundamental aspect for nursery crops. Speaking of faster growth, recent results have shown that ''air pruning" technology is even superior to open field crops, which do not use traditional pots.
A guarantee of quality lies in the simple fact that the plant, having a comprehensively developed root system, will produce "compound" branches, with close internodes, eliminating the risk of producing crooked plants or poorly distributed branches, moreover a radial shaped comprehensively developed root system guarantees the plant will benefit from greater health compared to any other type of container, in which partial, non-homogeneous root growth can occur.
Roothus® is a guarantee of success after each transplant. Immediate vegetative recovery is guaranteed by a dense, fibrous, radially developed root system which, reflecting growth as it naturally occurs in an open field, doesn’t take energy from the plant in order to graft into the new substrate.
The characteristic structure of a Roothus® container, which doesn’t feature smooth inner sides, eliminates the spiralling of the roots and the phenomenon of their enlargement, promoting a dense, fibrous radial system, which guarantees the success of any type of plant.
Roots grown in a Roothus® container are much less susceptible to the negative influence that extreme heat or cold can exert on the areas most affected areas.
It often happens that batches of young seedlings are not sold or placed within the expected timeframe and must remain in tray cells longer than planned. Under normal conditions, once the growing medium becomes root-bound, the plant begins to decline, showing signs of stress or developing “stretching” — the elongation of the main stem — which weakens the plant and increases losses during transplanting.
With Roothus propagation system, this limitation is effectively eliminated. Thanks to the continuous production of new roots driven by the air pruning process, plants remain vigorous, balanced, and market-ready for a longer period.
This means growers are no longer forced to rush sales or accept price reductions: plants maintain their quality, their appearance, and their value — allowing them to be sold confidently at full price, every time.
The Roothus® line of containers and trays system are stackable and designed to optimise storage spaces when not in use.
All products in the Roothus® line are made from recycled plastic.
When the tip of a root is exposed to the air, it dries out. The root loses its dominance and many secondary and tertiary roots develop to replace it. These are then, in turn, air pruned and replaced by even more roots, ultimately providing a very large amount of vigorous young roots without developing defective roots. Only the tips of roots become dehydrated, which forces the plant to rethink where to get sustenance from. This means that it puts out even more lateral roots, creating a dense, fibrous root system that develops comprehensively, which is very good for the plant.
In nature, roots don’t spiral. Traditional containers force them to.
Roothus® root propagation systems restore natural root development, creating a radial, well-structured root system from the very beginning.
The result: faster growth, stronger plants, and more reliable performance after transplanting.
Because in trees, root quality isn’t optional — it determines stability for life.
Roothus® root propagation systems actively guide root growth.
By directing roots toward air-exposed zones, the system naturally triggers the air pruning process, stimulating continuous lateral root development.
The result: a denser, more efficient root system — without manual intervention.
Roothus® root propagation systems are designed with open structures that ensure exceptional aeration and drainage of the growing substrate. Increased oxygen availability enhances beneficial microbial activity, improving nutrient uptake and stimulating continuous root development, leading to a better root-to-shoot balance.
Water stagnation is minimized, creating more stable growing conditions.
A key advantage is the significant reduction in transplant losses: from typical rates of 10–20% down to just 0–2%. The radial root system allows plants to establish immediately without energy loss.
Thanks to continuous root regeneration, plants remain compact, balanced, and vigorous, avoiding abnormal stretching often seen in traditional systems.
In addition, Roothus® systems are injection-moulded and designed for high compatibility with mechanized production processes, improving overall operational efficiency.
Thanks to enhanced aeration and drainage, irrigation management differs from traditional systems. Watering cycles should be adapted to the substrate’s drying time, often favoring shorter and more frequent applications to maintain optimal moisture without oversaturation.
The substrate should also be selected according to the system design, avoiding excessively fine particles that could pass through the air pruning openings.
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