California Code
ARTICLE 2 - Definitions
Section 14538.

14538. “Hydroponics” means a system in which water soluble primary or secondary plant nutrients or micronutrients, or combination thereof, are placed in intimate contact with the plant’s root system, being grown in a water or an inert supportive medium which supplies physical support for the roots but which does not add or subtract primary or secondary plant nutrients or micronutrients, or both.

(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 504, Sec. 2.)