Hydromulch container medium

1. A hydromulch container system comprising:

a root system disposed in a hydromulch container wherein the hydromulch container is a compactable hydromulch comprising a finely ground-up fibrous material in a near liquid state hydraulically compacted under pressure around the root system to encapsulate the root system without void spaces.

2. The hydromulch container system of claim 1 wherein a lower portion of the container comprises a drainage system.

3. The hydromulch container system of claim 1 wherein the compactable hydromulch is hydraulically compacted around the root system by:

positioning the root system in the container;

filling the container under pressure around the root system with the compactable hydromulch; and

draining the container.

4. The hydromulch container system of claim 1 wherein the compactable hydromulch hydraulically compacted around the root system further includes a dry bed of filler positioned along a bottom surface of the compactable hydromulch.

5. The hydromulch container system of claim 4 wherein the dry bed of filler is a dry layer of hydraulically compactable hydromulch.

6. A method of producing a hydromulch container system comprising:

positioning a root system into an outer container, the outer container configured to hold the root system and a hydromulch comprising a finely ground-up fibrous material in an aqueous solution;

hydraulically applying the hydromulch under pressure into the outer container and surrounding the root system;

drying the hydromulch to form a hydromulch container system, said container system encapsulating the root system with no void spaces between individual roots in the root system; and

removing the encapsulated root system from the outer container.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising placing a dry bed of filler into a bottom portion of the outer container prior to positioning the root system into the outer container.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the dry bed of filler is a dried layer of hydromulch.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein hydraulically applying the hydromulch comprises:

filling the outer container around the root system with the hydromulch; and

draining the aqueous solution out of the outer container.

10. The method of claim 6 wherein the root system is at least partially encapsulated in a root ball.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the root ball is selected from the group consisting of soil, hydromulch and a combination of soil and hydromulch.

12. The method of claim 6 wherein the root system includes no soil.

13. The method of claim 6 wherein the mixture of hydromulch and water further comprises additives selected from the group consisting of tackifiers, fertilizers and fungicides.

14. The method of claim 6 wherein the outer container includes a drainage system through which water can drain.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the drainage system comprises a lower portion of the outer container having at least one hole.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein the drainage system comprises:

a lower portion of the outer container having at least one hole; and

a semi-permeable material disposed over the hole.

17. The method of claim 6 further comprising applying a protective coating around the hydromulch container.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the protective coating is selected from the group consisting of an agricultural polymer, burlap, canvas and a plastic sheet.