rock wool or soil cubes

[ECOBANE]

Hello all

Just looking for a quick opinion

I am a first time grower and will be starting a rubbermaid bubbler next week. I was thinking of going rockwool in hydroton and the guy at the hydrostore asked me why i would want to use rockwool and tried steering me into buying some kind of 2"x2" soil type cubes in a zip lock bag? Has any one ever heard of using soil type cubes in a bubbler drip type system? sorry if this is a lame question but i have been reading forums for days and there are so many opinions and arguments and dos and donts. I am a nervous wreck to even get started. plese help (no nails left)

[tinytoon]

Use Rapid Rooters in place of the Rockwool. Rooters are 100% organic and can be used in Hydro or soil. RW can have problems with PH drift not to mention builds up salts and needs to be flushed on occasion. I used RW for over a year and now am on my 3rd grow with RR's instead and have had faster root delevopment from my clones, no sign of algae start on tops, a more constant PH between rez changes and not being forced to flush :jointsmile:

[ECOBANE]

sweet thanks much for the info