I used to use the inexpensive/cheap grow rocks ...the ones that look like large gravel .. odd sizes and pieces and they produced killer grows ..i had a little extra cash so i sprung for the expensive pretty round marble sized Hydroton ...I washed it just like I washed the cheep rocks ...maybe a little more ...but it was not nearly enough it turns out and since my tap water runs at a ph of 9 I was adding insult to injury ...I have had nothing but problems..from soaring ph to sickly looking plants...combined with the fact that they spent a few day in one of those poison Hydrohuts... I have to say .." this grow is trashed.."...."Say la V"...lol.
I did salvage the grow rocks from a few of the first plants that bit the dust ...I washed them in flora shield and bleach water a million times and they were finally dust free...Im using them in bubble buckets now and the plants look ~Amazing...!!! ~...Im assuming all the Ph adjusting I had to do contributed to the poor health after I got them out of the poison Hydrohut...Anyway... I will throughly wash and ph this Hydroton that I will salvage from the current grow that Im about to trash.....and reuse it ...it cost a fortune so I guess it will be good for a couple of grows once it has been throughly Ph balanced.imp:
zoomatl Reviewed by zoomatl on . Hydroton needs prep!!!...be careful ..!!... I used to use the inexpensive/cheap grow rocks ...the ones that look like large gravel .. odd sizes and pieces and they produced killer grows ..i had a little extra cash so i sprung for the expensive pretty round marble sized Hydroton ...I washed it just like I washed the cheep rocks ...maybe a little more ...but it was not nearly enough it turns out and since my tap water runs at a ph of 9 I was adding insult to injury ...I have had nothing but problems..from soaring ph to sickly looking Rating: 5