Quote Originally Posted by Weedhound
The coco puff effect is twofold......the balls are very light and they are round.......drop your bucket and your plant is usually done for since there is absolutely NO stability to hydroton. It does not hold roots very securely imo and the fact that they roll everywhere (if you drop them) they are a complete PITA to deal with. Also becase of their airy nature they tend to "hold onto" extra nutes and salt allowing more overfert/salt buildup issues than I liked.

There are few pluses to hydroton....it's very light and seems to resist algae well but I NEVER reuse my media....no matter what it is......so the pros of h-ton come in WAY under the cons.

Hope this still falls under blink's q.......otherwise sorry for the threadjack.
Ahh.. I see, I went to hydrotron because it was a reusable medium. I bet after a few grows the hydrotron is probably stable from a long life sitting in hydro PH range; but I can definitely see the coco puff effect being an issue with pretty much no weight to hold the plant in place.
daihashi Reviewed by daihashi on . pretreating Hydrotron Am i soaking it in PH adjust water to 5.5 just like rockwool or is ther something more to it? Rating: 5