sherriberry
New Member
yeah, this bio ball thing really has my head wrenching...
i know fatman is going to want to eat me after even suggesting this...
but, consider the following...
in a hp aero setup (which i dont have) once the root ball gets big, i dont see how the mist can actually get inside it... it hits the outer pom pom, and gets absorbed.
So in my feeble little mind, im seeing the middle roots becoming almost useless.
With hydroton, i have seen great results over on thcfarmer.com with doublD's hydroton buckets, which are suspended above another tub, with fast rushing dwc in the bottom, and the plants grow to tree size and yeild over 4 lbs a plant in 11 weeks from seed... Thats not shabby.
WHen you think of the surface area of a hydroton pellet, vs one of these bioballs... its a no brainer the bioball has a lot more.
In addition to having a lot more surface area...
If you were to compare a bucket of hydroton, and measure the left over air gaps between the pellets...
and then compare that to a bucket of bioballs, and measure the left over air still in the bucket... i think the difference would be HUGE. I would say well over double air space in a bucket filled with bio balls.
So whats that mean? First of all it means more air.
Second, it means more area for root mass.
And the bio balls allow the roots to spread laterally, which, might not be as good as hp aero...
but its gotta be better than lp aero, bc in lp aero, the roots just dangle down, dont bush out, and root mass is root mass.
Im really contemplating filling a big vertical tube with these bio balls, ordering them in bulk from a suplier in china, and putting a constant drip feed up top
And having a duel against a mp aero vertical chamber as well, and seeing which one would prevail.
My gut right now is saying these bio balls would
i know fatman is going to want to eat me after even suggesting this...
but, consider the following...
in a hp aero setup (which i dont have) once the root ball gets big, i dont see how the mist can actually get inside it... it hits the outer pom pom, and gets absorbed.
So in my feeble little mind, im seeing the middle roots becoming almost useless.
With hydroton, i have seen great results over on thcfarmer.com with doublD's hydroton buckets, which are suspended above another tub, with fast rushing dwc in the bottom, and the plants grow to tree size and yeild over 4 lbs a plant in 11 weeks from seed... Thats not shabby.
WHen you think of the surface area of a hydroton pellet, vs one of these bioballs... its a no brainer the bioball has a lot more.
In addition to having a lot more surface area...
If you were to compare a bucket of hydroton, and measure the left over air gaps between the pellets...
and then compare that to a bucket of bioballs, and measure the left over air still in the bucket... i think the difference would be HUGE. I would say well over double air space in a bucket filled with bio balls.
So whats that mean? First of all it means more air.
Second, it means more area for root mass.
And the bio balls allow the roots to spread laterally, which, might not be as good as hp aero...
but its gotta be better than lp aero, bc in lp aero, the roots just dangle down, dont bush out, and root mass is root mass.
Im really contemplating filling a big vertical tube with these bio balls, ordering them in bulk from a suplier in china, and putting a constant drip feed up top
And having a duel against a mp aero vertical chamber as well, and seeing which one would prevail.
My gut right now is saying these bio balls would