1 hour to wash a 50L bag is something I'm willing to sacrifice for the results. Yes RW can work, but it needs per-conditioning as well which is also work. Use what works best not what's easiest. Your always rewarded for your efforts come harvest time.
I don't see how rockwool is more work than hydroton...
If u read I said hydroton is more work. I mix 50/50 so I do both. I was simply stating the extra effort may be worth it. Personally I don't waste my time trying to reuse the stuff (never get all the roots out), my medium sees the trash. Both are about the same cost, one weighs more and is more work. But can you flood a RW slab 6 to 8 times a day? of course not, you'll o2 starve your roots. It's about using what you need for your setup. I understand you like RW, I like it too in its place, different strokes for diff folks.
And this is why rw/ growdan is key medium in my book
Ah now I see why... Flooding the hydro more often per day. Yea that's totally valid.
do you use a flood and drain system?
I am with this. Rw is a pain in the ass. Drove me to coco. When I was using hydroton I had way better results than rw. I hate that shit.
I LOVE your lazy fucker! He is just too adorable........
People are doing it but unless you need to change stick with what is working for you. I don't see any reason to change from the hydroton
Have you considered going to soil? I did dwc and aero for the last year tnen the bad run in rockwool. The top drip I have now is super simple compared to either of those setups. I am experimenting with doing an coco mix with everything mixed in. Basically a custom soil. I am just hand watering every 2-3 days. I know hydro shows faster growth but I am pretty excited to go this way after all these fucking pumps and chillers and shit running all the time. Seems like that would be best time wise and I am seeing some bomb shit come from organics these days.
