May be a dumb about using those clay balls, + rep though

are those clay balls just for growing with a drip system or can you actually grow in the clay balls like a soil medium? i saw someone on another sight using them and said they like them better than soil because there is no mess.. i thought you had to use a drip method of watering or some sort of hydro setup when you use the balls tho. i would think plain watering would just wash through the pellets, unless they retain water.. anyone have exp with this?

U cant use them on there own, dripper /flood or hydro or mix in with soil for bit better drainage

k, i thought so.. wanted to ask though because ya never know

Dude, you can use them by adding them at the bottom 2-3 inches of ur pot to help the roots "breathe" and to help drain more water out faster. Theyre called hydroton i think


Cheers

U can grow in a clayball/perlite and vercumulite mix = no soil

Yea hytrotons

yea i wanna know too

used primarliy for drip, ebb and flow and dwc.

the Hydroton clay pellets actually hold a fair amount of water, air and nutes in the very corrogated pores on the surface of the balls.

HERBAL ADDICT said:

U can grow in a clayball/perlite and vercumulite mix = no soil

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I had heard that Vercumulite has been pulled of the market because it contains asbestos. I can't seem to be able o find it, not even at Home Depot of Lowes.