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Fusion
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Hydroton question *DELETED*
#15616280 - 01/04/12 05:18 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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LambsEar
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Re: Hydroton question [Re: Fusion]
#15616371 - 01/04/12 05:33 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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I also would like to know the answer to this! What other terrarium mediums can be used as a wick? I also am planning on using a 10 gallon tank.
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gref
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Re: Hydroton question [Re: LambsEar]
#15616517 - 01/04/12 06:04 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah I've seen people use it like per-lite. I've been curious about it because it looks like it would be way more convenient than messy per-lite.
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smily
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Re: Hydroton question [Re: gref]
#15616644 - 01/04/12 06:32 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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just for yucks
check this stuff out remarkable shit........
http://www.growstone.com/
Says engineerd for ideal water:oxygen ratio
this stuff look very very promising and it is very very tuff and much less of a inhalation risk.
Got sample at the SF gro show
RR. ever come across it ??
Here is a pic of them and some interesting info to follow
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Make your plants happy and they’ll reward you with health, beauty and yield. Pleasure your hydroponic systems and your in-soil plantings with Growstones Super Soil Aerator and Hydroponic Growth Medium to: • Anchor your roots • Restructure your soil • Aid water retention • Increase oxygen distribution and nutrient flow Well anchored plants produce stronger roots that function more efficiently for optimum production. The better your roots the happier your plants and the greater your harvests. 100% eco-friendly Growstones take glass from the landfill, and recycle it into highly productive and effective hydroponic growth mediums and soil aerators. Never strip-mined like perlite and Hydroton®. Growstones make your plants beautiful without doing ugly things to the earth. And that should make all of us very happy indeed.
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this would be a mean ass substrate in a hydro veg watever grow. very aggressive aggregate coarse like a pumice stone.
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Fusion
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Re: Hydroton question *DELETED* [Re: smily]
#15616904 - 01/04/12 07:19 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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smily
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Re: Hydroton question [Re: Fusion]
#15616951 - 01/04/12 07:26 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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ya soak drain use like perlite
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Fusion
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Re: Hydroton question *DELETED* [Re: smily]
#15617038 - 01/04/12 07:39 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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smily
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Re: Hydroton question [Re: Fusion]
#15617156 - 01/04/12 08:02 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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i would pick this over h-ton because of no useing pumps and air stones
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Fusion
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Re: Hydroton question *DELETED* [Re: smily]
#15617178 - 01/04/12 08:05 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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smily
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Re: Hydroton question [Re: Fusion]
#15617210 - 01/04/12 08:10 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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NO have 4 bags of it from the grow shows and wet and looked at it but not have used it if i would not have found Perlite i would have used it
u can see the lil event that happened here.....
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/15427225/page/3
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smily
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Re: Hydroton question [Re: smily]
#15617217 - 01/04/12 08:12 PM (12 years, 3 months ago) |
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i do trust it
i do have some of it
i feel IMO it will work
and is a good USA made Substrate
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