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Bobby Smith
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Again, I really, really don't like mixing wet and dry media in E&F applications (really any hydro application that I can think of).
Your stem will stay waterlogged from the rockwool while the roots will be drying out because the hydroton doesn't hold nearly the water the rockwool does.
Honestly, yes, washing hydroton is a PITA, but if you've got a bathtub, it really isn't THAT big of a deal.
If it were me, I'd go with hydroton (a more active media which will increase your yields because it increases your floods/feeds per day as compared to rockwool - feed rockwool once or twice per day vs. hydroton of once every hour or two), and it's a much more flexible media than rockwool.
With the same couple of 50 liter bags, you could fill up 9 one gallon pots, 81 4" pots, 36 6" pots, etc.........and all you need to do is by the ten cent pots.
Also, I never ran airstones in my reservoir with hydroton - I used to feed every hour or two, which was plenty of movement/agitation to keep the reservoir fine - with hydroton, the DO in your reservoir is much less important, as hydroton allows plenty of air to be present in the root zone.
FYI, I'm not a hydroton sales guy, and it does have its drawbacks, but if I was given the choice of one medium for the rest of my life, it'd be it.
Your stem will stay waterlogged from the rockwool while the roots will be drying out because the hydroton doesn't hold nearly the water the rockwool does.
Honestly, yes, washing hydroton is a PITA, but if you've got a bathtub, it really isn't THAT big of a deal.
If it were me, I'd go with hydroton (a more active media which will increase your yields because it increases your floods/feeds per day as compared to rockwool - feed rockwool once or twice per day vs. hydroton of once every hour or two), and it's a much more flexible media than rockwool.
With the same couple of 50 liter bags, you could fill up 9 one gallon pots, 81 4" pots, 36 6" pots, etc.........and all you need to do is by the ten cent pots.
Also, I never ran airstones in my reservoir with hydroton - I used to feed every hour or two, which was plenty of movement/agitation to keep the reservoir fine - with hydroton, the DO in your reservoir is much less important, as hydroton allows plenty of air to be present in the root zone.
FYI, I'm not a hydroton sales guy, and it does have its drawbacks, but if I was given the choice of one medium for the rest of my life, it'd be it.
