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After i washed em repeatedly I found that i still get some minute sand lookin stuff off em in my table grooves though. I wonder if this is just the hydroton breaking down or is it not washed good enough?
^^ This is how I do it and it works great. :yes
Poke a ton of holes in the bottom of the bag and run a hose through the top. Agitate well.
It's a pain in the ass....but I know a guy who gets around 9oz a plant from 4 plants using hydroton f&d.....it's the blue cheese man (aka the guru) and I think only ukcheesehead gets near as far as I've seen....I guess what I'm saying is, it's a pain in the ass but if you get it right it can be soooo worth it....
THROW OUT THE HYDROTON!
For all those still using hydroton I would definitely dump the sh*$ and look into a product called HIGROMITE . It is pH nuetral, contains high amounts of silica essential in strengthening cell walls and plant tissue and is much better at water retention than anything else on the market.
cannazyme is supposed to eat the dead roots and turn it into plant food... not tried it yet myself...
Heres how I ended up doing it. Worked great for me.
First I did the hose in the bag method. Cut holes in the bottom and ran a hose in it for 10 minutes. Then I drained all the excess water out and dumped the hydroton into roughneck totes. Filled them up about half way with the rocks and then filled with water until the rocks were floating above the bottom. I jostled them around for about 5 minutes per tub with my hands and then I soaked them for 48 hours in the water agitating 2-3 times each day. I then scooped them out into dry totes with a big collander (sp) strainer into my net pots. The water comming out of the netpots was clear. All the dust and sand was at the bottom of the totes with water.
I checked the ph of the water and it only rose to about 6.0 over the 48 hrs which was better than I expected. This method was pretty easy I'd say or atleast a lot easier than I had inticipated. Note that this was for NEW hydroton not used.
the best way to clean hydroton is with a portland cement mixer ,from harbor freight ,its the cats azz
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