what can we use beside hydroton

[andy12]

hi, I cant find hydroton in my country, any other material can i use? styrofoam?

 

[Headcase]

styrofoam works fine. cut up a pool noodle. those are even better

 

[ReeferRon]

Gravel or "pea rock" will work.

 

[house]

lava rock, dirt cheap easy to find and works great

 

[G33k Speak]

Lava rock FTW

 

[samba]

styrofoam floats so no ebb n flow

 

[Kal-El]

coco and perlite and rockwool

 

[MASHUP]

Sold under many brands in many countries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatomaceous_earth

Peace.

 

[andy12]

Thank you all,
i can get lava rock here,
Kal-el do you mean, mix coco, perlite and rockwool together?
samba-this is the method i'd like to try.
thanks

 

[00420]

u can use pretty much any thing.....

sand, rock's{there's 1000's of kinds}, cotton, crushed glass, bark, cardboard, sawdust, crushed coral, the list go's on it all on your style of growing....

 

[Jedi]

For DWC you dont even need anything.......!!!!

LOL....if you can find a way to secure the plant to the tub/bucket you dont even need a netpot...

wild mahn....my first DWC i just tie-wired the plants to the side of the crate i had..
(crate, lined with a thick platic bag and styrofoam for the lid, bubler and a overflow )
I just stuffed a plant in each corner and Bob's you unckle.....
400 w...Boom, Buds

 

[islander420]

All depends on the setup. You can pretty much use any of the materials mentioned above, but first you need to find out what type system you want to use so you can choose the optimal medium. (if needed) If you can get Lava Rocks, those should work just fine. You can re-use them as well.

 

[G33k Speak]

u can use pretty much any thing.....

sand, rock's{there's 1000's of kinds}, cotton, crushed glass, bark, cardboard, sawdust, crushed coral, the list go's on it all on your style of growing....

I thought there were only 3 kinds of rock????

- course I've had way too much caffeine at this point....

(didya know caffeine was almost banned in the U.S.???)

 

[toohighmf]

Sand, decomposed granite (pea gravel) lava rock, perlite/vermiculite mix, diatomite rock, really anything! These are just very common substrates used in hydro.

 

[Pirate]

Damn........I never thought of using 90% of all the stuff you guys listed.

Expand my mind !!