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 Dephect
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 Hydroton? 
#367372 - 02/18/10 02:53 PM (15 years, 2 days ago) |
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Does anyone know the brand name of something similar to the expanded clay pellets called hydroton? Preferably from Home Depot or Lowes.
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NobodyImportant
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Re: Hydroton? [Re: Dephect]
#367377 - 02/18/10 02:58 PM (15 years, 2 days ago) |
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after a little bit of googling it looks like thats a hydroponic growing medium and I didnt see any other uses for it so I doubt they have anything similar at home depot
are there any hydro shops around you ?
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Dephect
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Yeah they are out. I have bought it before at Home Depot. I just forget what the brand name was and they did sell it as expanded clay pellets. I will just have to go look.
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 coda
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Re: Hydroton? [Re: Dephect]
#367459 - 02/18/10 04:59 PM (15 years, 2 days ago) |
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Hmm, go in and ask for "LECA" (Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate), it's the generic term for Hydroton.
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Dephect
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Re: Hydroton? [Re: coda]
#367477 - 02/18/10 05:54 PM (15 years, 2 days ago) |
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Couldn't find any. I will just have to wait until it stops snowing to get the bag I had. Its in a bag in the back at my parents. Until then I got some small river rock. I will use it as my medium for now. Updates soon!
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Stoneth
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Re: Hydroton? [Re: Dephect]
#367480 - 02/18/10 06:02 PM (15 years, 2 days ago) |
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Home Depot also has crushed brick and smooth white stones in their outdoor garden section that I've used in the past and worked well.
I'm thinking 10 lb bag was $3.75.
Been a year or two since I've bought any.
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Dephect
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Re: Hydroton? [Re: Stoneth]
#367528 - 02/18/10 07:06 PM (15 years, 2 days ago) |
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Yeah I just got some river stones for now. The water still flows through them. Ill upgrade to some expanded clay pellets eventually though.
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FurrowedBrow
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Re: Hydroton? [Re: Dephect]
#367640 - 02/18/10 08:23 PM (15 years, 2 days ago) |
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volcanic rock (lava rock) can serve the same purpose as hydroton i believe. it's a more easily findable alternative, but i wouldn't consider it to be ideal.
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