Reddit reviews Organic Expanded Clay Pebbles Grow Media - Orchids • Hydroponics • Aquaponics • Aquaculture Cz Garden (2 LBS Cz Garden Expanded Clay Pellets)
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2LBS of 100% natural expanded clay. Inert, pH-neutral, clean & decorative.For Orchids - Clay Pebbles porous structure provides excellent aeration and acts as a water reservoir.For Hydroponics - Ensures good root aeration and prevents rotting and excess acidityFills approximately: twenty-four 2" pots, or eight 3" pots, or two 5" pots.As a precautionary measure against COVID, we are using new old stock clear bags for packaging. Although not as pretty, this packaging will not negatively impact the function of the clay pebbles. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding - Cz Garden
If you are willing to cut 4 inch pvc and use a heat gun to mold the openings, this guy shows you how. I then put them in a 5 gallon bucket, food grade from Lowes, with a hole in the top for the tower and another one for adding water and nutrients.
I use a small pump rated for around 5 to 6 feet.
There are 3 nutrients that you can get on Amazon.
Hydroponic Tomato Fertilizer 4-18-38 1lb. 8 grams (10 for tomatoes)
Calcium Nitrate Fertilizer 15.5-0-0 2lb. 8 grams (10 for tomatoes)
Hydroponic Organic Magnesium Sulfate Soluble. 4 grams
I wrapped mine in
kevlarReflectrix. to keep them dark and insulated. Keep the water at around 4 gallons. Change the water and add new nutrient solution every couple of weeks... I use a hand pump, but there are other ways.edit: I just wanted to add that I have towers connected to a timer. 1/2 hour on and off.
You can also purchase the plastic net pots and clay pebbles on Amazon.
I've been eyeballing it mainly. I try to wait for the roots to turn silver-green, and err on the side of under-watering. Usually this works out to be once every ten days-ish, but it also lives in pretty high humidity (60%) so it takes a long time to dry out.
I also replaced the bark medium with those little terra cotta balls, because I read somewhere thats it's almost impossible to overwater when using those :)
Yes! I was in the same situation, trying to come up with a small but effective system in college, and in a small apartment.
My design was based halfway off of what I'd seen from Jeb Gardener on YouTube, and the other half just what I could throw together with what I had lying around. Jeb is a little... well... interesting, but very informative.
Basically, what I did was get a 10-gallon flat stacker tote from Walmart, drill holes in it, put net pots in, clay pebbles, and rock wool cubes, and now I have a garden! It's really tough to describe all of the little intricacies with it, but this community has helped me out tremendously. By no means is my system perfect, and in fact, it's super Jerry Rigged and super jank, but it works! This whole process has been a great learning experience. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask in this community, or if you want to hear more about my system, feel free to DM me! Here are some photos!
Here are the various things I bought off Amazon to get me started!
pH down (the better kind)
pH meter (not available on Amazon anymore)
rockwool cubes (1.5")
General Hydroponics nutrients
pH up & down (the down didn't last very long, but the up seems to work fine. You probably won't need up near as often as down.)
air stones (these seem to do a fine job. Not the best certainly, but they work.)
clay pebbles (not sure what quality these are, but they do their job! Be sure to rinse very thoroughly.)
net pots (these work fine. Nothing special.)
EDIT: Added links to Amazon