Any body knows if these litle stones are good for hydroponics, I bought a tower complete with Stones and strawberries, but I try to figure out why they are not doing so well.
You can use perlite but it will grow green algae on it and possibly gunk up your rez. Plus if you are using a water pump those pieces will cause issues. And Daniel is right. Those are buried to deep.
better take this brown round stones?
hydrotin? Yes!
They also make bigger chunk perlite. .
maybe I should change it then, this morning they still don't look good
I’ve used cinder with a great deal of success, particularly if your nutrients tend to acidify the water at all.
I can not get everything where I live, and seems I bought for soil instead of hydroponics, don't know why they didn't correct me in the shop
not knowing where you live or what is available, sometimes it is called lava rock or landscaping rock and is often sold at home improvement stores. I buy most of what I need online because we are very rural and have NOTHING available locally. Also, I use the perlite in my Dutch buckets with excellent success, and they are a hydro system. The salesman probably had something like that in mind. Different systems can use different things with great success.
When planting mine in a tower., the instructions stated that the "bulb", or central part of the strawberry should be out of dirt/medium.
I didn't got any instructions yesterday I have pulled them all up, didn't do much change during the night, hopfuly they get better with a bright daylight
That is perlite not stones .. I know customers that have used that for hydroponics I highly recommend Hydroton a much better media and is reusable...
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Amber Mo I will. thank you very much
your welcome love hope you have a wicked great day
I had a nice day Thank you, try to figuring out how and what and the difference are fro hydroponics transported the strawberry plants to airoponics if I am right.
Think your a few ours behind on me, wishing you a nice day too
Like everyone else has said it’s perlite and really about the same as hydroton (clay balls) both wick water and provide aeration and both come in different sizes. I use perlite because it is cheaper. With your berries like others have said pull them up so just the roots are covered, also depending on your watering schedule you might want to change it if the pump is running a lot.
I have pulled them up yesterday, I am really not good in this yet, I feel so sorry for the plants, I have tried a few things now, maybe I have to transfer them to something else
there is no reason they can’t grow in that system, how often is your pump running?
i have tried a few times a day for 15/30 min, we don't have a timer yet, hopefully this weekend we can find one
How long have those been planted, sometimes plants can droop a little when transplanted as they get used to their new location.
I don't know, we saw them in a shop with the whole tower and took it with us. All my other strawberry plants from seed looks better, but unfortunately no fruits yet
were they already planted in the tower when you brought it home or did you plant the plants yourself as part of a kit?
it was an already made tower, we only had to move around with the plants because otherwise it couldn't fit in the car, we took every part separate, it was not a kit.
ah ok, as you said to someone before you had raised them up in the perlite a little, I would give them a few more days and see if they recover.
again as they have been moved, a few days recovery will see if they improve.
Thanks, lets hope so they will be well thanks for your response
you are very welcome.