Does hydroton ever go bad?

[420guy]

was just wonderng if anyone knows if the stuff goes bad after any length of time...i know to clean in between crops, etc...but does after a year or two with the same hydroton effect the uptake of nutes or make ph flucuate...

 

[MTF-Sandman]

As long as it's clean it's good to go. They're just baked clay, so there's really nothing to go bad in em.

 

[420guy]

thanks for the reply sandman...stay safe

 

[Truth]

.. I had a pet rock die on me once

 

[Guest]

they do eventually corrode away..they get smaller and smaller until there not anymore...

 

[Truth]

thats plausible, but I think this would take many many many years of usage. I always replace mine once in a while because I just get tired of cleaning them over and over (I boil them). although pour some soap in a bowl with some clean hydroton, and you've got yourself a good hand cleaner and it will exfoliate your skin comes out nice and smooth.

 

[Guest]

well it takes about 3 years for them to be half the size they were in my water farms

 

[420guy]

that's about where i'm at now (1/2 the original size)...time for another 100lb. bag of hydroton i guess...thanks for the help people...stay safe

 

[bartender187]

Nope, as long as there clean from dead roots etc.... you should be good. Its just baked clay...