what is this

Does anyone know what this is? Its little white balls. I'm not sure if its salt build up, calcium or something else. Please only reply If you know for sure, I can make guesses but I need to know for sure...thanks guys

Anyone?............

Looks like mold...

Anyone Else.....

How many times have you used the hydroton? Did you use bleach to clean them before the run?

weird. doesnt look like salt build up, its usually more scally in appearance. my first thought was eggs, bugs.

superstoner1 said:

weird. doesnt look like salt build up, its usually more scally in appearance. my first thought was eggs, bugs.

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Not eggs, i'm tripping out too! I use h202 in my Rez, so if it was mold or bugs I imagine that would be resolved!

superstoner1 said:

weird. doesnt look like salt build up, its usually more scally in appearance. my first thought was eggs, bugs.

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Yeah I was thinking root aphid. Just eating away on those roots

Are they living/moving? Got a micro shot?

Ganjapussy said:

Yeah I was thinking root aphid. Just eating away on those roots

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The plants are in net pots. I took them out and looked through my 40 times glass and didn't see any aphids. Roots are bright white no bugs! Root aphid eggs are not white like the ones on my hydroton....

Looks/sounds like scale type insects(white'slow moving,sucking the life out of them)if it is, scale scrape them(almost impossible to rid them)

Is that the new stuff the the company just replaced with recently?? If it is, they need to get back to the other one.
disclaimer: provided this is actually fairly new hydroton to you

I still assume its some type fungus/Mildew "powdery mold" use hygrozyme, can't do nothing but good. If it is fungus, I would put a fan on the hydroton... Could always just take it out and replace too..

Ya it could be a mold, this is my first run with hydroton. I have hygrozyme, but didn't use it this run. It seems to make my Rez slimy and shit. I'm pretty pissed I might add! People kept saying ” dude, use hydroton” not impressed so far! My plant roots are already embedded in the rocks..what the hell do I do????

Get too scraping haha. It would be unwise to damage the roots at this point? (don't know where your at in the grow)
Scrape all of what you see, and don't look at it. Harvest as soon as possible and forget the hydroton. If I were hydro I'd do a ebb n flow with rockwool. But that's me. I'm a soil guy... Fuck hydroton

But atleast your learning, and when all those hydroton heads say "hey man you switch from hydroton? WTF!?"
Point, laugh, and say yeah, cause I actually know what I'm Doing

And after you scrape. Don't forget the fan. Good luck boss

net pot and a collar is all you need. cleaning hydroton is for the birds. not to mention stepping on it.

The verdict is in! I took it to my hydro shop, its mold! Not sure how or why. I got SNS244, that will fix it. Not happy with the hydroton!

Make sure you use that fan to dry out the top. Don't wanna see that shit come back