Mother Earth Hydroton Original Clay Pebbles - 10 Liter, Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate

I tried this with mini hydroponics in jars and wanted to test it out. Works great with Little plants and herbs. The plants sprouted just fine. Also tried on a fish tank And spread the clay across the bottom. Added water and some plant food and then Spread the seeds evenly after expanded. Took about a week for some of the seeds To sprout but it worked. I would recommend for anyone wanting to try hydroponics.

This bag is 10# and the perfect amount of clay pebbles for my patio tomato plants. The bag is not to heavy to carry around so it's the perfect quantity. The bag is thick so it will not break during transport. The pebbles are a variety of sizes but very close in size, no misshaped huge pebbles in the bag. I'm anxious to use them and see if they help with drainage and increased oxygen for the roots as explained.

This is not what I expected. But a good product. I thought the clay would get wet, but it stays dry. So it would make a great pot filler to keep your large container plants lighter weight. It is much more efficient than using styrofoam in the bottom of the container. It is not messy at all. It looks exactly like the photo.

I have been experimenting with hydroponic gardening the past year. Many members in my AeroGarden group highly recommended using these expanded clay pebbles from Mother Earth Hydroton for the Kratky method of hydroponic gardening. So I was very excited to get started and try these out. I am very impressed! First of all, this is quite a big bag and will last me a long time for my Kratky jars. The quality of these clay pebbles is excellent. They are very easy to use and perfect for hydroponic gardening. These clay pebbles do a great job of blocking the light (to the jar, which prevents algae), as well as stabilizing the plant in the net cup. I would not hesitate to buy more and would definitely recommend these to everyone interested in hydroponics. Thank you for making such an excellent product.

Cute little pebbles make your garden look whimsical with little round cereal looking pebbles. I know my garden is in good hands when watered as these pebbles seem to hold moisture and you don't need to water too often. It makes great planter filler to add to the bottom before you add soil.

I wondered what I was going to do with these since I don't grow anything hydroponically, and so I came up with a fabulous use for them -- I used them as "mulch" top-dressing on my patio pots of annuals this year! They are very lightweight and will serve the same purpose as the layer of mulch that I normally have to come up with every spring when I plant my patio pots. The very instant that I began to pour these onto the soil surface, I felt like I had been transported to the Southwest. I just kept thinking "Southwestern". They really do give it that look and feel. One 10-liter bag covered the surfaces of 3 large pots easily and would have been able to do more if I had had another pot to do and gone thinner in my coverage.

I agree with other reviews that it'd be better if there were instructions on how to use this product, recommended applications and tips, and anything else helpful to know other than washing the pebbles ahead of time. Still, I researched this type of product before using and discovered that these pebbles are recommended for drainage (at the bottom of pots or below roots, it will allow water to exit the pot or leave the planting without accumulating around plant groupings), re-potting (the pebbles provide aeration and filler in potting mix and soils to allow more free movement of water around newer growth), and "decoration" (the pebbles look a little like reddish-brown round rocks that would enhance many outdoor aesthetics). I would love to use these outside with artificial plants/flowers that I display in pots but that need to have a way to drain rain water around them. Also, these pebbles would provide weight to pots for ornamental plantings (the pebbles would look nice but help keep plants where I want them, without retaining too much moisture). I am using the pebbles to mix with soil in an area with uneven soil and that too much water tends to accumulate in puddles. I intend to put some bushes and flowers in this area but need something like this to even the earth a little and enhance the soil with bulk. These pebbles are better than rocks because aesthetically they blend in better with the soil and should mix well with the top soil and/or potting soil to encourage new plants' growth. As can be seen in my picture before stirring the pebbles into the soil, they add bulk and will help even out the surface while allowing water to pass around the pebbles easily for improved drainage. I am happy to have found this product. I could see using the pebbles around artificial flowers in window boxes as well, they would allow rainwater through and add bulk around flowers without adding too much weight or attracting bugs.

We did a lot of planting over the weekend and used these clay pebbles in the soil to help regulate soil moisture. I'm not very good at remembering to water plants and most end up dying. These little guys prevent that from happening. Very happy with this product.

The best of the best! Mother Earth Original Clay Pebbles are the real deal! Did you know there are people out there selling imitation clay colored balls as hydroponic clay pebbles?! It's true, but no worries with Mother Earth Original Hydroton. Various sizes, lightweight and looks so good in planters. Quick soak, no floaties, retains moisture and looks so attractive in vases. I have beautiful stabilized plants. A must for orchids. Many uses including using in aquariums!

I'm not sure what to fully make of this. It would have been helpful if it came with information or even a paragraph showing the usefulness. I ended up looking it up online to get an idea how to best use it. I put it in a pot in order to grow some of the vegetables. I like that it tells you can rinse them before using and that you are to rinse after using since they are reusable. It's an unconventional way to have a replacement for soil but these appear to be a great natural alternative. They will also last very long time since the bag is very big and you can continue to reuse them which is nice. They have not yielded any great results for me yet but I will continue to use them and see. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend. There needs to be information, even a guide so that people that have never used these before will know the best way to use them.