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    Rough expanded clay

    What would be a good price for rough expanded clay pellets or nuggets? Not the pretty red hydroton balls...tan or grey rough nuggets about 3/8 inch in size?
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    Re: Rough expanded clay

    Quote Originally Posted by Eleven11
    What would be a good price for rough expanded clay pellets or nuggets? Not the pretty red hydroton balls...tan or grey rough nuggets about 3/8 inch in size?
    It depends on where you live, your local market, and maybe even the season.

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    Re: Rough expanded clay

    Does 70 cents a pound seem reasonable?
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    Re: Rough expanded clay

    Lava rock is usually cheaper and has almost double the surface area. Even gravel has more than that stuff (and is dirt cheap). Gravel goes for 3 cents a pound, if I'm not mistaken. Lava rock is somewhere close to gravel on that price range.

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    Re: Rough expanded clay

    EC is just so much nicer to work with... even the rough clay.
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