Legigo 4 LBS Organic Expanded Clay Pebbles, 4mm-16mm Light Clay Leca Balls for Plants, Natural Hydroton Clay Pebbles for Hydroponic & Aquaponics Growing, Orchid Potting Mix, Dutch Buckets, Drainage

These are wonderful! Purchased while on sale—the worst (and most recent) product reviews complained of broken clay balls, and uneven amount of the larger sized pieces. This was also delivered two days later than expected, so by then was expecting to receive a not-so-appealing product. HOWEVER once received and inspected, was amazed by the quality. I have an even amount of sizes and upon sorting, hardly any broken pieces. I crushed the ones that were and will mix them with substrate for additional drainage.

I didn't purchse this for aqua-culture, and I don't have any orchids.I was mainly thinking of drainage for ordinary house plants. The size of first product I purchased was on the large size. I ordered this bag because the individual balls were much smaller. They worked out much better for drainage in the bottom of a pot.I also tried mixing them into soil with pearlite that I intended to use with water sensitive plants. That seemed to work out okay.It was a good price for what I received and I'm happy with the product. Will reorder again when I run out.Additional thoughts December 5, 2023:I already gave this a 5 star rating so I can't improve upon that. However, I can offer my personal experience with using this as a soil enhancement. I began earlier this year adding the clay pebbles to soil I was mixing for replanting house plants.I have some Christmas Cacti that I'm fond of, especially the ones my grandmother gave me 60 years ago. Christmas Cacti are fussy about watering: too much-they die; too little-they die. So I've always made a good layer of stone and then charcoal in the bottom of a pot when repotting. Then I wouldn't repot them for years and years as long as the drainage remained good.There is a point of diminishing returns with this level as the rather fibrous roots tend to mass around the drainage holes anyway requiring a manual trim of the root mass through the multiple pot holes in the bottom of the pot.This year I decided to bite the bullet and repot both the large plants and the smaller potted ones. I decided to add additional soil amendments to the potting soil I had. I added charcoal, perlite, and the clay pellets to the Miracle-Gro potting soil. My amendment mixture probably made up half of the total amount of soil mixture that resulted. I repotted early summer.All of the Christmas Cacti seemed to react really positively to the new soil despite the heavy root prunning I did before replanting. Most have almost doubled in size and created many more new branching stems. Best of all has been the blossoming.The Thanksgiving variety set up blossoms early and were in bloom by the end of November and have continued to produce additional buds.The Christmas variety hasn't set up blossoms yet. I'm ashamed I put off the biggest pot until September as I knew it was going to be a chore. But it has done an amazing job of pushing out new growth despite the repotting being so late in the year.An extra bonus has been the repotted cuttings liking the new soil mixture. Normally, I don't get any blooms until the next year on cuttings. My 1 1/2 year old cuttings doubled in size the same as the older plants. It is covered in blooms more that I can ever remember. Further more, the cuttings I made earlier in the summer have not only pushed out new growth but some of them have actually set up blossoms.I can't claim that this was a magical mixture. It is just highly unusul plant behavior observed in over 60 years of growing Christmas Cacti.I contribute the change in growing patterns to all three soil amendments increasing the drainage in the soil and at the same time increasing the available usuable water without leaving the root system soaking in damp soggy soil.I would highly recommend using all three soil amendments for any plant you have that is fussy about getting its roots wet and staying wet.

The media could not be loaded. I love the look of leca in glass vases it truly does bring out an elegance in your plants. The color is a vibrant brown/reddish color great quality and an eye catching additive. I soaked the leca for 24 hours before placing them in a jar with some plants I had around the house. I’ve been utilizing the leca for 2 weeks now and I notice plant growth in a Brant way my plants look so happy. The leca is great for moisture retention, you don’t have to worry about watering or overwatering your plants. The functionality of the leca is pleasing because it makes planting very easy and low maintenance you simply fill 1/3 of your container place the roots inside, then fill the rest of the container with leca. Add about 1/4 of water to your container ensuring the roots of the plant are not touching the water as this can lead to root rot. Happy planting friends!

Great for your hydroponics.

Best deal I have found ! Extra fast delivery! Highly recommend !!!

Came professionally sealed no bag busts or crumbs ...and they where super clean almost coulda gotten away with washing them

Works well for aquariums plants but beware that they float. So you will need another media to hold them down around plants (like rocks).

Item is perfect for creating a drainage barrier for potted plants to prevent root rot. The pebbles are a good size to allow air flow and reduce the risk of the soil becoming too compacted over time.