Hydro is less forgiving than soil for sure......a hydro system really can't be left for a day or two without things like the ph etc being checked.....unless you've spent ALOT of money for extra toys to control those things for you. With your situation (kids) I'd stick with soil. Soil plants won't sob if you aren't down there checking on them often.

With hydro...as quick as plants can grow....that's about as quick as they can go down in a hydro system when something goes wrong.
Weedhound Reviewed by Weedhound on . Why hydro? Is there a thread already that compares the benefits of going hydro to just doing dirt and hand watering? It looks like hydrosystems are low maintenance but then each time I read someone's grow log using hydro I hear about having to raise lights a few times / day since it grows so fast. I want to KISS as much as possible and found the bubbleponics system pretty user-friendly from their site, but just don't know if it's going to require me going down to the plants a few times a day...which I Rating: 5