Ive done soil for about 20 years or so. Always wanted to try hydro or soiless medium.....just never had. I have always been under the impression that you cant grow as big of plants, it takes more time and watching over, and you get a chemically taste? I don't know, never done it. My friends that do seem to grow smaller plants, and say its quicker, but to me its just quick cause they start flowering them sooner than I do. I let them get bigger because i have the room. So I start mine flowering later, so that means they will finsh later. They end up much bigger than the drip plants and hydro plants, and the amount of bud is much more. Any other imput is appreciated. For some reason, I just like playing in the dirt. One of my first mentors was BOG...bogglegum, lifesaver, and so on. He grew and grows in dirt, so I figured that was the way to go.