In my case, it chose me rather than the other way around. I tried growing in soil and my plants comitted suicide after refusing to grow for 3 weeks. Soil is not my friend.

Some people simply don't have the feel for some types of growing. I've known people who couldn't grow in hydro to save their lives, but couldn't not grow in soil. Huge, lusious buds with little or no effort. Then there are others, like me, who could struggle endlessly with soil and never have an end product but breeze right through when growing in a soiless medium.