hydro does grow faster............ but i would say soil taste best (IMO) and your growing the plant as it should be grown.. (SOIL) Regardless you wait longer.. you dont have as many as the worries and task of doing a hydro setup...(now i havent done hydro,, but from reading about it,, seems as if it is a pain and tedius job) you may kno from your experience???? just some of my thoughts you kno...
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