i was always a BIG fan of soilless mediums... which IS hydroponics, BTW... all hydroponic means is introducing the nutes through the water... but in my smaller grow the problems of dealing with soil or soilless root bound material is getting to be an issue... i dont have 70 acres to dump it in anymore
so, i am liking the idea of going aeroponic in the future.
i used to seriously have the same attitude you and fdd have... but as i get older i think it has more to do with the grower.... the reason being is there is no doubt that an aero system grows better roots and grow the plants faster.. this means that with the proper nutes being added at the proper timing the buds should easily be the same or better... soil guys can be such snobs
and i say that as a formerly die hard soil guy
read Al B Fuct's thread on "get a harvest every 2 weeks" satman and you will learn a lot about hydro... and see that there aint shit wrong with his buds
i sure hope that made some form of sense, i am a tad out of my skull tonight