Well, I’ve been through dirt, organic dirt, super dirt, Autopot Smartpot dirt/ organic bottle nute. (Seaweed does not work well in those lines)
RDWC is my favorite because there’s lots of pieces (can be) and I love to tinker with it.
Talk about read the plant, it’s almost instant feedback compared to dirt.
To be honest, never really got the hang of dirt.
It helps I have really good water, bought an RO filter, but it’s a waste of water for me.
The nutes I’m running have really helps stablize things. Hydroguard
Chiller, never ran without, so can’t see how well I would do, but I know others are successful.
Nice to have tap water pressure for filling and cleaning too.
If you can’t fill and drain pretty easy, it wouldn’t be near as much fun.
8# a gal x 30 no thanks!
If your fighting PH problems, root rot, lights, bugs and trying to learn, it would be tougher?
I don’t have bug problems, so it pretty straight forward for me.
And the results are insane, but how much can you store?
I think some places it’s probably virtually impossible to be successful.
Another thing, I like to be barefoot. Water is better suited for that.