I'm looking forward to adding my own "tweaks" as I become more familiar and comfortable with all that the kit does. After growing Hempy style for a number of years, it is great to get back to the "roots" of growing using actual soil. The plants may not take off as quickly as in hydroponics, but things just seem more stable and natural, growing with soil.
I understand why many with large gardens use hydroponics, going more for speed, yield and automation. But, to grow hydroponically for a small garden and having to constantly deal with ph, ppm, temperatures, mold, power losses, the cost of synthetic nutes, etc, etc...
It just doesn't seem like it is worth it to have all those constant headaches for a bit more yield, when you can grow organically in real soil and not worry about ph, ppm and the rest. So...even though I have not tasted the fruit of my first grow yet, I know it will be better than the best I have grown so far hydroponically in the past and for me, it will be all about the quality moving forward.