Why I Won't Grow Hydroponic Tomatoes Again

My hydroponic tomatoes did great. Even though one of the plants turned out to be some mutant plant, it still grew great. But I won't be growing them again any time soon. They are simply too much work for my taste. I have the option of planting in soil and I am going to stick with that.

I used:

MASTERBLEND 4-18-38 Complete Combo Kit Fertilizer Bulk (5 Pound Kit):
https://amzn.to/2WdXPLM

And it worked great.

This 120GPH Submersible Water pump.
https://amzn.to/2Dui14x

It was cheap and worked most of the summer. The second one I bought worked the rest of the summer and is still going a year later indoors.

The buckets I got locally.

The hose black 1/2" ID tubing. If you use the pump above, you need 1/2" ID tubing

https://amzn.to/2ElBKnF


Good luck!