Advantages:

• You can grow anywhere.
• Uses 20 times less water than soil based gardening.
• Your environment is sterile, which means no pesticides.
• You’ll use 20% less space for growing.
• The system water can be reused, allowing you to conserve water.
• You can have complete control over nutrient balance by using Dyna-Gro formulas.
• No soil setup and testing hassles.
• Harvesting is easier.
• No mulching, tilling, changing of soil and weeding
• You can grow year round.

Disadvantages:

• Putting together a hydroponic system isn’t cheap.
• Constant supervision is required.
• Hydroponic systems are vulnerable to power outages. In the event of a power outage that outlasts your generators you will be manually watering your garden.
• Micro-organisms that are water-based can creep in rather easily.
• Growing a hydroponic garden demands technical expertise.
• Production is limited compared to field conditions
• If a disease appears all plants in the container will be affected.
• Without soil to serve as a buffer if the system fails plant death will occur rapidly.

What Can You Grow With Hydroponics?  HERE you can see a list of the many plants that do well with hydroponics.