I can’t say what other veggies grown this way taste like, but hydroponic tomatoes are Tomatoes In Name Only.
Pretty and uniform, but absolutely tasteless
Gal across the street had a garden, gave me tomatoes, so good & made fine pasta sauce.
DIRT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SECRET INGREDIENTS TO OUR HEALTH.
I’ve grown hydroponic tomatoes and yes, they were tasteless, horrible. Can’t beat growing them in aged horse manure.