Most efficient, yet simple method

what would you guys think would be a good method for a grower looking to dip his foot into new waters (no pun intended). i have done soil grows, but now i am looking to make a few bucks on the side, and thought that i should try out hydroponics.

what do you guys think would be the best method for somebody used to growing, just not hydroponically?

i am most interested in:

Nutrient film technique (NFT)
drip system
deep water culture (DWC)

also, i am somewhat interested in:
ebb and flow



i will be growing from seed to harvest for now. I am fairly new to hydroponics but want to get into it. Which method listed above would be best in terms of easiness for a beginner to hydro, highest yield and best efficiency.

money isnt all that much of an issue.

thanks guys.

i was also wondering, with an ebb and flow, how exactly does the water drain out? sorry, that part seems to confuse me.

The water in a flood and drain system drains back through the pump, gravity assisted.

oops, what a dumb question.

There are no dumb questions just dumb people Anyway it took me awhile to figure it out so dont feel stupid... lol

The easiest way to start is ebb&flow, flood and drain. For my first hydro grow, I hammered some boards together into 4-foot long trays, lined them with heavy plastic, put a drain tube in the bottom that connected to a bucket. That was it.

Filled the trays with pea gravel, and put plants in the gravel, and filled the buckets with nute solution. Back then, I didn't even know how to spell pH, so I didn't worry about that. Once or twice a day, I'd pick up the bucket and pour all of it into a tray, flooding the rocks, and then set the bucket down so the trays would drain back into the bucket.

The next crop I put a submersible pump in the buckets on a timer, and automated hydro was here to stay. That was in 1978.

HTH

You cant get much more simple than that.... Today is even easier with purpose built plastic trays, digital ph meters and the internet to mention a few. Doesnt matter what u try just give it a go, each method can be broken down into basics which understood properly can be done by anyone.