well most AFs are grown from seed making it harder to do in hydro, males = wasted space.
There are FEM Seeds AF available, LR#2 and Easy Ryder are 2 that will perform well. KrazyCure has done AF Hydro, I wish more people would , excellent results.
I am doing both right now and the ones I have in hydro are about twice the size of the same stain in soil. This is the first time I have tried hydro and I think it's fun, but more work than soil for sure.