First Grow: A 600W story

Do you recommend a good soil meter that does all that?

So I water a 2gal pot until it passes 4-6gal thru? Even if im feeding nutes? And then let it sit to drain some more and then bring them into the tent? If I am using nutes this water thats flushed thru can I fill more solution into the container(to replace the bit that the first plant took in) and will the first plant take all 4-6 gallon of nutes and die? Or will it only take the nutes from the water it retained? Basically im asking if the soil will filter out the nutes from the water.

I recently bought these closet shelving things at home depot so I could sit plants atop. They are metal coated with rubber and an inch off the ground so now my plants won't sit in their own water. For circulation I got 2 clip fans on either side of tent and a 90degree rotating fan in the corner to keep air moving in there. I notice temps getting to 70 degrees at night now. Got a lot more colder weather to come, I might stop the reflector fan to compensate in the winter.

I also got dolomite lime to bring acidity down in soil when I need to.

Changing to an Ebb&Flow system

Got all the supplies today. Will put together this weekend and hopefully a new ceiling with my screened intake design, though i'll have to find a local source to get the high transparency mesh in.

Heres to turning this simple grow into something way above my class, but good thing there is many sources of information thanks to the internet and experienced people who share their knowledge with the world.

Pics to come soon. Upcoming grow will be Seedsman Power Africa or World of Seeds Legends: Chronic Haze...Both mostly sativa's, not the ideal strain for hydro, but i'll still have about 4 feet of room. I love the taste of Power Africa so i'll probably grow that, being the cheaper of the two choices also helps.