In all honesty this ia more of an experimental first grow. I'm reading the books and taking my time to learn this art solo (w/ all of your valued help of -course ;o().
I'm hoping to have a lady sprout the first time. While luck has a lot to do with it; weighing your concerns has put my mind into a state of re-thinking. Maybe I should try this solo plant first to get the skill set down.

BTW: I have read that you can transfer a soil plant to a hydro if your take the proper steps first:
(after pulling the root system free from it's home ot)
1. Use a 5.5ph solution to break away the soil
2. after the soil has been washed away almost completely, transfer the nearly full grown rooting to the bottom of your net pot.
2. Add a generous amount of rocks and water with ph 5.8 until flowering begins.

I think I will try this 2 plant meth. as a fail safe. The room really isn't big enough, with the light that I'm using, to go with more than two plants.

Confusious say, "Small buds are better than none, and two buds are better than one".

CHEERS,