yes, people have used 2 litre bottles in an sog set-up... but for an sog set-up the rule is "when seedlings are sprouted in cups, put 4 per square foot.... when they are big enough for a 6 inch container, its 1 plant per square foot", but there are people who squeeze more into less space but i would believe they are experienced with sog and learned the ropes first, not sure.... but if you squeeze more into the 1 plant per square foot set-up, its believed they will yield less.... and yes you can sog in soil....look up more info dude.. or just search for SOG... it had this one thread that really broke it down