keep it simple... since you have pots that roughly match size of plant, water until runoff... wait for top bit dries to avoid microbial growth like what causes dampening off.
if the pot is larger, you do a radius around the plant and slowly enlarge. Becafeful not to repeatedly fertilze areas where no roots exist yet in this context, and you will do okay.
early on i woudn't let an entire 1" dry, but later on i would.
The size of your pot should dictate watering schedule for the most part. while ther may be other ways, this is the safe way. it promotes root growth as it dries -- never fully dry unless you see wilt, which is bad -- and should have nutes avalaible constantly. Lets you micromange the least too. bigger pot, longer period you can wait -- but at some point the plant drinks a ton.