I defiantly agree with @Growings . Don't let the coco dry out. Also, if your reason for letting it dry out is so the roots can search for water, why do roots continue to grow in DWC setup where they are in direct contact with water all the time? The wet/dry cycle is for soil, not coco. Here...
Well, they aren't thriving like I like to see. I had been giving them a solution of: 3ml fox farm grow, 2 ml GH cal-mag, and 1 ml fox farm micro. That solution was 700 EC, and ph adjusted to 6.0. Today I switched it up to DynaGrow nutrients. I went with 6 ml foliage pro and 5 ml protekt...
I'm still relatively new to growing. This is my 4th go at it. Every grow I've been downsizing my containers. My last grow was in 2 gallon pots, and 4 plants just totally stuffed my tent to the point that I couldn't maintain the airflow I wanted. I've seen people go all the way in Solo cups...
Well this grow had a major screw up right at the beginning :) I had 2 buckets of coco/pearlite. One had been buffered and rinsed, and the other had not. About 3 days after sprouting, I started to see some major burning on the leaves. I had been hand watering once a day with a solution of RO...
Interesting....I'm using a device that meters out the water to my plants. One of it's features is a chart on the mobile app. I'll have to pay attention to that chart as my plants come to the end of flower and watch their water intake drop off.