Is daily watering really needed for Coco?

So I do soil mainly. Last run I threw in 3 gallon coco plant. It was a premade 70/30 coco perlite mix. No washing or buffering just plant straight in. I knew nothing about coco watering so it was treated like soil. As in ample drying period of 4-5 days between watering. Plant did fine, no deficiencies all the way to harvest. Only thing I really did was when I did water I always added ample calmag followed by equal parts A/B coco nutrients. I really liked how fast things progressed in coco and the three gallon produced almost as much as a five. Now that I research coco I hear it needs to be watered daily if not several times a day. I’m not going to be doing several waters a day for sure lol. I’m thinking every other day would work? The next day after watering the pot is still very heavy, so it does retain quite a bit of water. Maybe the very top layer of coco dries out. What do you coco pros suggest? Also what PH is best for coco. I been doing between 5.8 to 6.0.

Any pics of these grows? There are people that keep it simple but follow basics and do great. There are some that go against all the rules and do ok but I dont see much pics of those grows. With discussions of other people opinion.

Its good to have problem solving skills that are proven and shown to the community. Also with the communities help. You might shape up a grow routene that needs to be re-established again if not entirely.

I think theres a lot to be said with something as simple as fabric pots vs plastic. With one determining success over the other. Could learn things from other growers and avoid going down the same dead end roads depending on your setup. How big your reservoirs are and that they stay clean.

I got things to the point I cant get much feedback where as if you suddenly have problems; there are several points in your routene that could be to blame. Im greatful for the mild difficulty problems Ive had to overcome as its built a skill set to solve problems. When I have problems its pretty easy to figure out if I was the cause.

Or its tougher but I learn something new to my skill set that involved other parts of the plant and its function; to solve a problem since the rootzone is in check. I could have a routene that never gave me problems but I wouldnt really know what to do when I do get issues. Given that visual signs of issues can overlap.

Idk why I had to dial in so many things or the question should be why there are people that dont have to? No issues from a few grows isnt proven but multiple grows over a couple years or more starts to look more proven, even if its quirky.