Watering to decent run off is important once your plants get big enough. It helps keep the ph and ec of the medium stable. I tried to be stingy with it and my ec climbed and ph dropped.
I water 2x a day, lots of guys put drippers on big plants. Coco can be watered all the time. ( if it isn't silty fine coco, you want the course stuff tht you rinsed all the fines out of and it needs to be treated before use as well.
I am still tracking my run off ec and ph. Maybe once I get more experienced I will not have to. Right now it helps my noob skills learn to read plants. I am using it to correct my overfeeding tendencies.
I switched to dyna gro but maxibloom is a great suggestions well if you want something easy to use. Mix maxibloom powder with some hot water to dissolve it easy, then mix in the rest of the cold. Heat wont hurt it, I wouldn't boil it for days though
Your plants look extremely savable.
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