I think you figure out the timing and you’ll get much bigger plants. I’ve always felt the auto systems kept plants small because of the high frequency of watering and no dry out.Not against and have done it before was thinking I could cut it in half to 4 times. I've done it about every which way from once a day to 8 or the solo's are 16.
My plants get damn near dry dry dry before they get watered. Like I said, in flower it’s every other day.
Think about this…… the more air you give a DWC system, the better the plants do. And the opposite is also true.
All this wet with no dry kinda leaves something out, doesn’t it?