Yea, he is new to the Farm, so doesn't quite feel comfortable with reaching-out to people yet.
I have some experience with coir..... ask away.
Soil food web is how I learned it and like to think of it. My background helps, too, but.. yeah, Teaming With Microbes, man!
Do you have a thread on your soil food web style/method?
It drains well but it does hold more water than rockwool in my experience. As long as you have good drainage away from the pots, then overwatering is not a problem other than wasting a lot of water and nutrients. I water based on the plants needs and that depends on the size of the plant, size of container, day length, temperature, and humidity. I also adjust my feed strength by checking runoff. I am constantly adjusting my irrigation cycles and concentration of nutrients based on those parameters as it is the most cost efficient. In an ideal situation, you would achieve about 30% runoff over the day and ppm's and pH would remain constant. You can probably get close to that with a lot of checking at first and making adjustments and taking notes as you go along. No need to feed young plants every hour and in fact, you might not need to feed them for several days at a time in the beginning of the cycle. Let the plants tell you what they need by checking the coir every day for moisture and then when you do water, check the runoff to be sure you are not over or under feeding. I like to pre charge my coir with full strength nutrient before planting and then carefully monitor the levels for the first couple of weeks. I find that most people under feed at the beginning and end up with a lot of yellowing leaves and stunted growth because the plants are starving. I only run my veg phase for 3 weeks with newly planted clones in my tent because any longer and they get way too big. I use 6 plants in a 5x5 tent and they are wall to wall in no time.
