I went to 100% perlite after first being in soil then coco, coco + 50% perlite, now many years later, just perlite, a neutral and easy to reuse substrate.
Sounds like you dont have any measuring equipment, an EC meter and Ph drops are pretty important, can get away with 20$ for the EC meter and 10$ for GH Ph drops.
When it comes to nutrients, I also use GH, mostly half the recommended in DWC and perlite for cuts/seedlings. You are in soil it seems so certainly not more than half.
Of course if you rarely fertilize and mostly use water that would be a little different.
Less nutrients is always better, when you see they are hungry and they get some, boom explosive growth.
Please start measuring things, tastiness of water doesn’t mean much
Maintaining and calibrating Ph pens, its a whole subject on its own, tuck in and find your questions.