m0useanswered grow question 3 years ago I would treat it like hydro as your medium is mainly soilless,
The only thing in resembling dirt or soil is the earth worm castings and they only make up 20% of it.
This would be different if it was soil, castings, coir, perlite. as then it would be over 50% soil based ingredients.
some products will spike the EC a lot more. eg, calmg, will spike the ec a lot, it is a measurement of how easily an electrical current can pass though the solution.
Salt simple sodium chloride will also spike the EC a lot.
I would not say your doing it wrong, you just need to fine tune a few aspects of your grow to get the most out of it.
Best Of Luck!