What's up with your soil? You say your plants are drinking a lot, are you watering enough to keep the soil moist?
How often are you watering vs fertilizing? Like are you giving nutrients once a week and water the rest of the time? How many liters of fertilized water are you giving your plants?
You mentioned consistently having problems starting half way through flower. To me, your plants just look generally hungry. Like you just need to give them more nutrients.
Halfway through flower is when your plants are biggest and when they need the most resources. Try feeding them more.