Awesome! im not quite ready yet, im just trying to stay on top of things and since this is my first hydro grow, i was unsure about the ripening of my buds. im only about 2 and a half weeks into flowering. ive just heard so many different things about using flushes and just using ph water.

Im growing some platinum kush x big bud and some classic white widow, two very different growing strains. weird i know.
im using the flora series, at:
floragro-5ml
floramicro-10ml
florabloom-15ml.

According to the gh feeding schedule there is a ripening stage, with:
floragro-0ml
floramicro-5ml
florabloom-15ml

is this stage really necessary or can i just go from bloom to a flush when im ready to harvest. Also, is spending too many weeks in aggressive bloom be hard on my plants?

I really appreciate any help. Thanks!