To Starve or Feed to Death?

most hydro doses are not that high to start. Plants in the earth are not hindered in any way by having access to nutrients up until harvest. Bet you can find earth used to grow marijiana and all sorts of other stuff with higher EC than a typical hydro setup and no damage to the crops. i'd wager real money that the pH remaining steady is more correlated to some measurable effect than how much fertilizer you give over a few days. in either case, 3 days is a small proportion of the total. if you have individual buckets and these are clones, test it.. doubt you can't tell a difference in any blindn taste test.