Looking for something for next grow and wanted to try out advanced nutrients
If I were going to use a multi-bottle "lineup" I would try Dyna-Gro. I see a lot of good grows using it. (H&G sounds good too.).
Have you thought about using an ordinary (non-cannabis) product like Jack's Classic or Grow More Sea Grow? Instead of following a schedule, you use ordinary products mixed to get the NPK ratio you want.
For example, you can enter your FF schedule into this spreadsheet to see the NPK ratio(s) you've used through your grow. Then compare the NPK ratios that result from other opaque, schedule-driven "lineups." Then model any ratio using generic stuff (fish emulsion to raise N, bulk potassium sulfate to raise K, an inexpensive "bloom booster" to raise P). I made a
spreadsheet to do this.
My opinion is that the boutique "lineups" like Advanced are scammy, overpriced and designed to lock you into a proprietary formula where you're not driven by NPK -- but by "so much of bottle X, and so much of bottle Y." If you can get out of the bottle/schedule mentality (like betting on a team in sports) and think of NPK and the sources of what you use to get a ratio you want, it puts you in control instead of
subscribing to someone's mystery NPK through a premium price.
Having said that: Advanced Nutrients is one of the *last* multi-bottle products I would use. The company seems low on info, high on hype. The people who run the company remind me of the Make Money Fast guy on late-night TV. I'm sure it grows well. But, my point is, you don't need to associate with gimmickry like that if you get into NPK ratios. Look AN's schedule, plug their products into the spreadsheet, see the NPK ratios, and then recreate it using anything you want. (I'm pretty sure mixing 2-3 MiracleGro products could work almost as well. Although, I would step up to Grow More Sea Grow or Jack's Classic.).
