TW45,
Advanced is a good line of nutes. That being said, you don't need everything they
recommend. Use the Grow, Micro, Bloom and some B52 in Veg. In flower use Grow Micro
Bloom and if you want you can use Big Bud and Overdrive. This is how I mix: I start with the recommended PPM #, for your first week of flower it is probably about 800 ppm.

1: Check your water's PPM BEFORE you add anything. So for this example we will assume that your using R/O with a ppm of say 20 ppm.

2: So with a ppm of 20 you can add 750 ppms of nutes. If your using tap water with a ppm of say 150 then you can only add 650 ppm of nutes. Make since? Good. Use a 1 to 1 to 1 ratio when mixing your grow, micro, bloom. This means that for every 1 ml of micro you would add 1 ml of bloom and 1 ml of grow. If you want to use stuff like Big Bud then you have to add that into your ppms so that you don't go over 800 ppm for your total.

3:On the packaging for Big Bud it says that it will increase your ppms by about 300. So, if your water is 20 ppms and you add big bud at 300 ppms then you mix your Grow Micro and bloom to add up to 480 ppm for a total of 800 ppm, once you have everything mixed in.

4: So mix this way--Mix in your CalMag Plus so that the ppm of the water reaches 100. Now put your Micro in first and mix well. Now put in your grow and mix well, now put your bloom in and mix well. Your ppms should add up to 500 if your going to use Big bud. Now mix in your Big Bud so that the PPMs in your res add up to 800 total.

5: Check your PH and adjust it to 5.5 to 6.3. Try to hit 5.8 but don't be a fanatic about it, just get it close.
Be sure to check your ph every day and adjust it if it needs it.

One final and VERY important note: Advanced Nutrients uses a scale of .7 for ppms. If your in the US then the PPM meter you bought, whether it's a Hanna PPM/PH or some other brand, is set to measure PPMs at a .5 scale. You will need to change that in the pens settings so that you don't over feed your plants.

You can do this by reading the instructions that came with your PPM/PH pen, in them it will instruct you on how to change that setting. If you don't have your instructions anymore you can go online to their website and find them there.

Like I said in the beginning, you don't need all the stuff that the chart says you need. You can do an entire grow from start to finish with just Grow, Micro and Bloom if your using tap water. If your using R/O then you will also need CalMag Plus.

I hope that this helps you.

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******If anyone sees something I wrote that is incorrect PLEASE chime in as I am fairly new to this.********