Seedsman white widow x 4 feminised, Wilma grow system

Hi guys just new to the site, firstly my friend has purchased a xl budbox tent 1.2m x 1.2m x 2m, 600w hps light system, carbon filter fan system and a 4 pot wilma flood and drain system. So far everything is setup perfect and the seeds have just been planted for germination in a unheated propagation tank (using nutrient soaked rockwool) which has been placed in warm cupboard above the water heating system.

The guy has done quite alot of backround research into this but wants to find out a further few questions.

Firstly once the seeds start to show signs of growth, when exactly should they be put under the hps light? he knows that this light is to strong for them at this stage but has heard that it is ok to use as long as its kept a good distance away, if anybody knows exactly how far it would be really helpful.

Your help will be much appreciated. Thanks :rastasmoke::thumbsup:

Hello.

First good luck with your grow and welcome here.
Why did u go with a Wilma 4 in a 1.2*1.2m tent? You could easilly used a Wilma 8 or even a 10. ;)

If you will only grow 4 plants then ScrOG or FIM them I would propose to get them bushy. Also with only one light you will need a very even canopy so put in some work to keep them evenly high later on.

You will want those plants to yeild a lot/plant if you only grow 4 and that will be hard with one light and 4 stretchy single stem plants lit by a single light. I have a bit of a problem with that here. I also grow WW, 5 of them and it is also my first grow. I FIMed one to see what happened and let 4 grow single stems and it is becoming a problem to light them evenly with one 600W HPS for me now.

As for light. You can start using the HPS already a few days after they are above ground and tbh you could use it from start as long as some care is taken.

If you want check in on my grow and download my Excel grow diary. It is updated now and then in posts and if u download the latest update I did to it you will have detailed day by day information from seed to start of 12/12 in it. I update those every week or so.
Anway, again, good luck and have fun. :D

Puffzter

Nice setup you got going, the 4 pot wilma system came along as a special offer deal, depending on how good the first crop goes will be the decider if the guy is goin to go for the 8 pot.

yea alot of effort is going to be put into FIMing the plants as maximum yield is the aim :D. About the hps light on the seedlings, should i keep the light about 4 or 5 feet away from the propagator tank?

thanks for the help, hope your crop goes well and hopefully ill get a few pics up soon. :rasta:

well heres the first pictures of the grow guys, the plants are about 16 days old now, just been transplanted to the wilma system and are growing very nice, had a bit of touble on the first day of moving them into the wilma system, a few of the leaves wer going yellow at the very edge, but once the light was moved further away everything seems to be going fine.

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Looking good man.
Don't be too careful with the light though they can take as much as u can get them as long as you don't overheat them. The more u blast them the earlier the less they will stretch and you do want to keep these babies low, believe me. My WWs grew 1.5-2 inches a day from week 5-7 so you can imagine the scare I got. It is finally slowing down now. The FIM'd one (only did it on one of five) is growing in a much more decent speed and have 6 really nice main stems full of flowers.
Anyway, just nuke them as much as u safelly can with light.

Good luck.

Puffzter

Please post updates! :thumbsup:

Hey guys just a quick update, things are going perfect which is really weird for a first time grow lol the light was lowered puffzter and added a fan 2 days ago, since then the growth has been very rapid, heres a few pics.

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Hey BDD looking great :thumbsup:

Just curious, what nutes are you using?

Started off using formulex for the seedlings, when transplanted to the wilma system they got started on ionic grow at a CF level of 12-14, ionic bloom and boost will be used for the flowering stage.

latest pictures here taken this morning, everythings goin great, just got one question to ask. Aas maximum yield is wanted these plants will be fimmed, im growing in a 2 meter high tent by 1.2m wide, at what size should theplants be when i start fimmimg? any help will be much appreciated!

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It has now been 19 days since the seeds sprouted and put under the hps light, just hope everything keeps going well. :hippy: