THE BEST RESULTS FROM A POT

The Atami Wilma offers the flexibility of growing in pots, with the accurate feeding and increased yield benefits of active hydro.

How The Atami Wilma System Works

The Atami Wilma is an active hydro version of a drip irrigation system. Plants benefit from the accurate feeding of active hydroponics, combined with the flexibility of growing in pots.

Pots are placed on a tray above a nutrient solution tank. Plants and drippers are placed in the pots with the chosen growing medium – clay, coco, soil or rockwool. Set the irrigation frequency with a timer, which triggers the drippers to automatically feed the plants.

The nutrient solution works its way through the medium and over the roots of the plants, draining into the catchment tank and drawing oxygen into the root zone.

The Atami Wilma offers the flexibility to be used as an irrigation system with a tank to catch run off or as a fully re-circulating hydro system.

Why the Atami Wilma system produces great results

• Frequent feeding means greater uptake of water and nutrients.

• Active hydroponics: roots do not rely on the capillary action of the growing medium.

• Free draining root zone means no nutrient build up or water-logging.

The benefits of the Atami Wilma system

• Better Yields
  

  Plants take up more water and nutrients than hand watering pots, as they fed are little and often.

• More Choice
  

  Grow in soil, coco, clay or rockwool; there is a Wilma dripper for every medium. Grow 4, 8, 9, 10, 16 or 20 plants.

• Less Hassle
  

  The Wilma is low maintenance. Manage one nutrient solution tank for up to 20 plants and top up every couple of days – far easier than hand watering.

• Flexible

  Pots in a Wilma are independent of one another; plants can be moved around under lights or replaced. A timer is used to increase the number of feeds to suit the life stage of the plants.

• Reliable

  The Wilma has a reliable anti-leak design. The Wilma pots fit snugly into perfectly sized ‘slots’ in the tray, which in turn sits over a reservoir greatly reducing the chance of leaks.

Atami Wilma Hints and Tips

Golden Rule 1: Use the correct dripper for the growing medium. When growing in clay pebbles, use the flood drippers. For more absorbent media – soil, coco, grow cubes, mapito – use the arrow drippers.

• If using clay pebbles treat the Wilma as a re-circulating hydroponic system and top up the tank every few days with half strength nutrient solution.

• If using an absorbent medium - like soil, coco or rockwool - treat the Wilma as a dripper system with a catchment tank. The aim is to minimise run off and top up the tank with full strength nutrient solution.

• Use a cleaning product, like Atami’s ATAclean, to prevent dripper blockage.

• Set feeds on a segmental timer: when plants are young start with 2x or 3x 15minute feeds a day when using clay pebbles. Set 1x or 2x 15minute feeds a day when using an absorbent medium. Increase the number of feed periods as plants mature.

Atami Wilma Assembly Video