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Your "Yard" mini greenhouse 
Setup and assembly guide. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Document version 2 
Yard model 2.x 
 

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  • Page 1   Your “Yard” mini greenhouse  Setup and assembly guide.                                        Document version 2  Yard model 2.x   ...
  • Page 2   Your mini greenhouse will look like this when it’s built (lid and doors shown  separately for clarity) :         ...
  • Page 3 Contents  Check that your package contains the following parts. If anything is missing, get back  to us as soon as possible: hello@harvst.co.uk     Frame parts  Tools and small parts      1 x Left end panel  Bolt and fixings kit ...
  • Page 4   Ensure your WiFi network name and password are handy.  Turn on your Harvst control unit. It will start beeping fast and the red LED will  be on.  If, after 10 seconds, no previous WiFi connection has been found, the unit will ...
  • Page 5 If you don’t have a hose, you’ll need a pump, and a water tank of some sort. You can  use the Harvst tank, or a water butt if there’s one within 2m of your greenhouse. If you  live in an area that doesn’t get much rain, you might want to consider running a gutter ...
  • Page 6   2. Attach baseboards to end panels  Parts   2 x pre-assembled end panel 2 x timber base board 8 x 50mm furniture bolt   The base board with the ​ d ouble​ black  plastic track is on the ​ f ront​ of the  greenhouse.
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  • Page 8 Secure  the valve to the pipe with a jubilee clip.    In the drawing you can also see a green  pipe going upwards, you will fit this  later (it’s black in real life).        See photos at www.harvst.co.uk/setup ...
  • Page 9   6. Fit connecting hose  Parts   1 x connecting hose Fit the short (approx 50cm) section of  black hose between the elbow joints on  the top and bottom pipes, on the left.  The hose runs around the front of the  bottom shelf (the side closest to the ...
  • Page 10   8. Fit front cross bar and doors    Parts First, drop the crossbar into the brackets  1 x Crossbar : 25mm box section with twin black on the front of the end panels.   plastic track   2 x M5 40mm bolt and nuts The bracket for the lid opener faces ...
  • Page 11   9. Screw in the mister nozzles  Parts   5 x Yellow mister nozzle   1 x Lid assembly   Screw the yellow mister nozzles into  the pre-punched holes in the black  pipe which runs underneath the ridge  (attached to the lid assembly)   ...
  • Page 12 11. Fit the lid prop        Parts The small section of 13mm (½”) angle  1 x aluminium lid prop bolts to the inside of the front bar, on  1 x M5 x 40mm bolt the right hand side. Fix it loosely so it  1 x Nylok nut can move around as it’s raised. ...
  • Page 13   14. Fit the lid opener to the lid      Prop the lid open using the lid prop.   See photos at www.harvst.co.uk/setup      Parts The top of the lid opener arm is held to  1 x Automatic lid opener the lid using an M5 x 20mm bolt with a ...
  • Page 14 Parts 15. Attach the lid opener to the  1 x Automatic lid opener frame    Put the lid prop away and clip the  mechanism into the bracket on the  rear of the front cross piece, above the  doors.  The two lugs on the opener fit into the  two corresponding holes in the bracket ...
  • Page 15 Mount the control system  Once you’re happy that the control unit  connects to WiFi indoors near your WiFi  router, you can install it into your Harvst  mini-greenhouse.    At the top right of the rear panels you’ll  see four holes. Use the M5 x 20mm bolts ...
  • Page 16 1. Position the tank on the right hand side of your mini-greenhouse. We recommend  that you place it outside so that you get more growing space. If you don’t have space in  your yard or garden, you can place it inside the frame.   ...
  • Page 17 It will stay awake for 5 minutes.    From your Harvst app dashboard, click the “access device directly” button, and you’ll  be taken to a grey screen which is the control box itself. Here you can click “water now” ...
  • Page 18 Environmental sensors  Soil moisture and temperature sensors  Your Harvst mini-greenhouse comes with two black dual-purpose sensors, which will  measure soil moisture as well as soil temperature. These are best placed in an area  where the temperature and moisture doesn’t change too fast; such as a large container ...
  • Page 19 Soil moisture sensing    The Harvst smart garden system is fitted with sensors that detect the ​ c apacitance​ of  the soil, in other words how much the presence of the soil affects a small electric field  set up around the sensor. The water content of the soil will affect the capacitance; ...
  • Page 20 (it has three sockets on the left hand side). The top two connectors are for heaters;  zone 1 at the top and zone 2 below it. Into these connectors you can plug Harvst heater  pads. The bottom connector is for Harvst waterproof LED grow lights, which are ...
  • Page 21 Heat settings  You might want to set seedling trays at 20 °C to germinate peppers, and salad grow  tubs at 15 °C. Read more online about the best growing temperatures for different  crops.     The large tubs at the bottom of a greenhouse could be set to 15 °C, but might not  achieve that temperature if it’s very cold outside.
  • Page 22 LED plate positioned just under the  closed lid. This will let water from the misters reach your plants. Lights for lower plants  should be fitted on the back of the middle shelf (for the Yard model).    ...
  • Page 23 (Yard), or one side of a wide Terrace model. Our heated seed trays and grow  lights are a great way to get seeds to germinate at any time of year, if your Harvst  greenhouse is connected to mains electricity. ...
  • Page 24 4mm micro irrigation plugs.    If your Harvst smart greenhouse is connected to a garden hose, you’ll have a lot more  pressure and will have the ability to power more outlets. In reality, if you’re using the ...