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Your “Yard” mini greenhouse Setup and assembly guide. Document version 2 Yard model 2.x ...
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Your mini greenhouse will look like this when it’s built (lid and doors shown separately for clarity) : ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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) ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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” ...
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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 ...
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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; ...
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(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 ...
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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.
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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). ...
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(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. ...
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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 ...
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