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  • Page 1   Harvst user manual                        ...
  • Page 2 The Harvst mini-greenhouses provide shelter from the cold  and wind, as well as a built in irrigation system to do the watering for you. If your Harvster  is near a mains electricity connection, it can provide extra heating and grow lights to extend ...
  • Page 3 Harvster within 5m of an indoor power socket. The mains powered  Harvst control units come with 5m of cable.  Water  If you have a garden hose, you can run a tee’d connection to your Harvster. It can be as far  as you like from the tap.   ...
  • Page 4 8mm ring spanner (or open spanner, but a ring spanner is the easiest)  4mm allen key  Pozidrive (Phillips) screwdriver size PZ2  A pair of pliers    Allow a half day to build your Harvster, fit the irrigation, wire up the control unit and load it  with your growing medium.      ...
  • Page 5 Water hose  If you’re using a hose for your Harvster, simply plug it in to the right hand side of the unit.  Make sure all the hose clamps are well secured before turning on the water.  A tip ... ...
  • Page 6: The Control System

    The plastic box with the big sticker on the front is the control unit that is the brains of your  Harvster. It fixes on the right hand side, just under the lid. Screw it to the back panel with  any short self tapping screws. ...
  • Page 7 If you have chosen to use water from a tank, you’ll be supplied with a water tank level  sensor; which triggers an email and/or SMS message when your water tank runs low. The  sensor can be fitted to the built-in tank in a Harvster, or your polytunnel / greenhouse water  butt.  ...
  • Page 8 Grow lights clip onto the side of seed  trays or grow tubs. We recommend grow lights for germinating seedlings, so fit them on  the top shelf of a tall Harvster, or the right hand side of the shelf of a wide Harvster.   ...
  • Page 9: Getting Connected

    No irrigation will happen and you won’t be able to access the control panel.  Turn the control unit off and on again to restart the WiFi connection process.    When your Harvster connects for the first time, you’ll get a text message with a link to your  dashboard.  Testing ...
  • Page 10 Harvster has not yet updated with the latest settings.    If you are on your home network (the same network that your Harvst control box is on) then  you can click “Live data” from the dashboard to visit the control unit itself and click “get ...
  • Page 11: Heating Controls

    Change the settings for your Harvst on your app control panel which is accessed via  https://app.harvst.co.uk   Heating controls  If your Harvster is connected to mains power, then the control unit can run heaters to keep  zones within the box (or the whole box) at a specified temperature. Heaters are an optional  extra. ...
  • Page 12 Seedlings are started on the shelf of the Harvster; the top shelf if you have a tall Harvster,  or one side of a wide Harvster. Our heated seed trays and grow lights are a great way to  get seeds to germinate at any time of year, if your Harvster is connected to mains ...
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  • Page 14: Regular Maintenance

    Hydroponics  You can use the Harvst control unit to power your own pumps; there are three useful 12  volt outputs which can each provide up to 2 amps:    1. Pump  2. Solenoid 1  3. Solenoid 2    Get in touch with us if you want to explore other hydroponics options. ...

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