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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 ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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 ... ...
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. ...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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. ...
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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 ...
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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