AutoPot AQUAvalve5 PowerFree Water Control Device User Guide

AQUAvalve5 PowerFree Water Control Device
User Guide

Set up Guide

Contents

• lx Tray2Grow Tray & Lid
• lx AQUAvalve5
• 2x 3/8″ Grommet
• lx 3.3ft of 3/8″ Pipe
• lx 1/2-3/8″ Click-Fit Filter
• lx 3/8″ Golf Filter
• lx 1/4″ Overflow Plug
• 3x Circular Spirit Level
• lx Capillary Matting
• lx Root Control Sheet
• lx Slug Repellent Copper Tape

Useful Information
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Sirrple Care Guidelines

The AQUAvalveS is the patented, power-free water control device that regulates the supply of water and fertiliser to your Tray2Grow. These Simple Care Guidelines will help ensure your AQUAvalves functions perfectly and produces excellent results every time – for years to come. Ensuring that the AQUAvalve5 floods and drains correctly

1. Making sure your AQUAvalve5 floods and drains correctly is simply A achieved and only takes a few seconds.
2. Hold the AQUAvalve5 at eye level so that you can see the silicone fitted to the top float resting on the hole below it.
3. The silicone must create a tight seal when touching the hole.
4. If it looks like it is not sitting parallel on the hole below, simply lift the top float and apply pressure to one side of the silicone, drop the float and hold at eye level again. Repeat the procedure if necessary.

Care and maintenance

1. At the end of your growing season, clean the AQUAvalve5 using warm soapy water. Using an old tooth brush will help. The AQUAvalved is easily disassembled. The top float will slide all the way across and the bottam float is unclipped from its pivoting position. The circular discs fitted to the  top float can also be removed by using pliers to grip the raised point. At this point is it advisable to remove the silicones to avoid them being lost.

2. Itis also handy to have a paper clip or pipe cleaner to hand so that you can push it through the AQUAvalve5 nozzle, this will remove any limescale build-up that may have occurred during the growing season. Blowing through the AQUAvalve5 nozzle will also help to remove any build up.
   Do not use a drill and drill bit to clear the AQUAvalve5 nozzle. This will potentially damage the AQUAvalve5 beyond repair.

3. Always flush pipework thoroughly at the end of the growing season to remove any sediment.

Set Up Tips

1. Always ensure the surface you’re placing your tray on is flat and sound, ideally with reference to a bar spirit level. Avoid setting up on surfaces such as gravel as these aggregates can shift over time.
2. If using a grow bag, fluff it up to loosen the media and perforate the underside before placing in the tray to improve aeration and drainage.
3. If growing outdoors remove the Overflow Plug, allowing any excess water that may accumulate during rainfall to escape. If heavy rainfall occurs turn your reservoir off until rain has stopped and the water has been drained / consumed. If growing indoors leave the Overflow Plug in place.
4. If using Tray2Grow with pots, trays, or planters always pre-soak the capillary matting and root control sheet before fitting.

In USe Tips

1. Once your bag, planter, pots, or trays are in place and planted up water them through with a watering can. Allow your plants to take up this water  before switching the system on.
2. As grow bags typically include some degree of feed within the grow media it’s often best to supply plain water for a few weeks before  gradually introducing liquid feeds via the reservoir and pipework.
3. In early stages irrigate judiciously. Consider switching Tray2Grow on and off intermittently in order for plants to establish.
4. If using pots or seed trays always ensure that they have holes on the underside that allow your grow media to be in contact with the root control sheet and matting beneath. This is essential in order for uptake of water  and/or nutrients to occur

lnitial Set-Up – AC Methods

Position Tray2Grow on a level surface – use a bar spirit level to be sure.
Avoid placing on gravel or similar aggregates.| Insert and check spirit levels to ensure Tray2Grow is still sitting flat

Thread 12” of 3/8” pipe into the tray through the open grommet in the tray wall.  Wetting the pipe end with cold water helps harden it, aiding insertion.| Attach pipe threaded into tray to AQUAvalve. Remove AQUAvalve collar.
Push 3/8” pipe  through collar and attach to nozzle. Recrew collar. DON’T overturn…when you feel it grip STOP

Remove any slack in the 3/8” pipe by drawing excess out of the tray.| Align the ‘half moon’ section on the rear of the AQUAvalve with the ‘T’ section in the tray.
Firmly push the AQUAvalve onto the ‘T’.

If growing outdoors remove the 1/4″ Overflow Plug from the front of the Tray2Grow.  If growing indoors keep this plug in place.| Place lid over the AQUAvalve compartment of the tray and press securely into position

Sat-Up Quide A – Grow Bags

Loop capillary strips into grow bag spikes| Push the grow bag spikes into the base of Tray2Grow| Fluff up your grow bag and perforate the underside multiple
times at random.Place your grow bag into the Tray2Grow

Sd-Up Quide B – ‘Trays, Pots & Planters 

Wet and lay capillary matting into Tray2Grow, tuck into two outer channels only.| Wet and lay root control sheet on top  of capillary matting.
The root control sheet  can be laid copper side up or down.

Place your planted-up seed trays or pots into Tray2Grow and water through. Pots and trays must have holes in the base that  allow grow media to directly contact the root control sheet below.

Plant up your grow bagand water through by hand| Use canes in the cane support holes  if training vine crops| Apply slug-repellent copper tape
all around the edge of the Tray2Grow

If using a planter position planter in the Tray2Grow first| Then plant up the planter in  Tray2Grow and water through

Apply slug-repellent copper tape all around the edge of the Tray2Grow

Untapped Reservoir Connection

If necessary cut 3/8″ pipe to a length suitable for your setup.| Use a step drill bit to drill a 12mm / 1/2″ dia.
hole in your reservoir. Push the 3/8″ grommet into your reservoir.
Push 3/8″pipe through grommet.

Inside the tank push the 3/8″ filter into 3/8” pipe.| 10-14 days later fill your reservoir with water fertiliser & switch on

Tapped Reservoir Connection

lf necessary cut 3/8” pipe toa length suitable for your setup.| Connect 3/8″ pipe to the 1/2-3/8″  Click Fit Adapter and Filter

Connect 1/2-3/8″ Click Fit Filter to your reservoir tap.
If your tap is not Click-Fit remove the  collar from the Filter and push pipe directly onto tap.| 10-14 days later fill your reservoir with water & fertiliser & switch on

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