How to Manage Lighting & Watering in the App

You can manage both your Gardyn’s lighting and watering directly from the tiles at the top of your app’s Home screen.

If your Gardyn is offline, the tiles are hidden and a red “Gardyn is offline” banner appears in their place. Tap Reconnect → to re-pair your Gardyn.

The light tile on your home screen will always display your lights' current intensity setting, from Off to a percentage (Dim) or Boost (100% intensity). To make a change to your lights' current setting or schedule, tap the light tile to get started. The label on the tile shows which mode your lights are in: Auto for Schedule Mode or Manual for Manual Mode.

If you're in Schedule Mode, you'll see your next scheduled light shift's intensity and start time. To temporarily change the intensity of your lights currently (Off, Dim, or Boost), tap the button you want to shift to. Your lights will automatically return to their schedule at the start of the next light shift.

If your lights are currently dimmed but you want to adjust the intensity of the dimness, note that this will automatically adjust all dimmed lighting shifts to the same (new) intensity.

If you're in Manual Mode, you must manually toggle your lights on and off by tapping the tile for the desired intensity. The same rules apply as Schedule Mode for switching between intensities and changing the intensity when your lights are dimmed. To let Kelby handle your lights for you, tap “Review Mode,” then select the Schedule tab on the Lighting screen.

Before making any adjustments, remember:

• The Gardyn is bright at first, but the light softens considerably once your plants grow. Many Gardyners report that the brightness is less noticeable within a week or so.

• Kelby recommends a total of 14 to 16 continuous Boost hours daily for the healthiest growth. 

• Boost means the maximum light intensity.

• Your Schedule rating (Low, Ok, Great, Intense, or Too much) shows whether your plants are getting enough light. Aim for Great. If your rating is off, the app will suggest how many hours to add or subtract.

• If you want your lights on overnight, your schedule resets at midnight each day, so a shift that runs past midnight (for example, 9 PM to 6 AM) needs to be split into two shifts: one ending at 11:59 PM, and a second starting at 12:00 AM. Once you've set both, use "Copy schedule to other days" to apply the pattern to the rest of the week.

To edit your light schedule, open the light tile and tap “View schedule” (or “Review Mode” if you’re in Manual Mode). On the Lighting screen, tap “Edit schedule” at the bottom to open the Light Planner.

• Select the day you want to edit.

• To edit an existing light shift, tap the shift, then adjust the start or end times as desired.

• Don't forget to tap "Save" in the upper right corner of the screen once you're done editing the shift!

• If instead, you want to delete the shift, tap the trashcan symbol at the bottom of the screen.

• You can add a new light shift by tapping the green plus (+) symbol on the bottom right of the screen.

• To copy one day's schedule to another, tap "Copy X-day's schedule" (it will say the day of the schedule you're currently viewing) then select the days you want to copy the schedule to (you can select more than one at a time), followed by Confirm.

Note that you will not see a time slot for the hours your lights are scheduled to be off.

For the best growing experience, activate Smart Watering to let Kelby manage your water schedule and adjust it for you as your plants grow.

The water tile on your Home screen always shows the current number of gallons available in the water tank (out of 5 for Gardyn Home, or out of 4 for Gardyn Studio) and your watering mode: Smart for Smart Watering, Auto for Schedule Mode, or Manual for Manual Mode. Badges on the tile flag your watering status:

• WATERING: A watering cycle is running.

• WATER LOW: It's time to top off your tank.

• OVERFILLED: Your tank has more water than it should.

To manually activate a watering cycle or make changes to your watering schedule, tap the water tile to get started.

If you're in Schedule Mode, you'll see your next scheduled watering start time. To run a watering cycle regardless of which mode you're in (smart, schedule or manual), toggle the switch next to Watering to on (green). You can switch the toggle to end the watering cycle at any time, or let it automatically stop after 15 minutes.

If you're in Manual Mode, you must activate each watering cycle using the toggle on the water level tile. To switch from Manual Mode to Schedule Mode, tap Switch Mode to be brought to your watering schedule where you can select to be in Schedule Mode.

You can edit your watering schedule only if Smart Watering is deactivated. In Manual Mode, your plants' watering is entirely in your hands as you must activate each watering cycle.

Before making any adjustments, remember: your plants are in the best hands when you activate Smart Watering to let Kelby manage your water schedule!

To deactivate Smart Watering, tap where it says Edit on your water tile to be brought to your settings, then turn the toggle from green to grey. With Smart Watering deactivated, you can edit your water schedule by tapping “Edit” on the water tile.

To make changes to your watering schedule:

• Tap the calendar icon, then select the day you want to edit.

• To edit an existing watering cycle, tap the cycle, then adjust the start or end times as desired. Don't forget to press "Save" in the upper right corner of the screen when you're done editing!

• If instead you want to delete a watering cycle, tap the cycle followed by the trash can symbol at the bottom of the screen.

• You can add a new watering cycle by tapping the green plus (+) symbol on the bottom right of the screen.

• To copy one day's schedule to another, tap "Copy X-day's schedule" (it will say the day of the schedule you're currently viewing), then select the days you want to copy the schedule to (you can select more than one at a time), followed by Confirm.

Questions? Reach us at support@mygardyn.com, or chat with us. We're here to help!