How to Check Irrigation Hoses & Clean Your Lid

Follow these steps to learn how to inspect your Gardyn's irrigation hoses, gain access to the underside of your lid, and clean your lid should it be needed. Together this should all take about 20 minutes.

• Remove the top yPod on each column, open the water level tile in your app and toggle a watering cycle to on (green). Make sure you see water coming down each column once the cycle activates, then tap again to end the test cycle.

• Remove the bottom yPod in each column and inspect the hose where it connects to the lid (Gardyn Home 3.0/4.0 and Gardyn Studio) or to the elbow connectors (Gardyn Home 1.0/2.0) to ensure it's still secure. 

A fully inserted irrigation hose in the bottom of a Gardyn Home 3.0 column (1) and the elbow connector (2, the L-like bend in the hoses) visible from the inside of a Gardyn Home 2.0 column (Gardyn Home 1.0 will appear similar)

• Check the hose connections in the top module of each column to ensure they are inserted into the column correctly and do not have any kinks. To do this, remove the metal bar and upper blades from the back of the columns so you can twist the top module off of each column to look inside.

  • Note that only the Gardyn Home 1.0 must have the irrigation hose inserted directly into/over the opening in the column module to function properly. All other Gardyn Home models and the Gardyn Studio do not require the hose to be positioned directly over the hole in the column to function correctly.

Gardyn Home 3.0/4.0/Gardyn Studio irrigation hoses in the top column module that are incorrectly (1, 2) and correctly (3) inserted.

Gardyn Home 2.0 irrigation hoses in the top column module that are incorrectly (4) and correctly (5) inserted.

Gardyn Home 1.0 irrigation hoses in the top column module that are incorrectly (6) and correctly (7)  inserted into the opening in the module

Once you've gained access to the underside of your lid, focus your inspection on:

1. all angles of each connection between the splitter and hoses

   • where hoses join directly with the lid's plastic

   • the pump's connection to the lid and hoses

   There may be slight variations depending on Gardyn type and model. The underside of a Gardyn Home and Gardyn Studio lid are provided as examples, below.

Ensure there are no kinks in any hose. If there are and rearranging the hose does not seem to resolve the kink, you may cut a very small amount of the hose off one end to shorten it before reattaching it. Just be sure to be conservative as you cannot reattach what you cut off!

An example of a kink (top) and the kink resolved (bottom)

• Gently wipe off the water level sensor (shown below on both a Gardyn Home and Gardyn Studio lid underside) with water only, then dry.

Lids vary slightly depending on Gardyn model.

• Using a solution of 1 Tablespoon of citric acid in 2 cups of water, wipe down everything else underneath the lid, including the funnels, irrigation hoses & pump holder (no need to detach anything!) along with the lid's upper wood and all sides of the wood cap. Dry all wood immediately when done.

Before you move to the next step, if you didn't already start with a tank refresh before cleaning your lid, consider doing so now while your lid is still removed to give your plants a clean reset, just like your device! Tap for a refresher.

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