Holman GW1001 User manual

Installation Instructions
Vertical Planting Kit
with Watering System Installed
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Product Code: GW1001
HOLMAN GreenWall
Vertical Planting Kit w/ Installed
Watering System
Australian Patent No: 2014100545 - Patent Applied for -
608582 in New Zealand
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Table of Contents / Glossary
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Glossary..................................................................................................1
Introduction............................................................................................ 2
Key Features...........................................................................................
2
GreenWall Installation..........................................................................3-6
Adding Extra Panels to the GreenWall......................................................7
Checking Your Watering System..............................................................7
Selection of Plants........................................
. ..........................................8
Potting Plants..........................................................................................9
Re-Potting Plants.....................................................................................9
Feeding Requirements........................................
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Pest Control........................................
. ..................................................10
Drainage Options...................................................................................10
Warranty..................................................................................Back Cover
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HOLMAN GreenWall GLOSSARY
Clip-on
Planter
GreenWall
Panel
Adjustable
Dripper
Drip Tray (¾” BSP) Tap Nut
12mm Two
Way Coupling
1 x GreenWall Panel
8 x Clip-on Planters
8 x Adjustable Drippers
1 x Drip Tray
5 x 6mm x 25mm Screws
2 x 12mm Two Way Couplings
1 x Stainless Steel Hanging Bracket
2 x Stainless Steel Hooks
5 x Wall Plugs
1 x Pressure Reducer
1 x End Caps
1 x 13mm Tail x (¾” BSP) Nut
1 x (¾” BSP) Tap Nut
GreenWall Contents List:
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INTRODUCTION
GreenWalls or living walls have been known since the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
before the birth of Christ. The gardens of today tend to have small footprints but lots
of walls. These offer many possibilities for home gardeners to bring living greenery
back into our lives. The Holman GreenWall is an engineered platform that is designed
to make hanging or vertical gardens easy to set up and maintain in an Australian yard.
Even if that is now an apartment balcony.
GreenWall will allow you to transform a wall into a lovely growing space. The system is
simple to set up and most importantly incorporates a pre installed irrigation system.
This vertical garden unit enables you to grow a herb or vegetable garden near your
kitchen, to beautify indoor spaces and patio areas make a colourful and welcoming entry
statement for your home.
Australia’s harsh summers mean that watering is the key to successfully growing vertical
gardens. Holman have designed the GreenWall garden panel that makes a stable plat-
form from which you can hang pots but it also has an integrated professional watering
system that delivers controlled amounts of water into each individual pot.
KEY FEATURES OF THE “HOLMAN GreenWall” ARE :-
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Introduction / Key Features
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A convenient wall panel that allows pots to be hung and removed from the wall very easily.
The panel has pipe work pre installed so that water can be accurately delivered to
each pot.
The panels are easily hung to the wall on a stainless steel mounting bracket.
GreenWall panels can easily hang side by side and then be “clicked” together to connect
a continuous water supply pipeline that runs behind the wall panels. The pipe work
is all out of sight except for the very small tubes that deliver water to a pressure
compensating dripper positioned at each pot.
A water supply from a household garden tap is easily connected to the wall panel at
the most convenient point.
Each panel has four water connection points. This facilitates panels being connected
in a wide range of patterns. A “full” GreenWall can be created or a “hit and miss” pattern
or long runs of vertical or horizontal panels or indeed almost any pattern desired.
The GreenWall system includes a “gutter” than can be fitted below each row of pots
that will collect any excess water and allow this excess water to be piped to a garden
or a collection vessel.
The GreenWall system includes a generous amount of extra fittings that allows the
user to do most connections they may need to do!
All connections are “industry standard” and are available at your local hardware
store or garden centre.
The GreenWall panel has a clever marking template built into it. This allows easy marking
of the drill holes for the stainless steel hanging bracket. It is very easy to build up an
array of joining panels. Wall plugs and screws are included in the kit.
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INSTALLATION
The installation of your GreenWall is easy to do.
1) “
Location” is as important in growing a GreenWall as it is in real estate. Growing
on a vertical surface means that the amount of full sunlight is going to be restricted.
North and west facing walls get the most light and heat. South and east facing walls
get less than half a days direct exposure. This has a big bearing on what will grow
successfully. Many homes have narrow alleys down the side where the eves may be less
than a metre away. This can turn even a north facing wall into a growing spot that gets as
little as 1 hour of direct sun. Also think about where your water source will be and how
easily you can run a hose from that tap.
2) Determine how many panels you want to
install. What pattern do you want to create?
Remember that to interconnect the water
supply mainline you must join an edge to an
edge. Also the panel can only be oriented in
one direction with the “hooks” for the pots
facing up.
3 Panels connected horizontally with only 1 hose connection required for watering
(GreenWall Vertical Planting contains 1 panel per kit)
It is strongly recommended that the
GreenWall be watered automatically using
a Holman electronic tap timer.
The Holman “Misting System” tap timer
is particularly well suited to watering the
GreenWall because it can be programmed
down to minutes and even seconds.
This will
allow you to work out the ideal maximum watering
time that minimises the amount of “waste”
water from the system. With a little patience
you will be able to program the precise amount
of time required to just moisten the mix in the
pots. Also it is possible to water at very regular
intervals. Say every 4 or 6 hours for a duration of
perhaps of 1 minute each time. Regular watering
will prevent the soil from drying and will help to
maintain vigorous plant growth.
Misting Timer
Product Code: CO3009
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3) Once you have determined where your first panel will be located you hold it against
the wall and get it level (use a spirit level). It is most important that you get it level if
you are going to add more panels because a small level error will magnify as the line
of panels grows longer. Also the drain tray will overflow if its not horizontal.
Next you need to mark the wall to position
the stainless steel holding bracket.
Look for the two guide holes identified
with small “flower petals” around the edge
which are located in a line in the centre of
the panel.
With the panel level use a sharp screwdriver or
a drill to mark the drill holes for the bracket. You
can then remove the panel from the wall and
using the stainless steel bracket as a guide,
mark a third central hole to provide added
strength to the whole unit.
4) If attaching to a solid wall such as brick
or concrete, use a 6.5mm masonry bit to
drill all three holes.
Then insert the plastic wall plugs which
are supplied.
Fix the stainless steel bracket to the wall
using the stainless steel screws provided.
5) Hang the panel onto the steel brackets.
6)
Once your single panel or group of panels
are fitted to the wall and the watering path
is interconnected (if you have more than
one panel), connect the water to the panel
system. Check that the watering mainline
is properly connected (no leaks) and all
the drippers are working at a similar output
rate. They should have a steady drip rate.
If some drippers are not working well, you can unscrew or slightly loosen the cap
of the dripper.
Remember to connect the pressure reducer and filter to the outlet of the tap. It is very
important to keep the water supplied to the drippers clean from dirt and grit.
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