FOODY - Quick Assembly 2-2013

Quick Assembly Notes for YOUR FOODY3, 4 or 5
Larger slides for FOODY5 Auto are downloadable from our website Support Page
(NB: The only difference between a FOODY3, 4 & 5 is that the
FOODY3, 4 & 5 have 2, 3 & 4 growing Pods respectively)
Contents of this Quick Assembly Guide
This Page - Delivery Checklist
Page 2 – Assembly for Manual Watering & Feeding
Pages 3 & 4 – Assembly for Automatic System with Pump & Timer
Page 5 – Basics for Growing Produce
FOODY Auto Systems - What’s in the Box? 5
Round Reservoir for excess Water & Nutrients 1
A Reservoir Lid with 6 holes for small Growing Pots 1
Tops and Bottoms of Pods 4 Pairs
FOODY Manual Systems - What’s in the Box? 3 4 5 A Rotation Trumpet – to fit on the lowest Pod 1
Round Reservoir for excess Water & Nutrients 1 1 1 Small Growing NetPots 6
A Reservoir Lid with 6 holes for small Growing Pots 1 1 1 A bag containing: 1
Tops and Bottoms of Pods - Pairs 2 3 4 -Burlap or White Tails to hang down from the small NetPots 6
A Rotation Trumpet – to fit on the lowest Pod 1 1 1 -Some small, plastic Ball Bearings. 25
Small Growing NetPots 6 6 6 -Coloured Tube Extl/Intl 22/15mm diameter 3 cm long 1
A bag containing: 1 1 1 Lengths of 20mm PVC Piping with PVC Couplers 3&2
-Burlap or WhiteTails to hang down from the small NetPots 6 6 6 XTRA-PUMP MZ1500 or equivalent with 16mm Connector 1
-Some small, plastic Ball Bearings. 20 20 20 16mm flexible tubing 150 cm
These Quick Assembly Pages 5 5 5 LIFEDOM Digital 1 Minute Timer, or equivalent 1
Bowl with lip 14/15cm in diameter with 18mm hole in centre 1
These Quick Assembly Pages 5

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Basic Assembly of a FOODY3, 4 or 5 for Manual Feeding (The simplest way to get started)
(NB: The only difference between a FOODY3, 4 & 5 is that the FOODY4 & 5 have 1 more growing Pod each)
Step 1: What’s in the Box?
Round Reservoir for excess Water & Nutrients Step 2: Assemble the 2 , 3 or 4 Pods, which come in 2 bits
A Reservoir Lid with 6 holes for small Growing Pots (see photo) & which clip together. Assemble the Pod by
Tops and Bottoms of Pods - Pairs simply pushing the base and lid gently after locating &
A Rotation Trumpet – to fit on the lowest Pod lining up the single notch on one piece with the slot on the
Small Growing NetPots other. If the fit is tight, you may need to thump it firmly
A small bag containing: with your fist or even a rubber mallet. After doing this, you
-Burlap or WhiteTails to hang down from the small NetPots should have either 2, 3 or 4 Pods looking like these.
-Some small, plastic Ball Bearings.
These Quick Assembly Pages

Step 3: Take one of the Pods Step 5: Then fit Step 6: Insert the burlap or Step 7: Place the
& attach the Rotation the Flowerpots white tails through each Netpod Reservoir Top onto
Trumpet onto its bottom. into each so the tail hangs down to wick the Reservoir.
other, ready to up nutrients from the Reservoir.
fit onto the Step 8: Before you fit
Step 4: Get the other Pods in
base in Step 11 You may have to make 2 small holes in the Pods onto the
one place ready for……
each side of the bottom of each Pot for base: make sure you
the Tails to pass through and hang down. place the base on a flat,
horizontal spot

Step 9: Insert the 6 Netpods into Step 10: If you use the ball Step 11: Place the Pod Assembly from Step 5
the Reservoir Top and make bearings, place these carefully with the Trumpet at the bottom into the hole in
sure the tails in the groove around the large the top of the Round Bucket to give your Multi
hang down hole in the center of the base. Level Tower. NB: You may wish to pack the Pods
into the Reservoir These are not mandatory but with your Growing Medium before assembling
make rotation easier. the whole Tower, or do this as you add each
layer.
NB1: The above describes the assembly of the Manual FOODY 3, 4 or 5.
Separate set of instructions covering the FOODY5 Auto follow. You now have your tower assembled and ready
NB2: A more detailed User Guide in PDF format will be Downloaded from to prepare for growing!
http://www.feedourplanet.com/Support.htm


Assembly of a FOODY5 Auto – Page 1 (Modified Tower with Pump & Timer)

Step 1:, What’s in the Box? Step 2: Assemble the 4 Pods, which come in 2 bits (see
Round Reservoir for excess Water & Nutrients photo) & which clip together. Assemble the Pod by simply
A Reservoir Lid with 6 holes for small Growing Pots pushing the base and lid gently after locating & lining up
Tops and Bottoms of Pods the single notch on one piece with the slot on the other. If
A Rotation Trumpet – to fit on the lowest Pod the fit is tight, you may need to thump it firmly with your
Small Growing NetPots fist or even a rubber mallet. After doing this, you should
A bag containing: have either 4 Pods looking like these.
-Burlap or White Tails to hang down from the small NetPots Step 3: Take any Pod with a hole in the Step 5: Then fit
-Some small, plastic Ball Bearings. center of its bottom & attach… the Pods into
-3cm coloured Tube Extl/Intl 22/15mm diameter the black Rotation Trumpet onto its each
3 Lengths of 20mm PVC Piping (50, 43.5, 43.5 cm) w 2 PVC Couplers bottom to end up like this. other, with the
XTRA-PUMP MZ1500 or equivalent with 16mm Connector
Trumpet at the
150 cm of 16mm flexible tubing
bottom.
LIFEDOM Digital 1 Minute Timer, or equivalent Step 4: Get the other Pods in one place ready
Bowl with lip 14/15cm in diameter with 18mm hole in centre for……
These Quick Assembly Pages

Etape6: To assemble the 20mm Step 7: Insert the Checkpoint: Step 8: Insert the burlap or white tails through each
PVC lengths with their 16mm black tube You now Netpod so the tail hangs down to wick up nutrients from
couplers through the centre thru’ the PVC Pipe have the the Reservoir. You may have to make 2 small holes in
of the Pods, take the 4 Pods to leave a few Pods each side of the bottom of each Pot for the Tails to pass
apart. Work from the bottom to insert inches to stick ready, but through and hang down.
the first, longest piece of PVC out at each end . its time to
prepare the Step 9: Before you fit the Pods onto the base: make
which rests on the Rotation Trumpet. You may have to
Base sure you place the base on a flat, horizontal spot .
Then place a 2nd pod on top after placing wriggle this a bit as the
one of the PVC couplers to build up the black tube may snag a bit
stack of Pods, & so on to build the PVC on the connectors, but it
piping thru’ the centre of all 4 Pods. will pass through (use
NB: At the end, the PVC tubing may need a some WD40 to help this).
small trim so that its top sticks up 2.5 cm
above the rim of the top Pod. Go to Page 2 Now


Assembly of a FOODY5 Auto – Page 2 (Modified Tower with Pump & Timer)
Step 10: Insert Photo of Step 11 Choose the 16mm Step 12: One person should lift the Your Tower
the 6 Netpods Internals: Bowl barb for the Pump and Pod assembly to position it over the should look
into the 6 holes Pump, screw it on. Reservoir whilst another connects the like this with
in the Reservoir Timer & 16mm flexible tubing to the barb of the about 2 cm
Lid . Plumbing Pump in the Reservoir. You may have to lift the lid to of flexible
to be do this. tube showing
Inserted After connection, pass the flexible Above the
Into PVC Insert the Pump into the tubing up through the PVC pieces of PVC.
the Reservoir with barb in the pipe inside the Pods, using the
4 Pods centre of the Reservoir. connectors until it comes out the The bottom
Flexible Route the top. Then lower & center the lid back onto the & base of
Tubing Timer
power cable Reservoir + Gently pull the flexible tube at the top of your Tower
out through the PVC to take out any slack. should look
the notch in like this now.
Pump one of the 6 NetPot holes.

Step 13: While one Step 14: Settle the Pod Assembly Step 15: Fill the Step 16: Plug in Step 17: Your
person gently lifts the back down onto the Reservoir about the Timer & FOODY should
assembly of pods a cm Reservoir. Use a half full of water program it, eg: 4 look like this
or two, the other should knife to trim the and plug in the minutes 5 times now. So load
insert the ball bearings 16mm tube pump to test the per day your Growing
into the groove around so that about 1cm of System Medium into
the edge of the center the tube shows above the 20mm PVC each Pod (not
hole. If necessary, use top of the PVC. the Reservoir)
some grease to help and your Tower
retain these balls in the Place the bowl over is ready to grow.
groove. the 16mm tube.
Below is a blow
Push the 3cm length up of the top
of coloured tube onto with water flow.
the 16mm tube. The water should
flow as in this
photo.


FOODYs – Basics for Growing Produce?
Whether you feed FOODY manually fed or with an automatic set- Then either:
up, you need to prepare the Tower for growing. A. Use a plastic watering can to sprinkle the mixture onto the tower,
starting at the top Flowerpot and working down so that all the
To do this, you need to choose your growing medium which can be CocoGro is wetted.
potting soil, or, as I will describe here,
CocoGro . So here is a sampling of B. If you use an automatic pump, pour the prepared solution into the
what you need: Black Tower Bucket and turn on your pump to wet your growing
A 1.5 cu ft bag of CocoGro or medium in the pots.
Hydroton or equivalent
Nutrients such as those shown Note that the CocoGro will pack down as you use a mixture of the
here including Liquid Plant Food & water and nutrients (if you haven’t packed it down before) , so you
Liquid Plant Bloom (used once your seeds start to bloom) may have to top these up a little after your first application of the
A pH Testing Kit (if growing in Perlite or other inert medium) nutrient solution.
Seeds or Seedlings of your choice.
If you haven’t done this before, put your seeds and/or seedlings into
NB: These supply items are available at most hydroponic stores. the growing points. Best to grow heavy items in the bottom growing
points and lighter items towards the top (eg: parsley and other herbs).
To prepare for growing then, you need to pack the tower’s FlowerPots
with the CocoGro, + the small growing pots in the Bucket Lid at the After the initial use of your growing solution, you should only need to
base. use this once every 1-2 weeks, depending on ambient temperatures as
faster evaporation will occur in hotter temperatures.
Prepare a bucket or other liquid container with a mixture of Liquid
Plant Food and water (the mixture volumes are indicated on the NB1: For stability reasons, you should grow heavier items towards
bottle). the bottom of the towers and lighter items at the top.

Use the pH tester to ensure the pH level is right, and if not, use the pH NB2: If you wish to automate a FOODY with a pump and timer, our
UP or pH DOWN as needed to adjust the pH level. Be aware that if you User Guide contains instructions for this, or you might want to hire
choose an inert material such as Cocofiber/Vermiculite , you will need someone for help with this.
an automatic set-up.

NB: Since there are many ways that you can grow food and many variables that affect the safety & cleanliness of
the food grown by a FOODY all of which are outside our control, FOODY-Hydroponics.com. takes no responsibility
for the safety or cleanliness of the food produced.

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