If, despite your monthly maintenance routine, your Everleaf Garden becomes dirty over time or root debris accumulates in the columns, it is time for a thorough cleaning. The buildup of germs and bacteria in your indoor garden can attract pests over time and harm your plants. Therefore, it is crucial to properly clean your Everleaf Garden at regular intervals.
Tip: Delay the need for a reset by consistently caring for your Everleaf Garden monthly, trimming the roots and using hydrogen peroxide.
What you need to clean your Everleaf Gardens:
- Bottle brushes in different sizes (on Amazon )
- citric acid (alternative: vinegar essence or hydrogen peroxide)
The soft reset
Duration: 40-60 minutes | Intervals: Every 3-6 months (best when your Everleaf Garden is completely harvested and 24 new plants are to be planted)
- Clean the empty plant pots by soaking them in a water bath with dishwashing liquid or citric acid.
- To clean the plant columns, mix citric acid and water in a ratio of 1:2 and pour it into the still dirty water in the water tank.
- Let the pump run for about 5 minutes and then turn it off.
- Use the small straw brush to clean the water outlets and the large brush to clean the inside of the plant containers.
- Have a bowl or bucket of water with a little citric acid ready to clean the brushes regularly and make sure that no large root debris remains in the containers.
- Run the pump again for at least 5-10 minutes to flush thoroughly.
- If individual plant containers are still dirty or have root residues sticking to them, you can use the brush to help while the pump is running.
- While the pump is running, use a sponge and the citric acid-water solution to clean the openings of the plant columns and, if necessary, the outside.
- Finally, wipe the columns with a clean sponge and clean water.
- Now turn off the pump, fill the water tank with 5 liters of fresh water and let the pump run again for 5 minutes to remove any remaining dirt inside.
- Now continue with the monthly care routine .
- Additionally, we recommend cleaning the underside of the base plate with a sponge and a citric acid-water solution.
- For hard-to-reach areas like the legs, you can also use bottle brushes.
- You can make cleaning the underside easier by placing the Everleaf Garden on towels on the floor.
- After you have washed the plant pots, you can start planting new plants.
We recommend the hard reset to clean even hard-to-reach areas that may be neglected during the soft reset. To ensure that your plants continue to grow successfully in the years to come, it is advisable to carry out a thorough basic cleaning using hard resets about once a year. This will ensure that your Everleaf Garden shines like new and is completely free of pests, germs and bacteria.
The hard reset
Duration: 1-2 hours | Intervals: Once a year
- Soak the empty plant pots in a water bath with detergent or citric acid for the duration of the cleaning.
- Unplug the power adapter and place the top of the Everleaf Garden on a towel to access the water tank.
- Empty the water tank and clean it with citric acid mixed with water in a ratio of 1:2.
- Dismantle the columns in the same way you assembled them and place them in the water bath. The LED strip can remain screwed onto the base plate.
- Thoroughly clean the bottom of the base plate along with the cables and hoses using a citric acid and water mixture. Use a bottle brush to get into all the corners.
- Wipe the top of the base plate with a damp cloth. CAUTION: Avoid getting water into the control housing.
- Wash all individual parts thoroughly in a water bath. Use bottle brushes to reach even the hard-to-reach corners.
- Let everything dry thoroughly and reassemble everything according to the assembly instructions. If you have performed a hard reset after a severe pest infestation, wait 3-4 weeks before starting new plants to make sure the pests cannot reproduce further.
- From this point on, you can start your Everleaf Garden again just like you did on day one. Have fun!
If you find the hard reset easier, you can safely skip the soft reset and instead perform a thorough hard reset every 3-6 months.
