Healthy Heart Hydroponics Corporation (HHHC)

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1 Healthy Heart Hydroponics Corporation (HHHC) HHHC is an Agricultural Hydroponic System manufacturer and service company. Its advanced hardware and software technology mimics Mother Nature in an enclosed climate controlled environment. The fully automated enclosed facility provides the best growing atmosphere for plant development and accelerates growth schedules. HHHC has mastered the complex all natural indoor hydroponic climate control management and nutrient feeding process, per the International Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Program, to produce consistent crop yields, one after another, without any down time in crop production, maximizing net profit margins. The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) uses GAP as a collection of principles to apply for on-farm production and post-production processes, resulting in safe and healthy food and nonfood agricultural products, while taking into account human population related to global economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Plant seasonal growth patterns are eliminated by innovative forced flower - regeneration and positive gravitropism processes that produce up to 300 times normal crop yields vertically, in a dense cubic volume of air, water vapor, and carbon dioxide, implementing state-of-the-art computer software to manage a network of hardware and sensors, remotely over the Cloud! HHHC has intergraded climate control policies related to grow conditions and hardware actions in an automated manner to reduce your need to track, manage, and administer tasks that are imperative to your facility s success. Implementing corrective actions electronically removes the human error factor in crop management, allowing you to focus on labor and transportation. Consistency in crop quality, flavor, aroma, and firmness will anticipate demand to exceed supply of your crop year round as crops are produced in rural, urban and brownfield areas.

2 Below is a flowchart of our cloud-based client manager / web server management system. Intranet Flow Chart of Networked Climate Control Management System HHHC Client Manager Abroad Client IPhone Data In Policies Out Power Use Meter Cloud Service Feed NFT System Web Server in Facility Security Heater A/C Circulate Fan Air Temp Water Temp LED Lighting Dehumidifier Humidifier Exhaust Fan Dis. Oxygen UV Sterilizer Nutr. Doser CO2 ph TDS CO2 Emitter IP Camera Water Heater Propagation Water Pump Humidity Reverse Osm. Filter Mixing Tank Float Water Pump Freshwater Storage Tank Water Meter Property of Healthy Heart Hydroponics Corporation Without each component in your system, your operation will not be 100% predictable. Service Feed

3 HHHC Protecting your facility from negative environmental influences: The Sun: Conditions from the suns inconsistency in light brightness lux measurement related to cloud cover, seasonal earth axes, and solar flares place plant vegetation into physical shock. These uncontrolled conditions retard vegetation growth and slow crop development. HHHC s energy efficient facility replaces the suns kelvin spectrum with innovative LED T5 watertight linked fixtures exclusive to our system, balancing the technology of lux, kelvin color, and wattage, consistently, day after day without negative plant effects. The Moon: Conditions from moonlight contaminate the plant s ability to develop brix sugars by denying (12) hours of total darkness for the proper photosynthesis process itself, known as 'dark reaction' pathway. Also known as the 'carbon reaction' pathway, our system promotes free energy of ATP and the reducing power of NADPH to reduce CO2 to form carbohydrates needed by the plant and crop, maximizing production of natural phytonutrients that are beneficial to humans to help prevent illnesses as a defense against human disease society battles as we exist on earth. Measures at 43,200 lux for 2,700K / 6,000K mixed LED chip T5 one-piece linked fixtures in contact of tube. Translucent structures allow moonlight to place plant into shock during Fruiting Stage, reducing necessary hours of dark reaction processes. Requires 12 Hours of Consistent LED Lighting LUX Requires 12 Hours of Total Darkness during Fruiting What Moon Stops Phytronutrients Personal Experiment: Pick a ripe tomato three days before the first quarter moon and three days after the third quarter moon. Which tomato had better flavor, sweetness, aroma, and texture?

4 Insecurity: Rodents consume plant vegetation and crops, leaving behind feces that cause food insecurity per contamination, raising the potential for health risks to consumers. HHHC s secured facility limit health risks while allowing for energy efficiency in maintaining cleanliness, air temperatures, humidity levels, and carbon dioxide ppm levels. The tradeoff of sunlight for more consistent LED lighting and facility security will lower operational costs. Pathogens: Pests, algae, and invasive weeds that damage plant root zones, depriving the plant from proper nutrient quantities, are eliminated with our HHHC unique designed closed water nutrient flow system. Our exclusive grow root tanks are designed to protect water quality and eliminate harboring of pests with different tank sizes to choose from. Pollutants: Water quality and ph level related to mineral contamination from private wells, city water, floods, tropical storm ocean water, and urban acid rain, unbalance the macro, micro, and supplemental nutrients absorbed by the plant roots. HHHC s designed Water Treatment and Closed NFT Water Nutrient Feeding System insure proper ph and TDS ppm levels are maintained per each stage of growth. No dry nutrients are utilized in the system due to the build-up of non-dissolved solids in the bottom of reservoirs, pipes, and grow pots. No components such as pipe fitting, water pumps, valves, or filter screens, made with black pipe or steel, are in contact with water in the closed NFT system, due to the potential to increase Iron (Fe) from oxidation. Optimum ph Level

5 Impurities: Dissolved oxygen (DO) shortage at the root zone are based on the improper temperature of water sources, pipe heating from the direct sun, or mold growth around water flows. HHHC s designed closed NFT system boosts DO PPM levels with air pumps to ensure proper nutrient intake, vegetation growth, and crop development. Climate: The physiological effects of air temperature, related to plant production are as followed; a. Influences in the rate of photosynthesis. b. Influences in the respiration rate. c. Influences rate of metabolic synthesis and degradation. d. Influences in the rate of transpiration. e. Influences in the timing of crop maturity. f. Influences in flower initiation and/or development in some species. g. Influences in post-harvest of flowers. h. Influences in water and nutrient absorption. i. Influence in seed germination, j. And influences in triggering seasonal behavior in plant dying process. Excessive temperature changes or not enough temperature swing from daytime and nighttime affect the characteristics of the plants life. However, these conditions are eliminated by our HHHC designed policies written into the software to measure room conditions, align that condition with a policy, and take action to correct condition immediately when outside of one tenth of a percentage from parameters written. Air Quality: Humidity controls plant physical development and physical activities that keep the plant alive. High humidity levels reduce evapotranspiration, increasing the heat load of plants by closing stomatal vital to release oxygen and water vapor, while reducing CO2 uptake in root zone, reducing transpiration which influence translocation of food materials and nutrients, starving the plant. Secondly, when the foliage of plants are warmer than the surrounding air, moisture in the air may condense on the leaf surfaces. The moisture that collects on the leaves serve as an ideal medium for the germination of several disease-causing spores, mainly powdery mildew. On the other hand, low humidity levels increases the evapotranspiration, which increases transpiration, which influence translocation of nutrients, overfeeding the plant. These conditions are eliminated by HHHC s software polices that balance a humidifier and a dehumidifier in collaboration with air temperature change and transfer within the facility from HVAC heating and cooling systems, circulating fans, and exhaust air systems, controlled by a web server in the facility, networked to hardware / sensors.

6 HHHC Removing human error from facility management with client manager. Below are just some of the questions that need attention when designing a complete automated grow system: a. Who administers the nutrient recipes and how often? b. Are your TDS ppm s balanced while in circulation, before they enter the root zone and after they are recycled back into the mixing tank? c. How often is the mixing tank cleaned and solution replaced with fresh nutrients? d. How do you maintain water temperatures in the mixing tank, in the flow tubing, and in the return water system without effecting the dissolved oxygen levels? e. How do you remove excess nutrients in the root zone not absorbed by the roots? f. How is the ph level maintained to allow total absorption of all nutrients by roots? g. How is the water temperature maintained to allow the presence of dissolved oxygen required by the plant roots to transport nutrient holding water to the leaves? h. How are you adding dissolved oxygen in the water NFT system to insure absorption of nutrient intake in the root zone? i. What is the TDS ppm of your current water source and the bicarbonate mineral levels, along with chemicals added by municipalities, used the feeding system and how are you removing all TDS ppm s before application into the mixing tank? j. How are you maintaining water quality to insure no algae or pathogens are developed in your NFT system and no mold is present around water flows? k. What light source will you use to conserve energy but insure you have the minimal lux levels required at lower, mid, and upper sections of the plant evenly? l. What mixture of kelvin colors are you exposing to your plants at the same time and how are you changing color percentages per the different stages of plant growth? m. If your lights produce absorbent amounts of heat, how are you managing room temperatures in the facility while utilizing the light heat source to your advantage? n. How are you managing air quality in the facility while insuring the proper carbon dioxide levels are present at each stage of growth, exchanging air volumes regularly? o. How do you control the heaters and air conditioners to turn on and off automatically without having to manually switch the thermostat switch and temperature dial? p. How do you control the humidity level in the grow room with the automated option to have humidifiers and dehumidifiers turn on simultaneously during the same day? q. Because the environmental climate is different in the propagation, vegetation, and flowering / fruiting stage from one another, how are you separating each stage of growth and maintaining separate data to control each environment separately? r. How are you removing the seasonal nature of the plant and causing multiple harvest periods to produce higher crop yields with no down time in the facility at anytime? These are some of the issues a knowledgeable hydroponic developer and a facility manager must deal with when designing the most energy efficient, yet highly successful facility to improve crop yields to maximize net profit margins? Fortunately, HHHC has developed a system that removes human error related to the listed issues above with its fully automated system! Our cloud-based Client Manager / Web Server simplify growing in the field.

7 Growth Stage Specific: Each plant stage, whether seeding in propagation station, maturing seedlings in vegetation stage, or producing crop in the flowering / fruiting stage, and/or forced flower - regeneration stage, have specific needs for individual lux brightness, kelvin color, air temperature level, humidity level, carbon dioxide level, dissolved oxygen level, and nutrient recipe, different from one growth stage to another. And of course, each crop species has its own grow timeline and specific nutrient needs. Networking: Within the same 24 hour period, air temperatures may need to be heated and then cooled and then reheated. Managing temperatures in a facility is a sensitive task related to maximizing plant growth and crop production. Our HHHC software written policies network temperature sensors with HVAC units, circulating fans, exhaust air systems, and carbon dioxide emitters to balance room growth climate. Our HHHC system allow for a specific room temperature at daytime hours and then reduce air temperature at night as required for dark reactions, having to apply air cooling or heating simultaneously without manpower to switch the thermostat from Heat to Cool manually, while turning off the CO2 emitter during clean air exchange processes. Water Vapor: Within the same day, dehumidifiers will need to decrease humidity levels to a specific range during daytime lighting hours and then as lights turn off, humidifiers needs to increase humidity in the air as air temperature starts to cool at night. Our HHHC system allow for proper humidity consistency in your facility during daily temperature swings to keep from burning the plant leaves per excess transpiration or creating mold from excess moisture in the air?

8 Auto Switching: Lighting affects the ability of plants to allow photosynthesis reactions with nutrient uptake with water when exposed to carbon dioxide in the leaf cell. HHHC s advanced system automatically will turn on and off the facility lights at the appropriate time. Removing sunlight inconsistency and moonlight altogether ensures your plants will not experience light shock. Using a kelvin ray schedule at each specific growth stage accelerates growth. Energy Conservation: The kelvin color scale shows the need to provide only (blues/cool) and (reds/warm) colors of the spectrum to the plant. However, at what percentages of each scaled color and at what stage of growth do they differ. HHHC has conducted its research to conclude what percentage of kelvin colors are needed during seeding toend of vegetation stage and during flowering, fruiting, and forced flower - regeneration stage. Halogen and High Pressure lamps only produce one kelvin color, and unfortunately, are commonly used in the industry today due to the lack of knowledge. HHHC has designed its innovative multi-chip LED T5 tube with the proper mixture of percentages of kelvin blues and reds and each growth stage must have its own separate grow room from one another to help maintain their integrity. As well, the seeding stage requires the LED lights to be on 24/7. The vegetation stage requires the lights to be on for (18) hours, and of course, per dark reaction requirements, the flowering / fruiting / regeneration stage require (12) hours of pitch darkness. Our system manages these schedules with ease to eliminate human error in controlling light and dark reactions. Kelvin Ray# Color Growth Stage 2,700K-3,000K Blues /Cools (Seeding/Veg) 5,700K-6,000K Reds /Warms (Flower/Fruit) Challenge? At what % Per Stage As well, maintenance and life longevity are important based on the costs for LED T5 tubes and fixtures. Our LED lights have a 50,000 hour warranty, come assembled with fixture as one piece for easy install and replacement and are daisy chained to each other by water-tight cords. Our unique grow racks are sized perfectly to position our LED T5 fixtures to maximize plant absorption at lower, mid, and upper plant sections evenly.

9 Nutrient Balance: Proper nutrient levels per plant species need to be readily available in the root zone without interference from algae or pathogens. Nutrient over feeding and deficiencies all have negative effects on plant growth and crop development. It is important to know your proper vegetation physical characteristics and identification color to be able to spot signs of plant stress before damage occurs to the plant. Once you have run through all growth stages of your crop selected, all data must be recorded and saved automatically by your climate controlled management system and allow the computer to continue to grow crop yields with minimal human interaction related to policy control and nutrient feeding schedules on an annual basis. This will insure consistent crop development and crop yields. HHHC s system allows for this process, insuring consistent crop yields with consistent quality in flavor, texture, aroma, and sweetness. We designed our system to divide each grow room into twelve sections, allowing the computer program to direct labor staff to remove vegetation from one section, clean the system, and transplant mature seedlings into that cleaned grow room section to continue an annual process of plant replacement at 1/12 th of the facility per a monthly schedule to continue consistent monthly crop yields throughout the years after assembly of our system, non-stop. Cubic Air Volume Balance: Based on each cubic volume of air in a 20 long x 20 wide x 15 tall room (6,000CF), you need to balance air temperature, humidity levels, and carbon dioxide ppm levels in each cubic foot of air space, whether at floor level, midroom level, or at ceiling level. Hot air rises, cold air falls, humidity rises or falls based on temperature, and carbon dioxide falls. Air circulation is the key to proper balancing. Positive Gravitropism: A grow system needs to keep leaves healthy at all wall levels of cubic volume of air in your grow room while allowing gravity to play a major role by focusing plant energy from stem support to- increased fruit brix sugars and quantity of crop yields. So space planning can play a major role in crop yield increases by utilizing every square foot of space efficiently, horizontally and vertically. Root Tip under Microscope Topsy Turvy Tomato Vertical Watermelon Vine Plants need gravity for growth orientation. Their roots grow into the earth in the same direction as the gravitational pull. This is called positive gravitropism. The other parts of the earth grow towards the sky against the direction of the gravitational pull. This is called negative gravitropism. Can you reverse the negative gravitroprism growth of stem to speed vegetation growth while conserving energy by using gravitational pull to the plants advantage to spend energy on the fruiting stage? Cannabaceae species included!

10 By utilizing our unique designed, connected grow racks on wheels, HHHC is able to remove individual isle space from production floor areas to enable that all floor space to be used directly for production. Our racks are on 4 rubber wheels that allow a row of connected 4 sections of metal racks, whether 24 long or 200 long, to roll three feet apart to allow labor to access plant vegetation and crop when needed. Once labor force have completed their task on that specific row of racks, a special designed winch system will move that entire row into the next row while closing the first isle space from the previously serviced row into the next serviceable row of racks. One facility will only have one three foot isle designated, regardless of width or length of facility. This allows for reduced labor activities related to pruning and crop harvesting times. It improves air climate control management. And it allows for vertical LED T5 light fixture assembly between the rows of racks for more effective distribution of lux brightness at all levels. Root Tank LED T5 Light Fixture 48 W x 14 D x 96 T Wheeled Grow Cart Split Shelf for Adult Growth (2) Plant System

11 Labor Efficiency: The climate we work in cause our bodies stress, depending on the surrounding air temperature, humidity levels, and direct sunlight exposure to our bodies. A facility must address labor loss due to excessive heat or cold climate working conditions for employees common to outdoor conditions. Our system will balance room climate conditions for plant existence but will have employee comfort in mind as well. No excessive temperatures will be present in the facility, no direct sun exposure, no pest or high humidity level conditions, implementing grow systems with minimal bending and lower lifting by labor workforce. Insemination: Pollination of plant flowers with proper timing is crucial to crop development as well as high crop yields. Bumble bees have been a great choice for greenhouse facilities in the past. Hand pollination can be labor intensive and cause unnecessary handling of the plant, causing stem and leaf damage. HHHC will continue to develop a pollination bee species, specific for indoor climates without the suns polarized rays for navigation, to insure that small 8 10 hour window of a female flower life have every opportunity for cross pollination as possible. Propagation: Saving the best for last, propagation stations must be designed to maintain high air temperatures above 90 degrees while holding moderate water temperatures with humidity levels above 80% continuously. Water tight LED light fixtures must be close to seeding pods and left on continuously as well. HHHC custom constructs each propagation stations per its specs. Proper nutrient mixtures must be present at the base of the pods, stimulating seed germination with high germination rates per pods above 80%. No nitrogen must be present at seeding stage for the first three days or until majority of the pods have seed heads protruding from the medium used. The medium must be mineral free and able to release itself into the water system until it reaches the filtering unit, where it will be captured and removed. HHHC utilizes coconut shell husk tiny chips, placed in 2 plastic net pods, with seeds placed ¼ below pod surface. Once the (14-21) day seedlings are removed from the propagation station, the pod is placed in grow root tanks to continue to grow in the vegetation room. Once the plant has reached maturity and before it starts flowering, the same grow root tank is placed on a rack in the production room for its final 10+ months of life existence to continue to produce crop yields, one after another.

12 HHHC Improve facility performance for greater net profit margins. Building Structure: The facility must not have exposure to the sunlight or moonlight and must be insulated for energy efficiency. The cost of artificial light per specific HHHC designed LED fixtures positioned per vertical growing techniques will allow greater crop yields and will complement the reduction of electricity consumption by maintaining air temperatures. Controlling the light quality and quantity will help prevent plant shock. This is the first step in having healthy plants increase consistent high volume crop yields. Automated Network System: You must be utilizing a climate control system that allows for the elimination of human error in operating a facility and the system must be able to allow full automation on an annual schedule to repeat its process every day, year after year? This system must be controlled by a remote client manager, relieving facility management from the responsibility to know how to operate the system programs. The client manager is responsible for all software and hardware management, utilizing a web server placed in the grow facility that sends data to client manager every minute and allows for oversight of the IT system in the facility for corrective actions as needed in adapting to your climate the first year. After the first year, the computer system takes over majority of the responsibility to manage the operation with exception to human interaction to seed, transplant, prune, pollinate, harvest, and maintain the equipment cleanliness as the facility stays on schedule with the computer program on a daily basis.

13 A web server must be utilized to record growing data and environmental climate conditions automatically in the grow facility to reflect back on what works best in the facilities climate and repeat the process each year without facility management having to remember each policy that reacts to specific conditions and takes immediate actions. Automated Feeding System: You must have the perfect nutrient recipe for each stage of growth for your specific crop species and be able to manage the NFT water flows with perfect balance pertaining to nutrient TDS PPM levels, ph levels, dissolved oxygen PPM levels, and water temperature, while maintaining the water purity from root particles, algae, and pathogens utilizing proper all natural grade antibacterial additives at specific measurements to not harm the plant roots with inline UV sterilization hardware. Automated Air Transfer / Circulation: You must be able to maintain air quality in every cubic foot of air as it pertains to air temperatures, humidity levels, and carbon dioxide PPM levels while still allowing for daily scheduled air transfers in or out of the facility, minimizing loss of humidity, heat, coolness, or carbon dioxide during air transfer. Efficient Space Utilization: Your facility must be able to grow the maximum crop yields per square foot of floor space and must implement vertical growing techniques to allow for best utilization in production room. This practice will reduce power, natural gas or propane consumption, water usage and waste, seed and nutrient costs, labor costs, and land/building costs of your operation, increasing net profit margins with less labor staff. Typical 8 Sq.Ft. of Floor Space - Grow Rack Dense Vertical Hydroponic Grow System Best Case Organic Product Unit Price # Plants Per Row # Rows Per Rack Total # Plants Yield Harvest Annual Per Plant Times Yr Units Per 8 SqFt Yr Income 20,000 SqFt Grow System Broccoli Bunch ,200, Cauliflower Each ,600, Kale Greens Bundle , ,880, Red Leaf Lettuce Head ,400, Green Leaf Lettuce Head ,400, Zucchini Pound ,120 1, ,800, Celery Stalk , ,880, Yellow Squash Pound ,120 1, ,800, Green Bell Pepper Each ,280 1, ,800, Red Bell Pepper Each ,280 1, ,800, Vine Ripe Tomato Pound , ,000, Cantaloup Each , Cucumber Each ,171, Seedless Watermelon 20lb Each ,100, Strawberry Pound , ,500, Annual Yield Per Sq Ft Herbs, Spinach Bundle ,400 8, ,000, , Cherry Tomato Package ,562, Honeydew Melon Each ,312, Seedless Cucumber Each , ,500, NOTE: Prices are from USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Reports and are not guaranteed as accurate with today s market. These numbers are used to give examples of income based on past history. Production numbers are Best Case scenario and will depend on multiple disciplines in daily activities in your facility. Pollination processes will play a large factor on final production yields.

14 Facility Security: You must control facility security from outside elements, including pests, rodents, domestic pets, and other humans that may be carrying pathogens on their clothing by mistake and enter into your grow facility that will allow contamination. Like-wise, criminal activity must trigger alarms and be recorded to support legal actions. Secluded Bee Habitat: Pollination must be done by human hand or by specific insects that do not have access to the outside environment, bringing in contaminating pollen from other plant species that could alter the growth of your specific crop development in a negative way. Bumble bee habitats seem to be the best choice today for indoor use. HHHC have developed the most advanced hydroponic system taking every one of the system suggestions above into consideration, in an automated manner, to reduce the facility managers need to track, manage, and administer policies that react to conditions in the grow facility while implementing corrective actions. Our computerized system removes the human error factor in crop production and allows management to focus on human interactions, operational procedures, and transportation of crop yield to market. Consistency of crop quality in flavor, aroma, and firmness in texture will allow for demand to exceed supply of your crop with the ability to forecast crop yields and not have any down time in crop harvesting throughout the year, eliminating seasonal growth patterns of the crop per past history and outdoor weather risks. Proper Facility Equipment: Grow Rack System 48 x14 x96 rolling sectional green epoxied metal grow racks. Lighting System 4 18wt / 110vt LED T5 mixed LED kelvin chip linkable fixtures. NFT Water System Water pumps, dosers, grow root tanks, TDS/pH/Temp sensors. Water Purification System Reverse osmoses, particle filters, pumps, and meters. Propagation Station Tent w/ rack, heating pads, LED lights, heavy trays, and sensors. Major Hardware Components: Single Phase Electrical Panel sufficient for Equipment Computer System w/ Battery Back-up / Remote Internet Access Computer Network Software and Accessories, Cables, Boosters, etc. HVAC Systems w/ 240vt Contactor Switch Humidifiers and Dehumidifiers Carbon Dioxide Emitters (Bottled or Gas) Circulating Fan and Exhaust Air Exchange System Nutrient Feeding System w/ Mixing Tanks Reverse Osmoses System w/ Water Storage / TDS Filtration / Timers Water UV Sterilization and Particle Filtration Dissolved Oxygen Compressed Air Pump System Power Consumption Recordation IP Camera System Inside and Outside Growth Facility Security System w/ Remote I-Phone / Android Internet Access Allow HHHC to design a facility to meet your investment goals with energy efficiency; water, nutrient and seed conservation; and reduced labor cost in mind to improve the facilities net profit margins while producing consistent crop yields annually, controlled automatically by a web server in the facility, managed remotely by HHHC s client manager software program, eliminating the need to hire experienced hydroponic grow managers, which are limited within this emerging industry today.