Category: Greenhab Report

Crew 261 GreenHab Report 03-05-2023
GreenHab Officer: Cécile Renaud
Environmental control: Door open from 6:30 to 15:30
Average temperatures: 63°F at 06:30, 87°F at 14:00, 84,9°F at 17:40, 82°F at 18:45
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 6 gal at 06:30 + 5 gal at 18:45
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 3 gal (including watering solution for biostimulant exp)
Water in Blue Tank 124,2 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 06:30 and 18:45
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: Doors are closed early in the afternoon due to the wind. Harvesting of tomatoes will be done on SOL 5
Harvest: (include which crop and mass in grams) : None
Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 261 GreenHab Report 03-05-2023
GreenHab Officer: Cécile Renaud
Environmental control: Door open from 6:30 to 18:20
Average temperatures: 54°F at 06:30, 76,6°F at 10:15, 93,7°F at 14:30, 83,3°F at 18:30, 84,4°F at 19:00
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 6 gal at 06:30 + 4 gal
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 4 gal (including watering solution for biostimulant exp)
Water in Blue Tank 135,2 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 06:30 and 19:00
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: GreenHab door closed earlier due to the wind.
Harvest: (include which crop and mass in grams) : None
Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 261 GreenHab Report 02-05-2023
GreenHab Officer: Cécile Renaud
Environmental control: Door open from 06:40 to 20:15
Average temperatures: (67,6°F at 06:40, 84°F at 10:45, 89°F at 12:20, 91,2°F at 14:30 and 73,8°F at 20:15)
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 8,5 gal at 06:40 AM + 6,3 gallons at 07:00 PM. Total = 14,8 gal
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 3 gal.
Water in Blue Tank: 149,2 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 06:40 AM and 20:10 PM
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: Nothing to report. Tomatoes will be harvested at SOL 4. Some cucumbers are still growing. Mint/chives are in a very good state, microgreen and tomatoes are less healthy but still in a really good state.
Harvest: (include which crop and mass in grams) Cucumbers: 1223g, mint: 23g
Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 261 GreenHab Report 01-05-2023
GreenHab Officer: Cécile Renaud
Environmental control: Door open from 1PM to 7PM
Average temperatures: 93,3°F (from 1PM to 7PM)
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 8 gallons at 1PM, 5 gallons at 7PM, 12 gallons in total.
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallon
Water in Blue Tank 168 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 1PM and 7PM
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: As we were training for EVAs and focusing exclusively on EVA qualification, I took care of the GreenHab at 1PM today. I plan to do the first thing in the morning tomorrow. Harvesting to be done: cucumbers, will be done on SOL 2. Tomatoes might need to be harvested on SOL 3 or 4.
Harvest: (include which crop and mass in grams) – None
Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 280 Green Hab Report 29-04-23

SOL 12 Greenhab Report

GreenHab Officer: Laia Ribas

Environmental control: Open during the day and heater during the night

Temperatures: 78.5 F

Hours of supplemental light: N/A

Daily water usage for crops: 14 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 2 gallon

Water in Blue Tank: 33 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 09.30, 18:00 h

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative:
The general watering of plants and crops was done. The door was open all day. Dried leaves from a couple of tomato plants have been removed. The GreenHab has been cleaned by sweeping the floor. Further, the dust from the shelves and that from the wood platform where the tomatoes are, has been removed. Today the Mustard spinach planted on the 28th of April by Crew 280 has been born (see figure).

Harvest: no harvest today
Support/supplies needed.
Green Hab officer would like to thank Mission Support for the help.

Crew 280 Green Hab Report 27-04-2023

SOL 11 Greenhab Report

GreenHab Officer: Laia Ribas

Environmental control: Open during the day and heater during the night

Temperatures: 85.7 F

Hours of supplemental light: N/A

Daily water usage for crops: 14 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 1 gallon

Water in Blue Tank: 49 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 08.00, 18:00 h

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative:
The general watering of plants and crops was done. The door was open in the morning until 16.00 when closed due to high wind. The temperature was very high 95.7F at 14.00h. A small mouse was found in the GreenHab and Mission Support released it.

Harvest: 159 g tomatoes, 15 g micro beet greens.
104 g of Salad Mix sprouts belonging to the project named “Seed for the Crew” led by the Green Hab Officer was harvested. These seeds are growing in an independent box with wet tissue paper.

Support/supplies needed.

Crew 280 Green Hab Report 26Apr2023

SOL 10 Greenhab Report

GreenHab Officer: Laia Ribas

Environmental control: Open during the day and heater during the night

Temperatures: 78.5 F

Hours of supplemental light: N/A

Daily water usage for crops: 14 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 1 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 64 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 08.30, 18:15 h

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative:
The general watering of plants and crops was done. The door was open all day due to high temperatures. The temperature reached 82.5F at 14.00h. The floor has been swept.

Harvest: 105 g of Salad Mix sprouts belonging to the project named as “Seed for the Crew” led by the Green Hab Officer was harvested. These seeds are growing in an independent box with wet tissue paper.

Support/supplies needed.

Crew 280 Green Hab Report 25-04-2023

SOL 9 Greenhab Report

GreenHab Officer: Laia Ribas

Environmental control: Open during the day and heater during the night

Temperatures: 74.4 F

Hours of supplemental light: N/A

Daily water usage for crops: 12 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 79 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 08.00, 18:00 h

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative:
The general watering of plants and crops was done. The door was closed in the morning due to wind and opened during the afternoon to decrease the temperature. The temperature reached 84.5F at 14.00h.

Harvest: 395 g microgreen salad, 99 g of red onions, 40 g chives, 60g jazz mix, 4g microgreen, 2g salvia, 1g tyme, 1g albahaca (sweet basil).

Based on Mission Support’s request, today the red onions (planted in 2022) have been all harvested. The chives have been partially harvested (about one-third). The blue tub of microgreen salads has been completely harvested and replanted by using two different kinds of seeds in half of the container (Miners lettuce and Mustard Spinach). More soil from a bag in the GreenHab has been added together with a scoop of Plan Food (Miracle Gro) to fertilize. See pictures of the current replant.

Support/supplies needed.
The black pen marker belonging to the Green Hab doesn’t write properly.

Crew 280 Green Hab Report 24-04-2023

SOL8 Greenhab Report

GreenHab Officer: Laia Ribas

Environmental control: Open during the day and heater during the night

Temperatures: 79.1 F

Hours of supplemental light: N/A

Daily water usage for crops: 14 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 1

Water in Blue Tank: 91 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 08.00, 17:30 h

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative:
The general watering of plants and crops was done. The door was opened in the morning due to high temperatures and closed during the afternoon to keep the GreenHab warm at night. The temperature reached 85.6 F at 14.00h.

Harvest: 8g rocket, 20g of microbeets/beens, 1g lemon balm, 40g yellow tomatoes, 63g red tomatoes.
Today, a 60g of Salad Mix belonging to the project named as “Seed for the Crew ” led by the Green Hab Officer was harvested for the first time. These seeds are growing in an independent box with wet tissue paper.

Support/supplies needed
A mouse was found in the trap. It has been removed by Mission Support.

CREW 280 Green Hab Report 23-04-2023

GreenHab Officer: Laia Ribas

Environmental control: Open during the day and heater during the night

Temperatures: 72.5 F

Hours of supplemental light: N/A

Daily water usage for crops: 10,5 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0.5

Water in Blue Tank: 106 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 08.00, 17:30 h

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative:
The general watering of plants and crops was done. The door was opened in the morning due to high temperatures and closed during the afternoon to keep the GreenHab warm in night. The temperature reached 81F at 14.00h.

Harvest: no harvest

Support/supplies needed
The metallic watering can, which has the best shape for watering plants, has a hole in the base. Nevertheless, I always used the pink one with 8L of capacity.