Category: Greenhab Report

Crew 279 GreenHab Report 10-04-2023

GreenHab Officer: Augustin Tribolet

Environmental control: Open during day and heater during night

Average temperatures: 80.7 F

Hours of supplemental light: N/A

Daily water usage for crops: 16.9 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank: 100.2 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 06:44, 16:30, 20:45

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: The sun was intense today and it was very warm in the GreenHab. The door was left open all day. The plants will be watered again in the evening with 4.2 gallons (already accounted for in the water used today). The new planting of microgreens has started to germinate.

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: 86 g tomatoes

Crew 279 GreenHab Report 09-04-2023
GreenHab Officer: Augustin Tribolet
Environmental control: Open during day and heater during night
Average temperatures: 77.2 F
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 9.5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A
Water in Blue Tank: 117.7 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 09:15, 18:00–
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: As usual, general watering of plants and crops was done today. The GreenHab has also been swept away this morning. The sunlight was intense, so the door was left open all day. Some tomato leaves are starting to turn brown but are still producing tomatoes. Another mouse was extracted from the GreenHab, and the mouse trap will be reinstalled tonight.
Harvest: N/A
Support/supplies needed: N/A

Crew 279 GreenHab Report 07-04-2023

GreenHab Officer: Augustin Tribolet
Environmental control: Open during day and heater during night
Average temperatures: 82.2 F
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 9.5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A
Water in Blue Tank: 127.2 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 07:20, 16:00
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: General watering of plants and crops was done today. The excess water drained from the rocket salad in the recovery tank underneath was also used to water some tomato plants. The microgreens planted yesterday have not yet germinated, they were watered in the afternoon. No other planting was done today. The sun was out, so the door was left open in the afternoon.
Harvest: 17 g tomatoes
Support/supplies needed: N/A

Crew 279 GreenHab Report 07-04-2023

GreenHab Officer: Augustin Tribolet
Environmental control: Open during day and heater during night
Average temperatures: 77.5 F
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 10.5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A
Water in Blue Tank: 138.7 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 08:00, 19:30
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: General watering and maintenance of plants and crops was done, new planting was performed (4 pots of microgreens). The door was left open in the afternoon.
Harvest: 40 g mint, 10 g lemon balm, 15 g thyme, 13 g oregano, 19 g sage
Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Officer: Augustin Tribolet
Environmental control: Open during day and heater during night
Average temperatures: 82.2 F
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 10.5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A
Water in Blue Tank: 149.2 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 13:30, 19:30
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: General watering and maintenance of plants and crops was done, no new planting was performed. The door was left open in the afternoon.
Harvest: 500 g tomatoes
Support/supplies needed: Is it possible to have suggestions on what is best to plant at this stage of the year?

Crew 279 GreenHab Report 05-04-2023

GreenHab Officer: Augustin Tribolet
Environmental control: Open during day and heater during night
Average temperatures: 69.1 F
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 10.5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A
Water in Blue Tank: 159.7 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 08:00, 17:30
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: General watering and maintenance of plants and crops was done, no new planting was performed. The door was left closed all day due to the low sunlight. The GreenHab has been cleaned of the sand carried by the wind since yesterday. Another mouse has been caught last night, it could be the same as the previous one, so it will be released much further from the station this time. The mouse trap will be reinstalled this evening.
Harvest: N/A
Support/supplies needed: N/A

Crew 279 GreenHab Report 04-04-2023

GreenHab Officer: Augustin Tribolet
Environmental control: Open during day and heater during night
Average temperatures: 62.2 F
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 12.6 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A
Water in Blue Tank: 160.2 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 06:15, 18:00
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: As part of the day-to-day activities of the GreenHab, general watering and maintenance of plants and crops was done, no new planting was performed. The door was left closed all day due to the strong wind and low sunlight.
Harvest: N/A
Support/supplies needed: N/A

Crew 279 GreenHab Report 03-04-2023

GreenHab Officer: Augustin Tribolet
Environmental control: Open during day and heater during night
Average temperatures: 79.7 F
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 13.4 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A
Water in Blue Tank: 172.8 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:30 am, 17:20
Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: As part of the day-to-day activities of the GreenHab, general watering and maintenance of plants and crops was done, no new planting was performed. The door was left closed most of the day due to strong wind. A mouse has been caught today and released in the wild far from the station. The mouse trap will be reinstalled this evening.
Harvest: 217 g tomatoes, 4 g basilic, 0.5 g sage, 3 g mantes
Support/supplies needed: Watering can made of tin has a hole in it, but plastic watering can is sufficient

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 69.5°F

Average humidity: 21%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 2.64 gallons (from the blue tank) & 10.57 gallons (from the aquaponics system)

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

Water in the blue tank: 44.23 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:10

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Today was the last day of the simulation, I then had to stop my experiments. I used the clean part of my aquaponics water to water plants and crops so as to waste as little water as possible.

Plants and crops look good; however, it seems important to keep an eye on the spinach as it seems to become a little bit soft. It is sad to witness that at the end of my mission…

However, I can’t tell you how delightful it is to see beans growing since I planted these, same for radishes, and cucumbers thriving.

Thus, overall, everything is fine, and future crews will be welcomed with greens and carrots as I saw!

It is with great pleasure that I worked in this environment for 4 weeks and a greater pleasure that I think about future crews working there.

Harvest: (From my aquaponics experiment) 146 g of iceberg salad, 125 g of ‘salad bowl’ (lettuce), 50 g of ‘salad blend’ (lettuce), 47 g of kale, 33 g of spinach, 18 g of basil

Support/supplies needed: As I said in the narrative, spinach seems to start to struggle, it would be nice to keep an eye on them.

As suggested by Donald, we will let you keep the fish, they are in a white bucket next to the tomato plants. Can you confirm that you will take them so that we know for sure that we do not need to take them with us?

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater, (open door)

Average Temperature: 86.5°F

Average humidity: 18%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 15.50 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 46.87 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:30 & 14:30

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: This morning it was our HSO who went to water plants as I was on an EVA.

It was already pretty hot in there; he then warned me about it.

I went to check on everything in the afternoon and I confirm that it was really hot. I saw that some plants, particularly tomatoes needed water (considering their dirt was quite dry).

I watered well plants and crops, this explains why there is more water used than usual.

I opened the door briefly for the temperature to drop down from 97°F to 86°F.

Apart from that, plants are looking good, the cucumber plant still amazes me.

And finally, I waited for the end of this narrative to talk about the fish because they are doing well.

These are good news, and a glimpse of hope for the end of this mission!

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: Even though the fish are doing well in their new habitat, I keep my proposition for Donald to retrieve them because it is not ideal to keep them in a small bucket.