Greenhab Report – February 4th

Crew 221 GreenHab Report 04-02-2020

GreenHab Officers: Jessica Todd

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average Temperature: 20.25°C

10:27 am

Floor Unit: 20°C

12:30 pm

Floor Unit: 22°C

1:42 pm

Floor Unit: 22°C

7:02 pm

Floor Unit: 17°C

Hours of Supplemental Light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 17.9 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank: 267.4 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 3

10:27 am = 7.9 galleons

1:42 pm = 0.5 galleons

7:05 pm = 9.5 gallons

Changes to crops: NA.

Narrative: A morning water before our maintenance EVA today. I watered a few of the herbs again in the middle of the day per Crew 220’s instructions. When watering tonight I noticed quite a few plants were dry, so perhaps too hot in the GreenHab today. We might need to open the door tomorrow for a bit to keep the temperature even. We harvested some cilantro to have with our green curry for dinner tonight.

Harvest: 3g Cilantro

Support/supplies needed: N/A

Other Notes:

Aloe and succulents unchanged. Will water again tomorrow. The strawberry plant leaves are browning and rotting at the edges. From the information sent through in yesterday’s comms window, this may be an indication of black root rot or verticillium wilt. I think I will need to check the roots tomorrow for indication of black root rot. Am not sure how to proceed in rescuing these plants. Also noticed a number of small insects around the herbs, carrots and radishes. Should I spray with pesticide?

Greenhab Report – February 3rd

Crew 221 GreenHab Report 03-02-2020

GreenHab Officers: Jessica Todd

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average Temperature: 21.33°C

8:06

Floor Unit: 19°C

09:54

Floor Unit: 23°C

12:52

Floor Unit: 21°C

14:26

Floor Unit: 30°C

14:53

Floor Unit: 21°C

18:55

Floor Unit: 14°C

Hours of Supplemental Light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 14.7 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank: 285.3 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 3

08:19 = 6.3 galleons

12:52 = 0.5 galleons

18:55 = 7.9 gallons

Changes to crops: NA.

Narrative: Its Sol 1 and as today was a day packed with EVAs so plant duty was mostly just watering and checking on the status of the strawberries and succulents. I was hoping that after their deep watering last night I would find the succulent leaves nice and distended with water, however they still look a little limp. I’ve watered again, hopefully the next few days will see the succulents revive a little. Tomorrow we’ll be starting to look at growing some of our own plants for the duration of our MDRS mission. Looking forward to harvesting some of the delicious herbs for dinner tomorrow!

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

Other Notes:

Aloe and succulents on upper shelf below the heater are still dry and not distended. Gave another healthy watering, and will continue to monitor.

Greenhab Report – February 2nd

Crew 221 GreenHab Report 02-02-2020

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan (Crew 220) and Jessica Todd (Crew 221)

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average Temperature: 21.75°C

7:50
Floor Unit: 18°C

11:30
Floor Unit: 29°C

12:00
Floor Unit: 22°C

18:30
Floor Unit: 18°C

Hours of Supplemental Light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 11.1 galleons

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

Water in Blue Tank: 88.44 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 2

07:55= 2.1 galleons

18:40= 9 galleons

Changes to crops: Strawberry plants status unchanged.

Narrative: Today was Sol 0 and the first day in the GreenHab for Crew 221. Today was focused on getting familiar with the GreenHab protocols and procedures, as well as all the beautiful plants we’ll be taking care of for the next two weeks. Crew 221 is ready to demonstrate some serious botany prowess!

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

Other Notes:

Strawberry plants are starting to die, please advise.

Aloe and succulents on the upper shelf below the heater are very dry, gave a healthy watering, but will monitor for the next few days, and may need to move them to a cooler location.

GreenHab Report – February 1st

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 16.2 °C

8:22

Floor Unit: 16 °C

10:14

Floor Unit: 10 °C

12:46

Floor Unit: 15 °C

3:04

Floor Unit: 26 °C

18:38

Floor Unit: 14 °C

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 15.8 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank 92.14 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 1

09:50 = 8.4 gallons

18:45 = 7.4 gallons

Harvest: 55 g mystery spinach, 1 g chives, 2 g cilantro, 5 g rosemary, 5 g basil, 10 g oregano, 10 g marjoram

Support/supplies needed: NA

Other Notes:

Strawberry plant is starting to die (top far right corner shelf)

Water in blue tank running low and needs to be refilled

GreenHab Report – January 31st

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 19.3 °C
08:33
Floor Unit: 20 °C
12:30
Floor Unit: 26 °C
13:49
Floor Unit: 15 °C
18:15
Floor Unit: 16 °C

GreenHab door opened: 12:30 and closed: 13:49

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 13.7 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank 100.04 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 2
08:33 = 6.3 gallons
18:15 = 7.4 gallons

Changes to crops: The following tubs/plants need to be relabeled:
• Ginger (fresh from market – it was brought in to mission by crew member Matt Wise).
• Mystery seed ( Crew member M. Bhuiyan re-arranged found a mystery seed, there was no label in it and no one knows yet what plant this is. Probably it will be a surprise for the next MDRS crews).
• Romania lettuce, Radish sparkle, Bell pepper (California Wonder)

Harvest: 22 g icicle radish, 14 g purple sun radish, 7 g cilantro, 4 g basil, 4 g oregano, 3 g lemon balm, 4 g marjoram, 14 g wild rocket, 3 g buttercrunch, 1 g chives, 7 g lettuce

Support/supplies needed: NA

Other notes:
• Sweeped the floor, getting ready to introduce our GreenHab to the next MDRS crews.
• Labelled two tubs as recycle bins: 1. Organic (plant remains/dead plants) and 2. Inorganic (non-burn items).
• Added a new cleaning brush (red color)

Greenhab Report – January 30th

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating.

GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 21.4 °C

08:34

Floor Unit: 19 °C

12:17

Floor Unit: 26 °C

15:20

Floor Unit: 26 °C

15:52

Floor Unit: 16 °C

18:49

Floor Unit: 20 °C

GreenHab door opened: 15:20 and closed at 15:52

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 14.2 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank 113.74 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 3

08:34 = 6.1 gallons

12:17 = 1.8 gallons

19:07 = 6.3 gallons

Changes to crops: Planted ginger in a new tub.

Harvest: NA

Support/supplies needed: Disposal unit: organic (e.g. plant remains) and inorganic (chemicals, metals, empty seed bags etc)

Greenhab Report – January 29th

  


 

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 22.7°C

09:56

Floor Unit: 22 °C

12:58

Floor Unit: 25 °C

19:09

Floor Unit: 21 °C

GreenHab door opened: 12:58 and closed at 13:30.

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 8.7 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank 127.94 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

10:04 = 6.6 Gal

19:10 = 2.1 Gal

Changes to crops: Re-arranged some plants in the GreenHab according to their needs (e.g. sunlight, heat, watering schedule etc.)

Planted: 1 g radish sparkler, 0.3 g onion evergreen white bunching

Harvest: 77 g icicle radish, 10 g purple sun carrots, 6 g lettuce, 1 g chives, 1 g cilantro, 3 g rosemary, 2 g butter crunch, 2 g oregano, 11 g butter brunch, 30 g green leaf chard, 4 g lettuce

Support/supplies needed: Small disposal until or, recycle bin/trash basket

Other Notes:

Added fertilizer to some plants, and a new seed bank added to GreenHab.

Ginger is being prepared for planting in a dish; waiting for sprouts before planting.

Changed the batteries in the scale.

Added hand sanitizer and paper towels to GreenHab.

Greenhab Report – January 28th

  



GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on. GreenHab doors opened from 10:55 and closed at 11:30.

Average temperatures: 21.33°C

08:33

Floor Unit: 20°C

010:55

Floor Unit: 26°C

17:49

Floor Unit: 18°C

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 13.7 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank 136.64 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 2

08:33

17:50

Changes to crops: NA

Narrative: Today was a hot day – but the plants persevere and are loving it. We’re also enjoying delicious salads.

Harvest:

11:27

2g oregano, 2g chives, 5g pineapple mint, 46g carrots, 7g basil

18:00

6g white onion, 38g icicle radish, 14g chard spinach, 6g cilantro, 4g basil

Support/supplies needed: NA


	

Greenhab Report – January 27th

  


 Crew 220 GreenHab Report 27-JAN-2020 

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 20.5°C

08:32

Floor Unit: 17 °C

11:30

Floor Unit: 24 °C

15:45

Floor Unit: 24 °C

18:19

Floor Unit: 17 °C

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 12.7 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank 150.34 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 2

08:32

19:35

Changes to crops: Snow pea plants disposed (four plants); cucumber plant (one) is dying – permission to dispose.

Narrative: Crops are continuing to do well and thriving.

Harvest: 3g cilantro, 2g lettuce, 2g basil, 10g chard spinach, 0.5g lemon balm, 0.3g chives, 21g icicle radish, 22g butter crunch, 5g sage

Support/supplies needed: It would be awesome to have a small disposal unit for organic waste as well as a washing sink to rinse hands, freshly picked herbs, and vegetables.

GreenHab Report – January 26th

Crew 220 GreenHab Report 26-JAN-2020 GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 19.25 °C 08:56 Floor Unit: 17 °C

10:44 Floor Unit: 19 °C

12:16 Floor Unit: 22°C

17:55 Floor Unit: 19°C

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 13.2 gallons

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

Water in Blue Tank 163.04 gallons

Times(s) of watering for crops: 3 08:56 10:45 18:09

Changes to crops: Pumpkin flowers are blooming. Planted 1g sweet pepper (California Wonder), 1g spinach lakeside.

Narrative: Plants seem to be maintaining well and enjoying their feedings and sunlight.

Harvest: Crops picked for cooking: 1g basil, 3g cilantro, 2g acorn pumpkin leaves

Support/supplies needed: MDRS Seed Bank lid doesn’t close properly; it may affect the seeds.

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