Greenhab Report – May 10th

Crew 212 GreenHab Report – 10-May-2019: SOL 5

GreenHab Officer: Hector Palomeque

Environmental control: Ambient with the door open from 07:00 to 14:30 + door closed from 14:30 to 15:30 + door open from 15:30 to the rest of the day

Shade cloth 80%: on

Average temperatures:
Low: 15.0 °C (±0.85)
High: 32.7 °C (±1.70)

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 5 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 157 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 12:00

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. Half of Basil plants have already bloomed. Tomatoes in the wood table (black pots) still blooming. Tomatoes in the blue tray have already started fructification (1 tomato).

Narrative: The GreenHab door had to been closed at 14:30 due to the rain and then re-opened at 15:30 because the weather has changed dramatically. Plants were watered just once at noon. The usual watering at early morning (at 07:00) was avoided due to the substrate has remained moist since the day before.

Some herbs and Chard were harvested for preparing the lunch of the Crew.

Harvested: 100g Chard + 5g Parsley + 6g Basil

Support/supplies needed: None.

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