Crew 212 GreenHab Report – 11-May-2019
SOL 6
GreenHab Officer: Hector Palomeque
Environmental control: Ambient with the door open + fan turned up to 3 (max) from 14:00 to 17:30
Shade cloth 80%: on
Average temperatures:
Low: 23.5 °C (±0.45)
High: 41.3 °C (±1.17)
Hours of supplemental light: 0
Daily water usage for crops: 4 gallons + 2 gallons
Water in Blue Tank: 151 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:30 + 19:00
Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. Basil and tomato plants continue blooming. The 2 tomato plants in the black-metallic shelf are about to ripen its fruits (+10 tomatoes are yellow). Tomato in the big blue tray seems to be recovered from the hydric stress.
Narrative: The GreenHab fan had to be turned on because of the indoor temperature has reached + 40 ° C. One hour after turning the fan on, the indoor temperature decreased to about +30°C.
Plants were watered half hour before noon and those that were dry at the end of the day (7:00 PM) were watered again. The usual watering at the early morning (at 07:00) was avoided because of the substrate has remained moisture from the day before.
Chard harvested for preparing the lunch of the Crew.
Harvested: 15g Chard
Support/supplies needed: None.
I have attached an excel sheet with today’s temperature tracking of the GreenHab.
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