GreenHab Report – December 12th

Crew 305 GreenHab Report 12Dec2024

GreenHab Officer: Hunter Vannier

Environmental control (fan & heater): Heater and fan on automatically.

NOTE: No environmental data available from 1800 (12-11-24) to 1200 (12-12-24), so following numbers from 1200-1600 (12-12-24) unless otherwise specified

Average temperatures (last 24h): 85 F

Maximum temperature (last 24h): 90.3 F

Minimum temperature (last 24h): 78.6 F (45.0 F observed last night (12-11-24) in GreenHab at ~2200)

Hours of supplemental light: 1700 – 2200

Daily water usage for crops: 3.5 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: None

Water in Blue Tank (200-gallon capacity): 156 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:39 AM

Changes to crops: Pulled remaining raised bed and seeded soaked pea and sunflower microgreens.

Narrative: Cucumbers were wilted in the morning but are doing fine and the plants survived the night entirely unscathed. Today, one raised bed of old microgreens was pulled, ~1 gallon of soil added, and seeded with pea and sunflower microgreens. Then the bed was covered with a synthetic burlap bag to start the blackout period (3-5 days). At 8:00 PM tonight I observed no wilting. I ran into some troubles with wiring my experiment to monitor soil moisture content, so I am seeking help from crew members with engineering experience and will attempt to get it working tomorrow. Tomorrow I plan to transplant some tomatoes and sunflowers.

Harvest: 6 g cilantro

Support/supplies needed: none

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