Crew 305 GreenHab Report 13Dec2024
GreenHab Officer: Hunter Vannier
Environmental control (fan & heater): Heater and fan on automatically.
Average temperatures (last 24h): 88.0 F
Maximum temperature (last 24h): 94.5 F
Minimum temperature (last 24h): 78.1 F
Hours of supplemental light: 1700 – 2200
Daily water usage for crops: 9 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: None
Water in Blue Tank (200-gallon capacity): 147 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:10 AM, 4:00 PM
Changes to crops: Harvested arugula, thyme, thinned basil, transplanted sunflowers
Narrative: Today the cucumbers were very wilted by the afternoon watering; I’m not sure why some days are better than others for this. The higher water consumption today has to do with the sunflower transplant. There was a pot with 3 sunflowers in it, and I transplanted each into its own pot. A couple look like they’re ready to flower, so I hope the stress of the transplant doesn’t slow that down too much. A tip for using the potting soil in the GreenHab: because of the climate here, the bag of potting soil is very dry. If you put it directly from bag to pot, the soil retains essentially no water, and it drains out the bottom of the pot. I have found by priming the soil, this no longer happens. I dump soil into the wheelbarrow and then pour water on top of it, then stir it with a trowel kind of like making dough. When the soil starts to clump and the water no longer separates from the soil in the wheelbarrow, it is ready to be used for potting. Spruha assisted in the following harvest: ¾ box of arugula to be sauteed as a side for dinner tonight, thyme and parsley for the tomato sauce, and basil to top the spaghetti. The basil is young, but it needed to be thinned for future healthy growth. I also noticed a lot of small flies in the GreenHab hanging out in the raised bed and observed a couple of red mites in the carrots.
Harvest: 156 g arugula, 5 g parsley, 1 g thyme, 2 g basil
Support/supplies needed: none