Crew 305 GreenHab Report 16Dec2024
GreenHab Officer: Hunter Vannier
Environmental control (fan & heater): Heater and fan on automatically.
Average temperatures (last 24h): 86 F
Maximum temperature (last 24h): 94.6 F
Minimum temperature (last 24h): 75.2 F
Hours of supplemental light: 1700 – 2200
Daily water usage for crops: 6 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0.25
Water in Blue Tank (200-gallon capacity): 135.75 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:16 am, 4:30 pm
Changes to crops: Removed blackout cover for peas and sunflowers
Narrative: The two cucumbers I watered last night are a bit less wilted, but not much. The plants closest to the eastern wall of the GreenHab seem most affected. Regardless, they are staying green and not dying, so I think I will relax finally about the wilting situation and accept that they should always get a morning and evening watering. Excitingly, there are some baby cucumbers growing (~1 cm) that have gotten larger than the withered ones I observed last week, so hopefully they will continue to mature.
My recommendation for the arugula, sunflowers, and tomatoes is to just water them when they start to wilt because they bounce back quickly and don’t need water every day at this point.
I removed the blackout cover from the sunflower/pea microgreen bed and one sunflower is starting to sprout.
On a research front, I have started my soil moisture monitoring experiment. The soil moisture sensors are giving data, and I took multiple data points today to make sure they are working. Because of the small pots I’m using, the moisture sensor needs to be off the bottom of the pot and closer to the surface to get a consistent reading. Because I primed the soil yesterday, it wasn’t completely dry to start, but that should be accounted for based on the initial measurements prior to watering.
Harvest: none
Support/supplies needed: none