GreenHab Report – March 6th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 75.4°F

Average humidity: 23%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 12.68 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 86.67 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:45 & 15:45

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Today I was a member of the morning EVA, thus, it was the crew astronomer who watered plants and crops in the morning.

In the afternoon, I went back to water them again and saw tomatoes ready to be harvested. I then harvested them after watering everything.

I also ran some water tests on my aquaponics.

Harvest: 808 g of tomatoes

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Report – March 5th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 78.5°F

Average humidity: 28%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 9.51 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 99.35 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:45

Changes to crops: I finally harvested the last greens and then planted new seeds in this planter next to the blue tank

Narrative: I went to water and maintain crops as my daily operations.

Thankfully the dirt wasn’t too dry considering I only went once yesterday.

Apart from that, I harvested the greens located in the planter next to the blue tank and planted new seeds. That way both planters may give some good greens for next crews!

Harvest: 81g of greens

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Report – March 4th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 71.5°F

Average humidity: 32%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 8.45 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 2.11 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 108.86 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:15

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: As we were only three crew members in the station this morning, and that we had little to no sleep, I was only able to go to the GreenHab pretty late and not for long.

I just went there in order to do what has to be done daily, but I didn’t take more time to do specific things.

I maintained and watered crops and plants, fed the fish, and checked if everything was alright.

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Report – March 3th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 71.1°F

Average humidity: 25%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 8.45 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallon

Water in the blue tank: 119.42 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:45

Changes to crops: I added sticks to support cucumbers, indeed, it was growing fast lately and taking too much space in the tank.

Narrative: As usual I went to maintain and water crops and plants in the morning.

Everything is looking good, greens I’ve planted a few days ago are starting to pop out of the dirt, and the beans I’ve also planted are looking good!

The GreenHab may be the most satisfying place in the station!

Surprisingly enough, cucumbers adapted quickly to this new positioning and their leaves are now facing the right way.

Harvest: 43g of spinach

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Report – March 2th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 79.3°F

Average humidity: 26%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 10.30 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 127.87 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:35 & 17:35

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Today was a pretty common day so I watered and took care of plants and crops.

However, as tomorrow is our media day, I made sure everything was into place, even though everything is always clean!

Apart from that, the aquaponics system is doing well, fish too, and all the plants as well.

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Report – March 1th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 69.1 °F

Average humidity: 27%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 8.45 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 2.11 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 138.17 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:15

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Today, as it was neither sunny nor hot, plants and crops didn’t suffer from heat and looked better. I still watered them well and took care of everything.

I noticed that the aquaponics system loses a certain amount of water in the long term. Indeed, mine is quite small so if you consider water loss due to the cycle, water volume decreases over time. I then added 2.11 gallons of water to the fish tank to ensure their safety and well-being for the following days.

However, the system is doing well, and you can easily notice how well the lettuce is growing!

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Report – February 28th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 70.2°F

Average humidity: 22%

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 13.21 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 148.73 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:38 & 17:25

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Yesterday I used what I harvested to put some fresh salad into our fajitas and prepare a good focaccia with the dill and tomatoes.

We will use today’s fresh spinach harvest to cook the famous ‘cream spinach’ recipe you can find in the MDRS cookbook!

In the GreenHab today less work was required, but what a pleasure it is to water and maintain crops every day. The bean I planted few days ago is already popping out, and it feels great to see that.

There wasn’t that much sun today, so it wasn’t hot in there, but plants still needed to be well watered.

My aquaponics system is doing really well, apart from the parsley that doesn’t really like it, I can clearly notice how faster than usual plants grow.

Harvest: 161 g of spinach, 1.138 kg of tomatoes, 7 g of basil

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Report – February 27th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 75.4°F

Average humidity: 23 %

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 12.55 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0.13gallons

Water in the blue tank: 161.94 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:23 & 14:45

Changes to crops: I followed the instructions given by Shannon and took care of the dill and greens. I then cut the dills and pulled half of it. I harvested the greens in the planters and replanted new seeds.

Narrative: Today, I had more workload than usual but for the better! This morning I was the HabCom for today’s EVA so it was the crew astronomer and crew journalist who watered the plants and crops in the morning.

But many things were to be done, so I went back to the GreenHab in the afternoon. Then, I began by watering plants and crops to ensure their well-being. And finally, I started harvesting greens, lettuce, kale, and dills with the help of the HSO.

We took care of the dills and after a long work we finished and replanted new greens seeds.

Harvest: 102 g of kale, 254 g of greens, 30 g of lettuce, 124 g of dill

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Report – February 26th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 71.2°F

Average humidity: 36 %

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 11.98 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0gallons

Water in the blue tank: 174.62 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:15 & 16:15

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Today was our rest day, but the GreenHab doesn’t rest so I maintained and watered crops and plants as usual.

I will harvest the greens tomorrow for sure, we will use them to cook some recipes written by pupils with whom we worked before leaving the Earth!

Just to inform you, I noticed that there were chives growing in the carrot tank, I do not know which crew planted chive seeds in there, but it seems that it is now growing well!

I also want to affirm the supplemental light is off and that sunshades have been deployed. As there is no 40% sunshade but only 30%, 50%, and 60%, I deployed the 30% on the left side and the 50% on the right side, as shown on yesterday’s photographs I sent.

Besides that, the plants are doing good, fishes too.

The GreenHab is a peaceful place where everything looks, smells, and tastes heavenly…

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: I would like some advice to know exactly when you think plants are too tall and I must cut them, we wouldn’t want a jungle of tomato plants and dills.

GreenHab Report – February 25th

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 83.7 °F

Average humidity: 28 %

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 13.61 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0.13 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 186.26 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:30 & 13:34

Changes to crops: Planted a bean seed in a pot containing a single bean plant.

Narrative: Like yesterday, I was on an EVA this morning, so it was once again the HSO that watered and maintained plants and crops.

I went to check on it during the afternoon and decided to water them again since it was hot in there.

I also had the pleasure to see that there were even more tomatoes to harvest!

As I said in a previous report, I was waiting for a good moment to harvest them, and this moment arrived.

I saw there was a bean that was too mature to be eaten, I then decided to take the beans inside and plant two of them in two pots containing only one bean plant.

Harvest: 1.541 kg of tomatoes

Support/supplies needed: N/A

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