Category: Greenhab Report

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 72.2 °F

Average humidity: 31 %

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 12.55 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 52.22 gallons (before refill)

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:54 & 13:58

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Today’s morning I was on an EVA so it was the HSO that watered and maintained the plants and crops.

I, however, went to water them again in the afternoon.

Everything looks good and there is nothing to signal.

So far everything goes to plan, and crops are doing good. We could say, so far so good!

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: There is a thermal insulation on the GreenHab floor, I do not know if it belongs there. A crew member asked me if it is okay to use a little bit of it to insulate a battery for our scientific instrument or does it belong to the GreenHab for a Sun-related purpose?

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 74.5 °F

Average humidity: 27 %

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 8.98 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 2.12 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 64.9 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 13:34

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Nothing special to signal today, it was a pretty common day.

I maintained and watered plants and crops as my daily operations and checked everything to be sure everything is doing well. In the next few days there will be a really nice amount of tomatoes, they are soon to be harvested!

I also took care of my Microgreens experiment and added water to the fish tank as it has lowered a bit since the beginning.

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 65.4 °F

Average humidity: 31 %

Hours of supplemental light: 0 hour

Daily water usage for crops: 10.57 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 76.0 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:24 & 14:47

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: This morning I watered and maintained crops and plants as my daily activities.

There were some dry leaves on some tomato plants, but overall, everything looks great. Plants have grown well and look good.

The dry leaves are located just where the heater hit, so we can assume that it is the heater that dries the leaves.

What I harvested allowed us to cook a nice meal, beginning with a couscous and finishing with a nice mint tea!

Harvest: 65g of beans, 3g of mint, and 2g of thyme

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 75.4 °F

Average humidity: 20 % (with our sensor near the walkie-talkie, the old sensor detects 7% there)

Hours of supplemental light: 4 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 10.46 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 86.57 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:10 & 15:00

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: This morning I was the habcom for today’s EVA, so I was not able to go in the GreenHab, but our crew scientist went to perform daily activities.

She watered and maintained crops and plants in the morning, and I went to check on it in the afternoon.

Our environmental sensors have been deployed, I was then able to double-check the humidity and indeed the old sensor underestimate the real value. I will now use the value given by our environmental sensors.

As advised, I unplugged the supplemental light, and I will watch if it doesn’t bother the plants.

Besides that, everything grows fast and well!

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 80.5 °F

Average humidity: 17 % (to be double-checked)

Hours of supplemental light: 4 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 10.84 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0.26 gallons

Water in the blue tank: 97.13 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:53 & 13:57

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: This morning I was on an EVA so it was our crew journalist that maintained and watered plants and crops in the morning.

As I came back, I went to check on it at 13:57. Everything is in place and doing well.

I began our Microgreens experiment by taking two pots and planting new microgreens to monitor their growth.

Our environmental sensors have just been deployed so I will be able to double-check the humidity tomorrow.

Apart from that, nothing special to signal, everything looks fine!

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 96.5 °F (at 12:00) & 77.9 °F (in the afternoon)

Average humidity: 14 % (to be double-checked)

Hours of supplemental light: 4 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 13.74 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 108.23 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 12:34 & 16:55

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Yesterday, at 23:00 I noticed that the supplemental light wasn’t on, so I went to check on it and it seems like the timer was late. I then put the timer back on track.

When I entered the greenhab today, I was struck by how hot it was, indeed it was 96°F. Hopefully plants and crops were not too dry, but it was blatant they needed more water than usual.

To drop the temperature, I decided to attach the sunshade 50% on the right side and 30% on the left side. This way, the sun didn’t hit as much, and the temperature decreased.

After all of that, I maintained and watered crops and plants as my daily operations and got to harvest a whole lot of tomatoes!

Harvest: 305g of tomatoes

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 75.88 °F

Average humidity: 19 % (to be double-checked)

Hours of supplemental light: 4 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 12.68 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 121.97 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:13 & 16:15

Changes to crops: I relocated the last two tomato plants that were on the upper storage next to the ones I already moved. Indeed, the three I relocated look way better now compared to those which stayed up there.

Narrative: I will shortly double-check the sensor, soon enough the environmental sensors we want to deploy will be ready to use.

Concerning the greenhab, the dirt was a little bit dry on some plants, so I watered them well, but everything looked good. Thus, I maintained and watered crops and plants as my daily operations.

It is a real pleasure to see plants growing every day and to see that the radish I planted pop out of the dirt and come to life.

I decided to relocate the two remaining tomato plants that were on the upper storage to ensure their well-being.

But overall, today was more of a routine than the other days, it means that plants are doing good!

Harvest: N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 70.75 °F

Average humidity: 20% (to be double-checked)

Hours of supplemental light: 4 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 7.39 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 134.65 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:32 & 17:46

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: As it is cold nowadays, the temperature was around 66 °F in the morning, but thankfully the sun was bright (and the heater also did its job very well), so the temperature went back up again.

Everything was normal, nothing to signal, so I maintained and watered crops and plants as my daily operations.

I didn’t get to use another sensor today to double-check the humidity, but I will do it as soon as possible during the following days.

I harvested basil and thyme for today’s lunch, what a pleasure it is to have access to so many tasteful possibilities.

Harvest: 4g of Basil & 3g of thyme

Support/supplies needed: N/A

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 78.39 °F

Average humidity: 17%

Hours of supplemental light: 4 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 12.16 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 142.04 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:34 & 14:23

Changes to crops: I relocated three of the tomatoes originally located on the upper storage. I put them next to the beans.

Narrative: Indeed, the temperature on the upper storage was 117 °F and the humidity was 6%. This may explain why there were more dry leaves even though the tomatoes were well watered.

I also pulverized water as explained yesterday, and then maintained and watered crops and plants as my daily operations.

Today’s temperature was rather high and the humidity lower than usual, making it even hard to work. I decided to open the door for a few minutes to drop the temperature and have better humidity for the plants.

Besides that, everything is fine, aquaponics still running and fishes still doing well. However, I had to use more water today as it was hotter and dryer.

Harvest: 57g of beans

Support/supplies needed: N/A

 

 

GreenHab Officer: Adrien Tison

Environmental control: Heater

Average Temperature: 70.55 °F

Average humidity: 19%

Hours of supplemental light: 4 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 8.77 gallons

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

Water in the blue tank: 154.20 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:35 & 15:25

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative: Last night the supplemental light didn’t light up at 10pm, I went to check it out, the timer just had a few minutes offset. I, thus, changed it back to normal; it worked as intended.

Today I maintained and watered crops and plants as my daily operations. There were some new dry leaves on tomatoes, thus, I cleaned them and watered well the tomatoes.

As a new habit, to help their leaves not to be dry, I pulverize water on crops’ leaves to simulate morning dew.

I then ran some water tests on the aquaponics to ensure the safety of the fishes, everything is well.

I also harvested tomatoes and lemon balm at 10:57; it was a wonderful surprise to discover that many tomatoes were ready to be harvested.

Harvest: 177g of tomatoes & 1g of lemon balm

Support/supplies needed: N/A