Category: Greenhab Report

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 22.7°C

09:56

Floor Unit: 22 °C

12:58

Floor Unit: 25 °C

19:09

Floor Unit: 21 °C

GreenHab door opened: 12:58 and closed at 13:30.

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 8.7 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: NA

Water in Blue Tank 127.94 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

10:04 = 6.6 Gal

19:10 = 2.1 Gal

Changes to crops: Re-arranged some plants in the GreenHab according to their needs (e.g. sunlight, heat, watering schedule etc.)

Planted: 1 g radish sparkler, 0.3 g onion evergreen white bunching

Harvest: 77 g icicle radish, 10 g purple sun carrots, 6 g lettuce, 1 g chives, 1 g cilantro, 3 g rosemary, 2 g butter crunch, 2 g oregano, 11 g butter brunch, 30 g green leaf chard, 4 g lettuce

Support/supplies needed: Small disposal until or, recycle bin/trash basket

Other Notes:

Added fertilizer to some plants, and a new seed bank added to GreenHab.

Ginger is being prepared for planting in a dish; waiting for sprouts before planting.

Changed the batteries in the scale.

Added hand sanitizer and paper towels to GreenHab.

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on. GreenHab doors opened from 10:55 and closed at 11:30.

Average temperatures: 21.33°C

08:33

Floor Unit: 20°C

010:55

Floor Unit: 26°C

17:49

Floor Unit: 18°C

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 13.7 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: NA

Water in Blue Tank 136.64 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 2

08:33

17:50

Changes to crops: NA

Narrative: Today was a hot day – but the plants persevere and are loving it. We’re also enjoying delicious salads.

Harvest:

11:27

2g oregano, 2g chives, 5g pineapple mint, 46g carrots, 7g basil

18:00

6g white onion, 38g icicle radish, 14g chard spinach, 6g cilantro, 4g basil

Support/supplies needed: NA

 Crew 220 GreenHab Report 27-JAN-2020 

GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 20.5°C

08:32

Floor Unit: 17 °C

11:30

Floor Unit: 24 °C

15:45

Floor Unit: 24 °C

18:19

Floor Unit: 17 °C

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 12.7 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: NA

Water in Blue Tank 150.34 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 2

08:32

19:35

Changes to crops: Snow pea plants disposed (four plants); cucumber plant (one) is dying – permission to dispose.

Narrative: Crops are continuing to do well and thriving.

Harvest: 3g cilantro, 2g lettuce, 2g basil, 10g chard spinach, 0.5g lemon balm, 0.3g chives, 21g icicle radish, 22g butter crunch, 5g sage

Support/supplies needed: It would be awesome to have a small disposal unit for organic waste as well as a washing sink to rinse hands, freshly picked herbs, and vegetables.

Crew 220 GreenHab Report 26-JAN-2020 GreenHab Officers: Marufa Bhuiyan and Morgan Kainu

Environmental control: Heating GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on.

Average temperatures: 19.25 °C 08:56 Floor Unit: 17 °C

10:44 Floor Unit: 19 °C

12:16 Floor Unit: 22°C

17:55 Floor Unit: 19°C

Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00

Daily water usage for crops: 13.2 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: NA

Water in Blue Tank 163.04 gallons

Times(s) of watering for crops: 3 08:56 10:45 18:09

Changes to crops: Pumpkin flowers are blooming. Planted 1g sweet pepper (California Wonder), 1g spinach lakeside.

Narrative: Plants seem to be maintaining well and enjoying their feedings and sunlight.

Harvest: Crops picked for cooking: 1g basil, 3g cilantro, 2g acorn pumpkin leaves

Support/supplies needed: MDRS Seed Bank lid doesn’t close properly; it may affect the seeds.

Crew 220 GreenHab Report 25-JAN-20

Crew GreenHab Officer: Marufa Bhuiyan

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 14.75° C

8:04 A.M.

Floor Unit: 16 °C

12:39 P.M.

Floor Unit: 18 °C

15:10 P.M.

Floor Unit: 8°C

20:30 P.M.

Floor Unit: 17°C

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:30 P.M. – 12:00A.M.

Daily water usage for crops: 15.76 Gal.

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank: 176.24 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops:

8:20 A.M.

6:25 P.M.

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY: N/A

Change to crops:

Crops picked for cooking: 2g cilantro, 1g chives, 4g lettuce, 1g lemon balm, 35g icicle radish leaves, 3g acorn pumpkin, 1g rosemary.

OTHER NOTES:

Swept the floor because water was dripping from the shelves and it was stored/clogged in front of the table and blue tank. Next time, I should be more careful when watering

Moved two white bowls with snow pea plants into the floor, as they were drying out probably because of excess heat from the heater

Put some bricks/stones in front of the entrance (below the thermometer just outside of GreenHab), as the entrance was muddy and slippery, there were some risks of falling down

QUESTION: There are some empty tubs with soil, may I use them for harvesting tomorrow? For example: 9 Pepper tubs tags, 2 red tomatoes etc. Please advise. Thanks.

Crew 220 GreenHab Report 24-JAN-20

Crew GreenHab Officer: Marufa Bhuiyan

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 15.75°C

8:41 A.M.
Floor Unit: 18 °C

14:40 P.M.
Floor Unit: 10 °C

17:16 P.M.
Floor Unit: 18°C

20:07 P.M.
Floor Unit: 17°C

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:30 PM-12:00AM.

Daily water usage for crops: 10.42 Gal.

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank: 192 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops:

8:50 A.M.
5:35 P.M.

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY: N/A

Change to crops: N/A

OTHER NOTES:

Water shortage in the blue tank in the morning but its resolved now

Added support/fences to some plants e.g. Narcissis, mystery, acorn pumpkin.

Crew 220 GreenHab Report 23-JAN-20

Crew GreenHab Officer: Marufa Bhuiyan

Average Temperature (Floor Unit): 14°C

Floor temperature at different times:
09:30: 20°C
15:08: 8°C

Environmental Heating:
GreenHab door Shade cloth (40%) (30%) on
Door opened: 12:40
Door closed: 15:08

Time(s) of watering crops:
09:30
20:40

Daily water usage for crops: 11 Gal
Morning: 5 Gal
Evening: 6 Gal

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in the Blue Tank: 211 Gal

Harvest: N/A

Changes in Crops/Crops picked for cooking purpose: Chives, Basil.

Other comments: N/A

Crew 220 GreenHab Report 22-JAN-20

Crew GreenHab Officer: Marufa Bhuiyan

GreenHab door opened: 11:10 AM
GreenHab door closed: 2:30 PM

Average Temperature (Floor Unit): 5°C
Floor temperature at different times:
8:40 AM: 3°C
1:22 PM: 7°C

Time(s) of watering crops:
9:00 AM
6:50 PM

Daily water usage for crops: 12 Gal
Morning 9 AM: 6 Gal
Evening 6:50 PM: 6 Gal

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in the Blue Tank: 222.2 Gal

Harvest: N/A

Changes in Crops/Crops picked for cooking purpose: Lettuce (1), cilantro, basil, chives (1) , rosemary, lemon balm (2), thyme, oregano, acorn pumpkin (2 leaves).

Other comments: Snow peas are drying out on bottom two shelves (white). Not sure exactly what to do.
Please advise. Thank you.

Crew 219 GreenHab Report 18-JAN-20

Crew GreenHab Officer: Cynthia Montanez

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 19 °C

9:10 A.M.

Floor Unit: 14 °C

12:33 P.M.

Floor Unit: 27 °C

4:23 P.M.

Floor Unit: 16 °C

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:00PM-12:00AM.

Daily water usage for crops: 8.64 Gal.

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank – 133.39 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops:

10:18 A.M.

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: N/A

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: N/A

Harvest: At 12:22 P.M., 0.25 grams of marjoram, 1 gram thyme, 8 grams of sage, and 2 grams of chives were harvested.

Other: N/A

Crew 219 GreenHab Report 17-JAN-20

Crew GreenHab Officer: Cynthia Montanez

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 24.3 °C

10:18 A.M.

Floor Unit: 21 °C

2:32 P.M.

Floor Unit: 20 °C

5:15 P.M.

Floor Unit: 20°C

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:00PM-12:00AM.

Daily water usage for crops: 9.18 Gal.

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank – 152.03 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops:

10:18 A.M.

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: Almost all of the crops look exceptionally bigger, brighter, and healthier

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: The white onions that were planted a couple of days ago started to sprout, as is the green apple plant.

Harvest: At 2:32 P.M., 100 grams of swiss chard and 2 grams of chives were harvested.

Other: Since there is now only one thermometer that I am able to use within the GreenHab, I am only able to take floor temperature readings. I needed to constantly check on the temperature within the GreenHab to make sure that it was not too hot for the plants.