Category: Greenhab Report

Crew 218 GreenHab Report 26-DEC-19

Crew GreenHab Officer: Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 26.8°C; 18%.

10:30AM

Floor Unit: 18°C

Electronic: 24.6°C

humidity 18%

1:40PM

Floor Unit: 21°C

Electronic: 28 °C

humidity 16%

3:50PM Measured by Dr. Cesare Guariniello

Floor Unit: 8°C

Electronic: 19°C

humidity N/A

5:30PM

Floor Unit: 14°C

Electronic: 19.1°C

humidity 20%

Max: 31.1°C; 22%

Min: 16.5°C; 14%

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:20PM-12:20AM.

Daily water usage for crops: 4.3Gal.

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

Water in Blue Tank – ~117 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops: 5:30PM

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: Butter Crunch leaves are sprouting

Chili Pepper sprouted.

—10:30AM leaving door closed. 1:40PM opened the door. 3:50PM door closed.

—ALARM: 1:40PM fire alarm in RAM closet went off unexpectedly.

Harvest: for Thai Curry

Basil: 14g

Cilantro: 7g

Crew 218 GreenHab Report 25-DEC-19

Crew GreenHab Officer: Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan with Shefali Rana completing morning tasks.

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 22.8°C; 20%.

11:40AM

Floor Unit: 20°C

Electronic: 28.2°C

humidity 16%

4:30PM

Floor Unit: 11°C

Electronic: 20.1°C

humidity 20%

7:00PM

Floor Unit: 15°C

Electronic: 21.7°C

humidity 19%

Max: 30°C; 26%

Min: 15.5°C; 15%

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:20PM-12:20AM.

Daily water usage for crops: 2.2Gal. (last night’s miracle food watering has left almost all plants very moist to wet).

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

Water in Blue Tank – ~121 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops: 7:00PM

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: Zucchini leaves have opened.

—Added structural support to snow peas.

—Recommend changing location of snow peas. The leaves are drying out even with wet soil. The planter is in direct path of heater unit.

—Opened door at 11:40AM.

—Closed door at 4:30PM.

—Mouse was spotted in the Habitat. Moved the trap from GreenHab to Habitat, which still has dried sweet potato. Hopefully this isn’t a ruse for the GreenHab…

Harvest:

Christmas Salad. Used Science Lab scale to measure harvest. Shefali Rana and Luz Maria Agudelo Urrego assisted.

—Radish Leaves: 82.25g

—Carrot Leaves: 12.40g

—Green Leaf Chard: 14.08g

—Wild Rocket: 15.05g

—Spinach Lakeside: 13.00g

—Swiss Chard: 14.71g

—Cilantro: 7.75g

—Basil: 12.37g

—Sage: 1.15g

—Chives: 2.79g

—Pineapple Mint: 1.78g

—Marjoram: 0.88g

Collected for dinner bread (used GreenHab scale):

—Rosemary: 14g

Crew 218 GreenHab Report 24-DEC-19

Crew GreenHab Officer: Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 21.4°C; 13.5% (because of the minimum humidity, I believe this calculation is an error).

10:00AM

Floor Unit: 16°C
Electronic: 23.5°C
humidity 19%

1:55PM

Floor Unit: 15°C
Electronic: 20.4°C
humidity 20%

5:40PM

Floor Unit: 16°C
Electronic: 21.1°C
humidity 20%

Max: 24.9°C; 25%
Min: 17.9°C; 2% (I believe this humidity reading is in error)

Hours of supplemental light: Light system 7:20PM-12:20AM (timer was modified by staff. Last night’s measurement was an estimated start time).

Daily water usage for crops: 5.4Gal.
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: N/A

Water in Blue Tank – ~123 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops: 5:40 PM

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: Zucchini, Cherry tomato, Buttercrunch.

—No Martian rodents in the trap.

—ALARM: At 2:20 PM an alarm was heard while Shefali and I were in GreenHab. We radioed Habitat to notify of alarm and investigated. Astronomy Observatory’s alarm was set off. No fire detected.

—Used MiracleGrow™ while watering the plants.

Harvest:

—Cilantro plants had coriander seeds. Harvested 0.22g (took seeds to Science Lab to use a triple beam scale).

—Because of limited comms, we warmly ask CAPCOM to search for a dessert (not desert!) recipe that is coriander forward. 😀

Support/supplies requested: N/A

Crew 218 GreenHab Report 23-DEC-19

Crew GreenHab Officer: Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 21.9°C, 19%

11:40AM

Floor Unit: 16°C

Electronic: 20.7°C

humidity 20%

1:20PM

Floor Unit: 19°C

Electronic: 23.2°C

humidity 18%

4:30PM

Floor Unit: 17°C

Electronic: 23.9°C

humidity 18%

7:20PM

Floor Unit: 15°C

Electronic: 19.6°C

humidity 20%

Max: 26.0°C, 21%

Min: 17.8°C, 17%

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

Daily water usage for crops: 6.4 Gal.

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

Water in Blue Tank – ~129 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops: 7:20 PM

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: N/A

—Martian rodent was captured in trap. Has eaten two pieces of dried sweet potato—Yum!

—Gnats infested strawberry plants. Seen small red ‘arachnid’.

—Leaving door closed at 11:40AM.

—Found a Soil Moisture/Ph Sensor in GreenHab.

—Found an additional Temp/Humidity sensor.

—Reset Martian Rodent Trap with 3 pieces of dried sweet potato in anticipation…

Harvest:

Rosemary 0.5g (for bread); Oregano 0.5g, Basil 3g, Thyme 1g (for tomato sauce) Yum!

Support/supplies requested: Request parsley seeds for future missions.

Crew 218 GreenHab Report 22-DEC-19

Crew GreenHab Officer: Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: 23.5°C 18%

9:20AM

Floor Unit: 15°C

Electronic: 18°C

humidity 21%

12:05PM

Floor Unit: 28°C

Electronic: 28.5°C

humidity 16%

2:35PM

Floor Unit: 12°C

Electronic: 22.2°C

humidity 19%

7:00PM

Floor Unit: 17°C

Electronic: 22.8°C

humidity 19%

Max: 29.8°C, 21%

Min: 17.3°C, 15%

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

Daily water usage for crops: 4.3 Gal.

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

Water in Blue Tank – ~135 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops: 7:00 PM

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: N/A

—Martian rodent has eaten strawberries. Setup trap/release with two bits of sweet potato.

—Gnats infested strawberry plants.

—Adjusted suspended avocado pits to touch water.

—Leaving door closed at 9:20AM. Opened door at 12:05PM. Closed door at 2:35PM.

Harvest: Checked radishes. Not ready for harvest.

Support/supplies requested: N/A.

Crew 218 GreenHab Report 21-DEC-19

Crew GreenHab Officer: Dr. Jonathan R. Buzan

Environmental control: Heating.

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on.

Average temperature: — single reading of 18°C; 20% humidity

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

Daily water usage for crops: 10 Gal.

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

Water in Blue Tank – ~140 Gal.

Time(s) of watering for crops: 7:30 PM

SEASONAL PLANTING HISTORY:

Change to crops: None.

OTHER NOTES:

1st sprouts: N/A

Harvest: None

Support/supplies requested: N/A.

Crew 217 GreenHab Report - 12-12-2019

GreenHab Officer: Cynthia Hori

Environmental control:

Ambient with door open

Heating

Shade cloth (40% and 30%) on

Average temperatures

Low 66 F

High 90 F

Hours of supplemental light :5

Daily water usage for crops: 80 L

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes:

Water in Blue Tank—235 gallons remaining

Time(s) of watering for crops: 4:00 pm

Changes to crops: An animal is eating the plants. All 6 zucchini
plants have been eaten, 2 Cucumber plants, and 8 pea plants. All
acorn pumpkin squash plants were re-potted. All herbs were transferred
from pots to the herb garden plot. The herbs added were grapefruit
mint, pineapple mint, 2 rosemary plants, and spicy orange thyme.
More cilantro seeds were planted, replanted zucchini and peas.
Spinach, romaine, butter lettuce was planted along with a flat of
chard

Narrative: All crew members helped in the garden today and we got so
much done! We jammed to some tunes as we worked, thanks to Atila. The
second shade cloth (30% cover) was put up and the white Ikea hanging
pots were hung at a height to allow for watering. We separated pepper
plants into pots, moved acorn squash into individual pots, thinned
basil and cilantro. All hands were on deck in the greenhouse and we
left feeling accomplished. Now to catch the little critter that is
eating the plants.

Harvest :78 grams basil and 13 grams cilantro--

Crew 217 GreenHab Report - 11-12-2019

GreenHab Officer: Cynthia Hori

Environmental control:

Heating

Shade cloth (40%) on

Average temperatures

Low 66 F

High 90 F

Hours of supplemental light :5

Daily water usage for crops: 80 L

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes:

Water in Blue Tank— 300 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 7:30 pm

Changes to crops: Pepper seedlings emerging growing quite well. Paper
whites were rotated from top to bottom shelf. Getting more water and
growing quite well

Narrative: We didn’t get our work done today that we said we would.
We have the Greenhab slated for tomorrow. A second shade cloth (30%)
will be added tomorrow and squash will be transplanted. New lettuce
seeds going in tomorrow. The herb garden is getting tall and the
oregano is beginning to lift off of the soil and gain about 2 cm in
height. Radishes may need to be thinned more.

Harvest: none

Crew 217 GreenHab Report – 10-12-2019

GreenHab Officer: Cynthia Hori

Environmental control:

Ambient with door open

Heating

Shade cloth (40%) on

Average temperatures

Low 65 F

High 90 F

Hours of supplemental light :5

Daily water usage for crops: 80 L

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes:

Water in Blue Tank— 300 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 5 pm

Changes to crops: Pepper seedlings emerging

Narrative: A second shade cloth (30%) will be added tomorrow and squash will be transplanted. New lettuce seeds going in tomorrow.

Harvest: none

Shannon Rupert

8:44 PM (30 minutes ago)
to MDRS
Crew 217 GreenHab Report – 09-12-2019

GreenHab Officer: Cynthia Hori

Environmental control:

Ambient with door open

Heating

Shade cloth (40%) on

Average temperatures: 20 degrees C

Low

High

Hours of supplemental light :5

Daily water usage for crops: 80 L

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes:

Water in Blue Tank— 300 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 5 pm

Changes to crops: Pepper seedlings emerging

Narrative: A second shade cloth (30%) will be added tomorrow

Harvest: Radishes were thinned and 141 g removed and eaten at dinner–