Category: Greenhab Report

Crew 212 GreenHab Report – 5-May-2019

GreenHab Officer: Hector Palomeque

Environmental control: Ambient with the door open

Shade cloth 80%: on

Average temperatures:
Low: 12° C
High: 43° C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 7 gallons + 3 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 190 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:00 + 20:00

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy, except for the Sage that still getting some yellow and brown leaves.

Narrative:

Dr. Shannon Rupert watered and planted tomatoes, bean, and mint by the morning. Nothing has harvested today. Plants that were dry were re-watered by the evening.

Support/supplies needed: None.

Crew 212 GreenHab Report – 5-May-2019

GreenHab Officer: Hector Palomeque

Environmental control: Ambient with the door open

Shade cloth 80%: on

Average temperatures:
Low: 12° C
High: 43° C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 7 gallons + 3 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 190 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:00 + 20:00

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy, except for the Sage that still getting some yellow and brown leaves.

Narrative:

Dr. Shannon Rupert watered and planted tomatoes, bean, and mint by the morning. Nothing has harvested today. Plants that were dry were re-watered by the evening.

Support/supplies needed: None.

Crew 212 GreenHab Report – 7-May-2019: SOL-2

GreenHab Officer: Hector Palomeque

Environmental control: Ambient with door open from 07:00 to 14:00 + fan turned on in minimum (1) from 11:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 16:30 (3.5 h)

Shade cloth 80%: on

Average temperatures:

Low: 20.7° C (±0.81)

High: 38.6° C (±1.65)

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 5 gallons + 2 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 173 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 07:00 + 19:00

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. Chard and +20 Carrots ready to harvest. Basil is blooming.

Narrative: Plants were watered two times. It was necessary to close the GreenHab door because of the strong wind. The fan has been turned on (at minimum level) when the GreenHab reached almost 40°C.

Due to the Indoor thermometer of the GreenHab seems to being uncalibrated, an observational experiment was performed during the day: the information of 5 different indoor thermometers were recollected every hour. Then, the average temperature of every hour was calculated. Tomorrow another run of the experiment will be performed.

Harvested: 5g Basil + 1g Sage

Support/supplies needed: None.

Crew 212 GreenHab Report – 4-May-2019

GreenHab Officer: Hector Palomeque

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned on up to 3

Shade cloth 80%: on

Average temperatures:
Low: 11° C
High: 40° C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 5 gallons + 3 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 200 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:00 + 16:00

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy, except for the Sage that is getting some yellow and brown leaves. Radish was harvested. Tomato plants seem to need more water.

Narrative: Crew 211 is leaving MDRS, Crew 212 is taking over. The Blue Tank Water was refilled today. Radish, Carrots, Basil, Oregano and Parsley were harvested for dinner.

Harvest: 41.7g Radish + 105g Carrots + 3g Basil + 1g Oregano + 1g Parsley

Support/supplies needed: None.

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Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 3-MAY-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned up to 3

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 11°C

High: 40°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 4 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 60 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:30

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. The tomato plant of the GreenHab still seems a little stressed. There are more flowers on the radish plants. Mixed salad green grows very well.

Narrative: We have harvested tomatoes and lettuce leafs for the dinner.

Harvest: 90g tomatoes + 24g lettuce leafs

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 1-MAY-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned up to 3

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 15°C

High: 35°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 4 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 70 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:30

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. The tomato plant of the GreenHab and some basils seem a little stressed. The are more flowers on the tomato plant.

Narrative: It was also cooler today. We have harvested Basil and Radish.

Harvest: 13.9g Radish + 1.7g Basil

Support/supplies needed: I won’t have enough water for 1 week long, as it was really hot this past week, and I had to water plants accordingly.

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 30-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open (but we had to close the door when there was rain and to much wind) + fan turned up to 3

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 17°C

High: 35°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 3 gallons + 2 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 75 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:00 + 19:00

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. Nevertheless the tomato plant of the GreenHab still seems a little stressed (curved leaf), I will water it accordingly over the next couple of days.

Narrative: It was also cooler today, the rain and the wind have helped to decrease the temperature. We have harvested Basil and Tomatoes (from plants brought by our crew) for the dinner.

Harvest: 13.8g Basil + 105g Tomatoes (from plants brought by our crew)

Support/supplies needed: I won’t have enough water for 1 week long, as it was really hot this past week, and I had to water plants accordingly.

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 29-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned up to 2

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 16°C

High: 37°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 5 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 80 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 14:00

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. Nevertheless the tomato plant of the GreenHab still seems a little stressed (curved leaf), I will water it accordingly over the next couple of days. There are more flowers on the Parsley plants, Lettuce (old seed) and even on radish. Cucumber plants grow well.

Narrative: It was cooler today, the rain has helped to decrease the temperature. There was a visit of the PBS in the GreenHab.

Harvest: 6.3g Parsley, 9.8g Basil

Support/supplies needed: I won’t have enough water for 1 week long, as it was really hot this past week, and I had to water plants accordingly.

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 28-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned up to 2

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 16°C

High: 45°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 4 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 85 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:30

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. Nevertheless the tomato plant of the GreenHab seems a little stressed (curved leaf), I will water it accordingly over the next couple of days. We have harvested the lettuce (from plants we have brought) for the dinner.

Narrative: Hot day. I have cleaned the floor of the GreenHab to make sure it stays a pleasant place in which to work. Moreover I have regrogrammed the fan, as you asked me, so it will be “on” from 10:00 to 17:30. Is that okay ?

Harvest: 27.5g lettuce (from plants we have brought)

Support/supplies needed: I have regrogrammed the fan, as you asked me, so it will be on from 10:00 to 17:30. Is that okay ?

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 27-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned up to 3

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 14°C
High: 46°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 4 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 90 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:00

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. Green chard, cucumber (03/20) and romaine lettuce grow very well. Tomatoes (from plants that we brought), carrots and radishes are ready to be harvested. Onion plants are emerging. More flowers are visible on the tomato plant of the GreenHab.

Narrative: Still hot today. No harvest. I’m still watering each morning the bean and tomato seeds of my experiment placed in the GreenHab.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None