Category: Greenhab Report

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 25-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned up to 3 between 10:00 and 18:00 + fan turned up to 2 the rest of the time

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 15°C

High: 46°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 3 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 100 gallons

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

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. More flowers are visible on the lettuce (old seed). Sugar Snap peas, spinaches (planted 04/06) and sage grow very well.

Narrative: Still hot today despite the fan was turned up to 3. For our dinner we harvested parsley and basil (from the GreenHab).

Harvest: 13g basil + 9g parsley

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 24-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned up to 3 between 10:00 and 18:00 + fan turned up to 2 the rest of the time

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 14°C

High: 44°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 3 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 105 gallons

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

Changes to crops: All plants still look healthy. More flowers are visible on the tomato plant of the GreenHab. Lettuces (old seed) produce flowers. Romaine lettuce still grow very well. We have harvested the 2 plants of Lettuce Red Leaf as they wouldn’t grow anymore.

Narrative: It was hotter today despite the fan was turned up to 3. Nevertheless I will do the same tomorrow. For our dinner we have harvested lettuce, parsley and basil (from the GreenHab) and tomatoes (from the plants we brought). I have sow bean and tomato seeds according to their respective treatments for my experiment.

Harvest: 11.4g basil + 21,2g lettuce + 5,6g parsley (+ 50g tomatoes from plants brought by our crew)

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 23-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

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

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 13°C

High: 41°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 3 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 110 gallons

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

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. Flowers are visible on parsley. Romaine lettuce still grow well.

Narrative: Still hot today. Tomorrow I will run the fan on 3 between 10:00 to 18:00 as you recommended me yesterday. Nevertheless some carrots, basils, radishes and parsleys could be harvested soon. Our crew brought bean and tomato seeds to the GreenHab for one of our experiment. We soaked them into water during 24h and we will sow those seeds tomorrow.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 22-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

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

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 13°C

High: 42°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 2 gallons + 2 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 115 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:00 + 18:00

Changes to crops: Still hot today. Some spinaches were stressed by the heat, but all the other plants still look healthy. 5 flowers are visible on the tomato plant and there are some flowers on Basil too. Romaine lettuce grow well.

Narrative: Still hot today despite the fan was turned up to 2. We have harvested 17,6g of Basil and 12g of Radish for the dinner.

Harvest: 17,6g Basil + 12g Radish

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 20-APR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with the door open

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 14°C

High: 43°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 2 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 125 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 19:30

Changes to crops: Crew 211 has just arrived today

Narrative: Crew 211 has just arrived today

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

GreenHab Officer: David Murray

Environmental control: Ambient with fan 0930-1900

Shade Cloth: 80%

Low Temperature: 15 C

High Temperature: 37 C

Relative humidity: 15%

Hours of Supplemental Light: 0

Daily Water Usage for Crops: 34 L total, 8 L fertilizer

Water in Blue Tank: refilled with about 85 gallons of water

Time(s) of Watering: 1100 and 1850

Changes to Crops: Tomatoes are stressed by the heat (curling, drooping, yellowing of basal foliage)

Narrative: It was very hot out today and the tomatoes didn’t like that. The other plants look healthy. I fertilized again because not everything was fertilized the first time and the first application was light. The fan was on from 0930 to 1900 but was turned off while filming a GreenHab video.

Tonight was my last night as the GreenHab officer because Crew 210 departs for Grand Junction at 0800 tomorrow morning.

Harvest: None

GreenHab Officer: David Murray

Environmental control: Ambient, fan on from 0930 to 1900; the door closed.

Shade Cloth: 80%

Low Temperature: 24 C

High Temperature: 33 C

Relative humidity: 15%

Hours of Supplemental Light: 0

Daily Water Usage for Crops: 38 L

Water in Blue Tank: Refilling tank in about one hour

Time(s) of Watering: 1030

Changes to Crops: The tomatoes didn’t like the heat today but they’re alright. Tomato starts haven’t shown much growth but everything else is responding very well to the fertilizer.

Narrative: The door was left closed with the fan on high from 0930 to 1900 with passive exhaust as part of an experiment. The internal temperature stayed warm but fluctuated less drastically than it usually does with the door open.

Although the high was above 30 degrees C, I think the average temperature was right around perfect for all of the crops but the tomatoes (and possibly the beans).

Harvested basil, sage, carrot, and parsley.

Harvest: 7 g basil, 7 g parsley, 15 g carrot, 1 g sage

GreenHab Officer: David Murray

Environmental control: Ambient with door open 10:10 to 19:15

Shade Cloth: 80%

Low Temperature: 17 C

High Temperature: 33 C

Relative humidity: 17%

Hours of Supplemental Light: 0

Daily Water Usage for Crops: 20 L total

Water in Blue Tank: very low, needs refilling

Time(s) of Watering: 10:15 and 15:50

Changes to Crops: None.

Narrative: Temperatures were high again today but the GreenHab stayed fairly cool. The fan was running on the highest setting from 11:00 until around 19:00. Crops are looking healthy but I think it’s been too hot for the flowering tomato plant. The fertilizer and lower temperatures from yesterday seemed to help but it’s still showing signs of stress. Harvested parsley and sage that was used in the crew’s lunch and dinner.

Harvest: 21 g parsley, 1 g sage

GreenHab Officer: David Murray

Environmental control: Ambient with door open 9:35 to 17:20

Shade Cloth: 80%

Low Temperature: 16 C

High Temperature: 26 C

Relative humidity: 22%

Hours of Supplemental Light: 0

Daily Water Usage for Crops: 32 L

Water in Blue Tank: Low, needs refilling

Time(s) of Watering: 9:40

Changes to Crops: None.

Narrative: All crops except for seedlings were fertilized with Miracle Grow today. It was much cooler in the GreenHab than it’s been the last few days. Did not use the fan. 40 g basil was harvested.

Harvest: 40 g basil

GreenHab Officer: David Murray

Environmental control: Ambient with door open 9:00 to ? (high winds blew the door shut at some point while we were gone)

Shade Cloth: 80%

Low Temperature: 15 C

High Temperature: 37 C

Relative humidity: 17%

Hours of Supplemental Light: 0

Daily Water Usage for Crops: 11 L

Water in Blue Tank: Low, needs refilling

Time(s) of Watering: 11:40

Changes to Crops: None.

Narrative: Crops are looking good but the tomatoes are starting to show signs of nutrient deficiency. I’ll fertilize them with Miracle Grow tomorrow and see if it improves. It’s been hot, but the fan is running on it’s highest setting throughout the hottest parts of the day. The GreenHab door shut at some point before 6:45 due to high winds.

Harvest: None