Category: Greenhab Report

Crew 204 Green Hab Report – 7-FEB-2019

GreenHab Officer: Patil (Cosmos)

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (5 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 17.2°C

High: 26.2°C

Hours of supplemental light: 5 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 12 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: ~ 183 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE(° C ) / HUMIDITY(%)
[AT TIME OF WATERING]

1) 09.00 AM 22.2° C / 39 %
2) 12.00 PM 24.9° C / 21 %
3) 15:00 PM 19.9° C / 21 %
4) 18:00 PM 18.2° C / 26 %

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: After almost 12 gallons of water, hours of supplementary light and lots of care later, plants are noted to be in great shape and health.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 204 Green Hab Report – 5-FEB-2019

GreenHab Officer: Patil (Cosmos)

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (5 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 16.4°C

High: 25.9°C

Hours of supplemental light: 5 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 12 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: ~ 207 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE(° C ) / HUMIDITY(%)
[AT TIME OF WATERING]

1) 09.00 AM 18.6° C / 48 %
2) 12.00 PM 25.3° C / 55 %
3) 15:00 PM 23.7° C / 41 %
4) 18:00 PM 19.9° C / 52 %

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: Today was the blissful day for us in midst of winds. We learned that Gardening is the most therapeutic and blissful act we could do. It made us forget every difficult weather conditions around. We were enjoying the smell of things in soil, by getting dirty without feeling guilty. It took little time to grow sprouts but one tiny leaf appeared from one of sprout as a light of joy with a new era of life. And slowly-slowly browns started turning into greens with a sprinkle of water and martian warmth.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 204 Green Hab Report – 6-FEB-2019

GreenHab Officer: Patil (Cosmos)

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (5 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 18.3°C

High: 27.8°C

Hours of supplemental light: 5 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 12 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: ~ 195 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE (° C) / HUMIDITY (%)
[AT TIME OF WATERING]

1) 09.00 AM 20.4° C / 36 %
2) 12.00 PM 20.0° C / 31 %
3) 15:00 PM 23.9° C / 21 %
4) 18:00 PM 23.0° C / 25 %

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: The cloudy and windy weather reports again. Plants are growing as expected. While looking at growth, we are learning that the first principle of success is desire. It is knowing what you want to do. Desire is the planting of your seed to harvest later.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 204 Green Hab Report – 4-FEB-2019

GreenHab Officer: Patil (Cosmos)

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (5 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 18.3°C

High: 24.2°C

Hours of supplemental light: 5 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 12 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: ~ 219 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE(° C ) / HUMIDITY(%)
[AT TIME OF WATERING]

1) 09.00 AM 18.3° C / 36 %
2) 12.00 PM 20.6° C / 33 %
3) 15:00 PM 22.3° C / 38 %
4) 18:00 PM 19.1° C / 62 %

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: Today was the day of "the hub garden germination". We were observing planted sprouts in a garden soil tray and other composites of soils. Seed coat has ruptured, root has grown in ground and crop has started taking its shape. We could see good growth in sprouts planted in a tray, and promising growth in sprouts planted in various composites of soil.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

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GreenHab Officer: Patil (Cosmos)

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (5 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 18.5°C

High: 24.7°C

Hours of supplemental light: 5 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 12 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: ~ 231 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE (° C) / HUMIDITY (%)

[AT TIME OF
WATERING]

1) 08.34 AM 19.6° C / 48 %

2) 12.00 PM 21.7° C / 42 %

3) 15:05 PM 23.6° C / 28 %

4) 18:00 PM 19.4° C / 43 %

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: Today we performed an experiment in GreenHab. We planted sprouts in various composites of soils, including Garden soil, MDRS soil, JSC Mars one soil and charcoal. We are observing every possible change in them.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 204 Green Hab Report – 2-FEB-2019

GreenHab Officer: Patil (Cosmos)

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (5 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 17.8°C

High: 25.6°C

Hours of supplemental light: 5 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 12 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: ~ 243 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE(° C ) / HUMIDITY(%)
[AT TIME OF WATERING]

1) 08.45 AM 18.5° C / 41 %
2) 12.01 AM 19.3° C / 33 %
3) 15:00 PM 20.2° C / 38 %
4) 18:00 PM 19.3° C / 41 %

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: Today we observed planted sprouts, their germination is happening as expected in the soil. We made various compositions of soils from collected soils in MDRS, JSC Mars one (artificial soil), garden soil and charcoal. We are going to do an experiment on various compositions prepared by these soils.

Harvest: 1) Cilantro 5 gram
2) Green Chord 20 gram
3) Mixed Salads 5 gram
4) Baby Greens 6 gram

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 204 Green Hab Report – 30-JAN-2019

GreenHab Officer: Patil (Cosmos)

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (5 hrs)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 17.2 °C

High: 28.1°C

Hours of supplemental light: 5 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 9.5 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: ~ 280.5 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops:

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE(° C ) / HUMIDITY(%)
[AT TIME OF WATERING]

1) 07:40 AM 21.2° C / 42 %
2) 10:53 AM 25.8° C / 22 %
3) 15:00 PM 24.0° C / 22 %
4) 18:22 PM 21.6° C / 46%

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: It was a learning day and while performing EVAs, the crew
has shown a good collaboration to maintain adequate temperature and watering schedules in GreenHab. Mixed Seeds have been kept for soaking and sprouting, which include mat bean, kidney bean, fenugreek, and sesame.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

Crew 204 Green Hab Report – 29-JAN-2019

GreenHab Officer: Pranit Patil

Environmental control: Daytime door open 10am to 5pm / night time door closed 5pm to 10am

Heating and cooling with ambient air (5 hours)

Ambient with the door open

Heating: Both heating and cooling

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low- 18 °C
High- 25.4°C

Hours of supplemental light: Not used

Daily water usage for crops: 9 gallons
Water in Blue Tank— ~ 290 gallons, almost full

Time(s) of watering for crops:
1) 9:40 am
2) 11:30 am
3) 17:30 pm

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: It was a part of training for crew 204

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None