Category: Greenhab Report

Hello again Capcom,

Here is today’s GreenHab report coming from Jérémy:

GreenHab Report
AUCLAIR Jérémy
5th March 2018

Environmental control:

(door closed)
Heating once the sun was down
80 % Shade cloth on

Average temperatures:
Around 30 °C at 11:30 am, around 23 °C the rest of the day

Hours of supplemental light: none

Changes to crops: 5 cherry tomatoes harvested

Daily water usage for crops: around 9 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:00 am and 9pm

Narrative: none

Support/supplies needed: none

Cheers,

Louis

AUCLAIR Jérémy

4th March 2018

Environmental control:

(door closed)

Heating once the sun was down

80 % Shade cloth on

Average temperatures:

Around 24 °C at 11:30 am, around 18 °C the rest of the day

Hours of supplemental light: from 7pm to 9pm

Changes to crops: 9 cherry tomatoes

Daily water usage for crops: around 10 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:30 am and 6pm

Narrative: I was a bit surprised and sad to find out that the salads I planned to harvest for dinner had been taken, the crew was looking forward to eating some greens. Perhaps next time the Martians could tell us in advance, so we can plan our meals accordingly.

Support/supplies needed: none

GreenHab Report
AUCLAIR Jérémy
1st March 2018

Environmental control:

(door closed)
Heating once the sun was down
80 % Shade cloth on

Average temperatures:
Around 30 °C at 10am, around 24 °C the rest of the day

Hours of supplemental light: from 7pm to 9pm

Changes to crops: One cucumber plant died

Daily water usage for crops: around 8 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:00 am and 7:30pm

Narrative: none

Support/supplies needed: none

Hello again Capcom,

Here is today’s greenhab report, coming from Jérémy:

GreenHab Report
AUCLAIR Jérémy
28 Feb 2018

Environmental control:

(door closed)
Heating once the sun was down
80 % Shade cloth on

Average temperatures:
Around 37 °C at 10am, around 30 °C the rest of the day

Hours of supplemental light: from 7pm to 9pm

Changes to crops: Cute down all the overgrown tomato leaves to free some space and allow the plants to grow further

Daily water usage for crops: around 11 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:00 am and 7:20pm

Narrative: Today we put the 80% shade on all the GreenHab. We were four and it took us 2 hours, under the burning sun, it was a hassle. But Now it’s done, and it looks good. I worked quite a lot during the afternoon to take care of the plants. The GreenHab looks better day after day, makes me feel good.

Support/supplies needed: wooden sticks to support falling plants

Cheers,

Louis

27 Feb 2018

Environmental control:

(door closed)

Heating once the sun was down

80 % Shade cloth on

Average temperatures:

Around 35 °C at 11am, around 31 °C the rest of the day

Hours of supplemental light: from 7pm to 9pm

Changes to crops: None

Daily water usage for crops: around 10 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:00 am and 6:00pm

Narrative: None

Support/supplies needed: wooden sticks to support falling plants

Dear CapCom and Graeme,

Here is the GreenHab Report

AUCLAIR Jérémy

26 feb 2018

Environmental control:

(door open around 11am, left closed after 14h)

Heating once the sun was down

80 % Shade cloth on

Average temperatures:

Around 35 °C at 11am, around 28 °C the rest of the day

Hours of supplemental light: from 7pm to 9pm

Changes to crops: Lettuce baby plants planted in bigger pots

Daily water usage for crops: around 12 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:30 am and 7:30pm

Narrative: Still achieving the same type work

Support/supplies needed: wooden sticks to support falling plants

Cheers,

Victoria

Commander of Crew189

Hi Capcom,

Here the GreenHab Report of my colleague AUCLAIR Jérémy

26 feb 2018

Environmental control:

(door open around 11am, left closed after 16h)

Heating once the sun was down

80 % Shade cloth on

Average temperatures:

Around 35 °C at 11am, around 28 °C the rest of the day

Hours of supplemental light: from 7pm to 9pm

Changes to crops: Two carrot pots were planted in a bigger pot to allow them to grow further, I tried to save the cucumber plants by putting wooden sticks to attach them and clean the mess the plants were in (all tangled up)

Daily water usage for crops: around 15 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11am and 7pm

Narrative: Once again I had to fix the mess the plants were in, the carrot plants were too close to one another, all bunched up in small pots, I moved them to bigger pots and tried to save most of the crops. There is a lot of work to be done in the GreenHab and it will take some time, a lot of plants need to be taken care of quickly (for a good amount of the plants the crops are too many in one too small pot). I ran out of wooden sticks again; half of the tomato plants and all the cucumber plants were falling apart because they weren’t guided with wooden sticks.

Support/supplies needed: wooden sticks to support falling plants

Cheers,

Victoria

Commander of the crew 189

GreenHab Report

Jérémy Auclair

21 February 2018

Environmental control:

Ambient with door closed

Fan during 30 minutes

Shade cloth on

Average temperatures: I put the new thermometers in the greenhab today and the temperature was about 16 degrees Celsius at 5pm, went up to 30 °C at 8pm after we worked in the GreenHab

Hours of supplemental light: from 6pm to 11pm

Changes to crops: one cucumber that was not ripes fell down while changing the shade

Daily water usage for crops: 13 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:30apm and 7:30pm

Aquaponics: None

Narrative: Today, the greenhab had many visitors. We installed the new shades (80% shading) and it was a hassle, it took us a lot of time and was very complicated! Almost all the crew participated in this installation. The commanders and the astronomer helped a lot and without them I would not have been able to do it! Thanks to this installation I noticed that many tomatoes plants were bending and with Benoit we used many wooden sticks. We changed the organisation of the GreenHab quite a lot. I still have many work to do to rearrange all this but, at least, the new cover is partially installed!

Support/supplies needed: Wooden sticks (again please)

Jérémy Auclair

20 February 2018

Environmental control:

Ambient with door open

Fan during 30 minutes

Shade cloth on

Average temperatures: I received the thermometers only tonight, I will use it tomorrow. Nevertheless I estimated the temperature around 1pm , about 30 °C.

Hours of supplemental light: from 6pm to 11pm

Changes to crops: Three cherry tomatoes harvested

Daily water usage for crops: 13 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 12:30pm and 6:45pm

Aquaponics: None

Narrative: I think I will have some work of reorganization of the plants. After all my experiments set I will do that.

Support/supplies needed: Wooden sticks to support different plants

Here is the GreenHab Report

AUCLAIR Jérémy

19 feb 2018

Environmental control:

(high winds today, door left closed, no heating)

Heating

Shade cloth on

Average temperatures:

Both thermometers are out of service

The temperature didn’t go above 25°C, the sky stayed pretty cloudy

Hours of supplemental light: from 8pm to 11pm

Changes to crops: none

Daily water usage for crops: around 15 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 10:30am and 6pm

Narrative: I started to do an excel inventory of the plants in the GreenHab, there is a lot of different crops (with a majority of tomatoes and lettuce), a few plants might give some harvest before the end of our rotation.

Support/supplies needed: one thermometer with humidity measure