Crew 200 GreenHab Reports
POSTED ONDECEMBER 14, 2018 GreenHab report – December 14th Crew 200 Greenhab Report 14-DEC-2018
Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures: Low: 24 C High: 50 C
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 8 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 67%
Times of Watering for Crops: 1600
Changes to crops: NONE
Narrative: The high measurement was still 50 today, but since I wasn’t at the greenhab at the highest time in the day.
Harvest: 1.6 g of Sage 95.8 g Sunflower Sprouts 37.8 g Mixed Salad Greens 4.4 g Cilantro 6.4 g Water Cress
Support/Supplies Needed: Was there suppose to be a weight in the GreenHab? If so, I cannot find it and have to go to the Science Dome to get the mass of the harvest. GreenHab is a great place to work, it has alot of potential. With added sensors and automated suns shades, the Hab GreenHab can become closer to the type of system we’d want on Mars!
POSTED ONDECEMBER 13, 2018 Greenhab Report – December 13th Crew 200 Greenhab Report 13-DEC-2018 Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures: Low: 24 C High: 35 C
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 8 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 67%
Times of Watering for Crops: 1000
Changes to crops: NONE
Narrative: The weird 54 C reading was a trick of the light, literally! I moved it closer to the center of the hab, away from direct sun. I also tested with an analog thermometer.
Harvest: NONE
Support/Supplies Needed: It would be interesting to sees the O2 ans CO2 levels throughout the day. It would be an important measure to have on Mars! If you can, I’d love suggestions for sensors.
POSTED ONDECEMBER 12, 2018 Greenhab Report – December 12th Crew 200 Greenhab Report 12-DEC-2018 Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on Average Temperatures: Low: 24 C High: 54 C Hours of Supplemental Light: 5 Daily Water Usage of Crops: 8 gallons Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 68% Times of Watering for Crops: 1500 Changes to crops: NONE Narrative: Everything seems to be operating normally. Harvest: 1.1 g Oregano Support/Supplies Needed: N/A
POSTED ONDECEMBER 11, 2018 Greenhab Report – December 11th Crew 200 Greenhab Report 11-DEC-2018
Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures: Low: 24 C High: 54 C
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 8 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 68%
Times of Watering for Crops: 1430
Changes to crops: NONE
Narrative: You can tell the tomatoes are trying to grow again. My sprouts will be ready to harvest before we leave. I put up new sticky sheets for the gnats.
Harvest: NONE
Support/Supplies Needed: NONE
POSTED ONDECEMBER 10, 2018 GreenHab Report – December 10th Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures: Low: 24 C High: 47 C
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 6 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 70%
Times of Watering for Crops: 1430
Changes to crops: NONE
Narrative: Plants look happier with more water.
Harvest: 2.4 g of Basil 23.6 g of Mixed salad greens.
Support/Supplies Needed: Any ideas for sensors to put in the water tank to know the level? The water gnats are getting out of hand. The sticky sheets are not effective enough.
POSTED ONDECEMBER 9, 2018 Greenhab Report – December 9th Crew 200 Greenhab Report 09-DEC-2018
Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures: Low: 20 C High: 54 C
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 6 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 70%
Times of Watering for Crops: 1100, 1830
Changes to crops: NONE
Narrative: We refilled the water tank. It’s pretty full now.
Harvest: NONE
Support/Supplies Needed: Any ideas for sensors to put in the water tank to know the level? [end]
POSTED ONDECEMBER 8, 2018
Greenhab Report – December 8th
Crew 200 Greenhab Report 08-DEC-2018
Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures: Low: 19 C High: 52 C
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 9 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 27%
Times of Watering for Crops: 1100, 1830
Changes to crops: NONE
Narrative: I realized that I am really underwatering my plants. The new crew of 3 spent time watering tonight. We thinned the carrots as well. Shannon also increased the average temperature. We thinned the carrots as well.We will be refilling the water tomorrow.
Harvest: NONE
Support/Supplies Needed: NONE
POSTED ONDECEMBER 7, 2018 Greenhab Report – December 7th Crew 200 Greenhab Report 07-DEC-2018
Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures: Low: 19 C High: 49 C
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 2.5 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 28%
Times of Watering for Crops: 1100
Changes to crops: Planted 6 small areas of sunflower seeds Planted 6 small areas of alfafa seeds Harvested 69 g of mixed salad greens
Narrative: Decided on format for outreach experiment, planted the sunflower seeds and alfalfa. Last day with the full crew, so we are having a fresh salad!
Harvest: 69g mixed salad greens
Support/Supplies Needed: One of the raised beds of mixed salad greens is having some wilting, while the one I harvested is thriving. I’ve been watering both the same, but it seemed to be showing signs of this for the past week. I also need a more accurate way to take the height of the water level. It is hard for me (and even another crew member) to tell the level just from tapping it. A level sensor or a pressure sensor would be a good addition to the Greenhouse.
POSTED ONDECEMBER 6, 2018 Greenhab Report December 6th Crew 200 Greenhab Report 06-DEC-2018
Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control: Heating 40% Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures: Low: 14 C High: 40 C
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 2.5 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 29%
Times of Watering for Crops: 1200
Changes to crops: Took out wilting snap peas.
Narrative: Soaking Snap peas, salad green mix, and sunflower seeds to sow tomorrow. Got some Oregano for our dinner and planning on a good salad tomorrow!
Harvest: 5g Oregano
Support/Supplies Needed: Let me know if there is any comment on a pulley system that could be implemented to easily lower and raise the lights.
POSTED ONDECEMBER 3, 2018 Greenhab Report – December 3rd rew 200 GreenHab Report – 03-DEC-2018
Greenhab Officer: Makiah Eustice
Environmental Control:
Heating
Shade Cloth on
Average Temperatures:
Low: 70 F
High: 80 F
Hours of Supplemental Light: 5
Daily Water Usage of Crops: 10 L
Water in Blue Tank (lbs): 1/3 full
Times of Watering for Crops: 1000
Changes to crops:
Planted 3 small cups of Water Cress for Andrew’s school outreach. Planted shallow bed of sun flower seeds and shallow bed of mixed salad greens. All reported in the Greenhab Log
Narrative:
First day in the Greenhab! A sauna for me, but a retreat for anyone trying to briefly escape the cold. Still trying to understand the operations and needs of individual plants.
Harvest: NONE
Support/Supplies Needed: The humidity/temperature measure is not displaying the temperature correctly; we may need a new sensor. The supplemental light did not come on Sunday night, but did tonight; I will check to see if the light goes off at midnight tonight. Some of the snap peas and tomatoes are not doing well; I believe they need more sun to thrive.
