Hello Everyone!

We had a great harvest this week! Coming back from spring break and the room was thriving, and we had to harvest the first day back. This might be one of the biggest hauls that we have seen so far in the semester.

We ended up with 

- 31 oz of Shiso 

- 8.5 oz of Basil

- 22.5 oz of Parsley 

- 1 oz of Cilantro 

- 5 oz of Dill 

- 79 oz of Lettuce 

That’s a total of 10 pounds of produce, which we were very excited about!  

We harvested nearly 30 heads of lettuce that totaled up to 5 pounds! Some of the lettuce heads were bigger than our heads, as evidenced below: 

🌿 The Green Team 🌿

Exciting news!

Hey everyone!

The Green Team with some updates: 

We are super excited about our special project, and it’s finally starting! A few weeks ago we planted our seeds, and now our sprouts are finally big enough to move to the towers. 

Any guesses as to what it is?

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We are starting tomatoes! Once they are too heavy to support their own weight in the towers, we are going to trellis them to ropes suspended from the ceiling. Another thing about tomatoes is that they will need to be pollinated. Unfortunately, bringing bees into the grow room isn’t very feasible, so hand pollination it is. Hopefully we can get some fruit off of them before the semester ends! 

We are so excited about this tomato growing project, it’s never been done in the grow room, and we can’t wait to see how it goes. We will be posting updates as they grow!

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Hey everyone!

We’re the new members of the Green Team, Hannah and Katy. We’re so excited to be granted this opportunity of working in the grow room. 

Hi, I’m Hannah! 🙋🏻

I’m an Environmental Plant Science Horticulture major in my first year here at MSU! I have always loved plants and the hydroponic systems here really interested me.  I am so excited to be working in the grow room and can’t wait to get GROWING! 🌱💚

Hey, I’m Katy!👩🏼‍🌾

 I am also a freshman and a Environmental Plant Science Horticulture major at MSU🐻. Hannah and I have some new ideas on how to stretch the limits of the grow towers. We have some great ideas, and I’m super pumped to learn about hydroponically growing plants!

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Harvest from Last Week

Hello 🙋🏼

This was our beautiful harvest from last week that went to Blair and Garst💚

Been a busy busy semester 

This Week’s Goodies

Good morning everyone,

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful fall weather! Just a quick note on this week’s equally beautiful harvest. 🌱😁🥗

Fino Verde Basil - 2lb

Purple Basil - 4 lb

Pesto Basil - 3lb

Dill - 4 lb

Marrow Stem Kale - 14 oz

Olympic Red Kale - 3 lb

Have a wonderful rest of your week! 💚

-Rachel 👩🏼‍🌾

Harvest Update

Good Thursday morning everyone!

Rachel here, and may I just say how excited I am to be back in the Grow Room!

Jennifer harvested our basil yesterday, and I wanted to share these awesome pictures and the weight totals with you guys... Extra freshness brought straight to your dining hall plate courtesy of the Green Team!

Fino Verde Basil - 3lb 1.7oz.    Purple Basil - 2lb 8.1oz.    Pesto Basil - 1lb 4.1oz

Have a wonderful day!

Rachel 💚

🍁Fall 2018 Semester🍁

Hello🙋🏼

Jennifer here

Hooray for the start of a new semester😃

and Rachel is back!

I got the system cleaned and put back together💚

Plants are growing well🌱

We got 2 varieties of basil🌱

Summer crisp lettuce, dill, and 2 varieties of kale here🥗

Butter head lettuce, more kale, chervil, radicchio, and sage growing💚

Gonna be a great semester🌱🌿🥗🌮

Hope all you wonderful people have an awesome semester as well