And yet despite your terror at being found by this bizarre individual, he excitedly ships you back to the scientist who launched you and tells you the whole time how proud he is to play a part in advancing the research.
Cody, I am more and more impressed each time. That was a damn good harvest. Valiant effort with the CO2, may not have worked for the pest control but having that function avaliable could definitely come in handy. For aphids, I'm sure you read to use lady bugs, but I would also plant a peppermint or mint plant next to your peppers next season. Should help ward them off. Right now would be a perfect time to build a good microcolony in that dirt. Get some mycorhizzae inoculate and water with a molasses/water mix. Could maybe utilize the greenhouse for mushrooms in the off season. Would make that soil super fertile for the coming season. Love what you are doing buddy. You are an inspiration. I have a terribly hard time being myself, and you do it with ease while posting it for the entire world to see. Just want you to know you are a bold and talented man. Look forward to whatever is next.
NOTE: for that apid infestation he would need ALOT of ladybugs, they work for sure, but their appetites are very limited! he would need at least 100 and keep them there for a while to get rid of them by that way, Herbs like you suggested is a great repellant allthough not when the infestation has already taken hold.
i didnt understand what was happening until i read your comment i laughed pretty hard that was funny i love it. but now im thinking he meant to do that because i remember seeing people do this before but i didnt get it till now but yeah i laughed i still love cody even if it really was a mistake. its a good idea though to kill the plants first just to piss off the bugs! im sure your comment wasnt supposed to be that funny but i did laugh really hard when i clued in to what was going on. cant say id give you a like for the comment because i had to process what was actually happening. now i know so thank you i guess, sometimes people just have to say something for another person to completely understand it, sometimes people laugh at something bad and then think about it after and they cant believe they laughed. his salsa was the best ive seen on youtube, i havent really looked up spicy salsa but i eat at least 3 to 4 habanero peppers everyday along with at least 10 - 20 thai chili peppers... if you know of anyone that can make a better salsa than cody from their own garden i want video evidence please and send it too me too
Other channels: "Don't handle dry ice without specific cold temperature resistant gloves, goggles, full lab safety equipment and proper training." Cody: 'Mmm dry ice feels tingly in my hands'
tobacco is a great toxin. Just put a 3 finger pinch in a quart of boiling hot water and let it steep. spray that on the bugs with an ordinary miracle grow hose end sprayer. Watch out gettin it on yourself because you will get a nicotine high!
You could argue that lady bugs wouldn't be an easy fix if you where on mars, but in this case you shouldn't really problems like this if you properly check/ quarantine every thing you bring there before. You could also probably find a way to bring lady bugs along as well.
I've grown less excited from Cody's content over this 2020 year. Particularly, I don't really understand the point of this Mars project. If you're dealing with insects/spiders...I'm not sure where this is going.
@@mariovanderwal1695 Is it simple? There's lots of content on UA-cam, and there's competition for people's time. This project looks like a greenhouse project now. And there's lots of gardening/farming channels. I'm a fan of Cody, but frankly, I'm not necessarily "loyal" to him if I can find my information + entertainment.
@@emmakai2243 your understanding of the project is irrelevant. what we are really seeing is a nerd-shutin build an unorthodox homestead for fun and entertainment.
@@bobburger5840 So much for constructive criticism and respecting other viewers opinion. From Cody's past videos, I would think he'd take criticism with a grain of salt and understand when it's not coming from disrespect.
@@carlosgaspar8447 Don't give up! I Believe in you. Have you considered buying a bunch of ladybugs? They are cheap, pretty, will leave your plants alone, and will commit holy genocide on those tiny mofos.
@@modernspartan98 don’t you usually have to buy them locally which means you can only get the ones from your local area? Sorry I’m dumb if this is a stupid question
Keep upgrading your robot and it might become self aware and turn on you. At least make sure it has your UA-cam credentials so it can continue the series after it disposes of you. 😛
@@oogalook Just another way to spell it because it's originally All Hallow's Eve(ning), with "evening" being contracted to e'en. Wikipedia says: "In Scots, the word "eve" is _even_ and this is contracted to _e'en_ or een." I didn't actually know it was a Scots thing!
If it’s gonna be a mars sim, maybe something more like sterilize and re-inoculate with the bacteria-fungi needed but killing pest eggs. Unless ladybugs can be sustained in a small greenhouse like that.
@@aeroscience9834 There's a ladybug in my dorm room that's been alive for weeks, despite that there's nothing for it to eat in here. It starts flying around the lamp when I run my kettle enough to make the room warm up. Ladybugs will tolerate a lot.
Cody, I never usually comment on any videos but I wanted to let you know these chickenhole base videos make me extremely happy. The beginning with that old rusty camper trailer and that amount of simplicity and lack of need for luxury you have and how you do everything with simple tools and a lot of work.. It's great. Damn these videos are the only ones that help me relax with all the stress at uni. Hope you will enjoy this enough for long enough to keep doing this, because these videos can have a big impact on individual people. They might inspire and help others more than you know.
Insects really don't like low teemperatures. One time I was moving from a city apartment to a house, but I knew there were cockroaches hiding inside some of the furniture. So I didn't unpack the truck. I left it sitting in the driveway overnight, in February about fifty miles north of NYC. No cucarachas survived.
The easiest way to kill bedbugs is to crank the central heat and bring in auxiliary heaters and get the house/apt up to 130 degrees or so for a certain time. I forget the exact numbers. A friend of a friend got bed bugs at his house so I told him "bake that place and you'll be good to go."
@@heroslippy6666 some friends of mine got bedbugs in their RV, and their solution was to actually GO to death valley in the summer, park the RV, and get a hotel room for the week. It worked.
My favorite series on UA-cam. The spacesuit is looking amazing. It's great to see your version green houses work. The main issue is potential pest control, which is always a potential issue anyway. I love how the black widow and jack-o'-lantern added to the Halloween theme towards the end. You picked a great day to release an episode of this.
@3:30 I lived in the back of my pickup truck for 8 months saving up for a wedding once. I used those pads to insulate as well. They worked great, but they soak up all of the moisture that otherwise condenses. I recommend spray coating a sealant of some sort or routinely changing them out to avoid mold dangers.
Cody may be the channel I’ve been subscribed to the longest. I feel so fortunate to continue to be a part of your life after all this time. Thank you so much for all the content, pal :) you’ve made my life enriched with knowledge and entertainment and I’ll always remember that.
Hi Cody, I'm a italian Radiosonde hunter. I'm pleased to see you recovering a Radiosonde. Usually they are disposable devices (unless otherwise stated). They are sent twice a day from different places (about ten launch sites in Italy) in all-over the world. It's possible to track them with a cheap sdr usb dongle and a PC. The model usually used in europe (rs41) is re-programmable to transmit in HAM frequencies. They usually have different ambien sensor and a gps receiver.
Something my garden science teacher taught me back in middle school when our greenhouse got aphids was to mix a bit of Dawn dishsoap with water in a spray bottle and spray that over the plants. The bugs can't digest the soap and so they die off.
rather the surfactant negates the hydrophobicity of the bug's chitin exoskeleton and allows water to infiltrate and block its spiracles, suffocating it.
The bugs die because the waxy outsides are dissolved due to the soap and then the water drowns them. If you add a little neem oil to this it also kills their eggs.
Even better is specialized potassium-based (vs sodium, most other soaps) insecticidal soap. It's brutal against aphids. "Safer" is the popular brand name in Canada, I don't know about the U.S. market.
Plants for winter growing in a greenhouse: lettuce, asian greens, cilantro, claytonia, spinach, parsley. they all can take frost when hardened off and bounce right back after thawing. might be a more nutritious and tastier way to get veg in late fall and winter than trying to push tomatoes. with low light levels and cold temps, tomatoes taste like nothing anyway, even if you get them to ripe in your greenhouse. If you want more tips or have questions regarding that, DM me, I have grown cold hardy crops in an unheated tunnel through the past two falls, winters, springs.
hey Cody I havent watched your videos for YEARS like atleast 4 years. I randomly thought of your channel. its super cool to see you're still posting, and you have so many subscribers. SERIOUSLY HOLY CRAP YOU GOT SO MANY SUBSCRIBERS NOW! IM SO GLAD I RESPECT YOUR CHANNEL SO MUCH
Most ladybugs voraciously consume plant-eating insects, such as aphids, and in doing so they help to protect crops. Ladybugs lay hundreds of eggs in the colonies of aphids and other plant-eating pests.
I did research in a greenhouse for my masters and found that introducing lady bugs worked well for aphids. You could also try diatomaceous earth, but then you run the risk of hurting good bugs like your bees. If you shop around you can find them both pretty cheap from wholesale places. Love the series!
The Martian: "A storm blew the seal off of the hab, and all my plants froze to death... God damnit! D:" Cody: "I left the seal off of the hab, and all my plants froze to death... Hurray! :D"
He's one of the VERY few humans named "Cody" that I actually respect. Of all the American citizens to have a scientific balloon land on their property, one would be hard-pressed to find a better recipient than Cody Reader! I sense a collaboration opportunity! Buddy is looking great too!
That harvist is so good to se! Amazing job. I'm fully rooting for this projekt, in any direction you take. I hope you are happy, and can continue at your pace and direction.
soap and water deal with aphids really well. get a sprayer from your local hardware store fill it with water, add liquid dish soap (without artificial dyes or perfumes). a weak solution would do fine, then spray every plant top to bottom and get undersides of the leaves.
Me thinking about Cody's Hab Unit: He's gonna need some foam insulation. Cody: Thick foam mats and sleeping bag curtains will do. Me: Someone should get him a blue apron sponsorship^R^R^R^R^R^R subscription so he can reuse the aluminized bubble wrap.
The return of RoboCody! Great tips on cold weather camping. Just use a little more insulation instead of a complicated solar powered heat exchanger. Great to see the progress.
The rest of mericans - "i won't wear a mask, because no-one tells me nothin'!" Cody and ThoughtEmporium: Wears pressurized breathing habitats It's very black and white over in merica=P
An option to the iron rails is just a cap of metal on top of the wooden rails. This was done in older small production mines where getting the iron up into the mines was more trouble then needed.
people are too worried because the name is scary, even tho almost every single crop that humans cultivate to date, and basically every spice, is essentially a gmo, just produced over a longer time
@@bugsmith9751 It's like nuclear power or anti-mass spectrometry: there's potential for good, potential for evil, and potential for unforeseen consequences.
@@bugsmith9751 yes that point has been made numerous times, the problem with GMO is how it is being used. Major conglomerates take over BigAg and only use certain GMO varieties so that they can maximize profits. Surrounding family farms and ranches get cross pollination inevitably resulting in less seed diversity and extinction. A whole host of ecological problems. There are plenty of heirloom farmers and heirloom seeds but because of GMOs, the trend will eventually see that any heirloom and diversity in Ag plants gets wiped. There is a big problem with GMOs but it's not what everyone else talks about.
Ladybugs are your best friend against aphids. Neem oil is also an organic way to kill aphids. I only recommend you use neem oil on the plants you don't intend on eating the foliage; tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, etc. Soapy water is also an effective way to kill aphids and can be used on things like lettuce. Just be sure to wash the soap off the leaves before eating. A few drops of dish soap in a liter of water will act as an effective spray for the aphids. The soap makes it possible for the water to wet the aphid exoskeleton, whereby they then drown.
I read in an old housekeeping book that was from the 1930's or so, that a good way to get rid of wood-boring insects in your subfloor is to do basically do the same exact thing. Since the CO2 is colder and there's no air flow, it pushes out the oxygenated air and sits there for a while.
Yeah... That bit in the movie always bothered me. Yes, the plants died, but even frozen potatoes can be used as seed potatoes, just with a lower yield than never frozen potatoes.
@@Kineth1 they didn’t explain this in the movie but in the book he couldn’t regrow because the dirt became sterile and he didn’t have another sample of earth dirt to re-rejuvenate the soil
Great video Cody! I have had many problems with aphids in my garden. I have tried many of the normal recommendations for treatment but none seemed to work for me. Then I found a pyrethrin based insecticide. It killed all the aphids with ease. I would highly recommend it for your garden. Just a tip from a fellow gardener. :)
Cody you gotta spray them plants with some paraffin oil and water mix. That’ll kill the aphids if not look up “soldier bugs” and get some lady bugs sent to ya!
It's difficult to send things to Mars, especially sensitive bio cargo like lady bugs. Even wax and soap takes up valuable cargo weight in a space ship meant for Mars. This Chickenhole Base is an experiment to try and replicate living conditions in a first human basecamp on Mars. Everyone seems to forget that detail with these videos. No Amazon Prime on Mars. Everything in the space vehicle must be absolutely critical to the mission and not able to be sacrificed. CO2 is plentiful on Mars as is freezing temperature atmosphere, which is why Cody did this.
@@Targe0 I ordered some a few years ago for the tomatoes. They came in a mesh bag, the instructions said to spray with 50/50 apple juice and water, before opening the bag. Apparently the sugar in the juice dries on their wings and they have to clean it off to fly, so they end up laying eggs before that. Worked ok, and the black ladybug larvae are still showing up in the summer.
@@mannys9130 it is meant to simulate martion living conditions, yes, but he isnt quite to that stage yet, right now, hes still putting it together, and isnt actually simulating the conditions totally yet, as can be seen by all the outside things he keeps composting and bringing in frequently
I think Cody's content is great because it's real. You're seeing the real struggles and dangers on his adventures. Coyotes hunting him down was stressful, but seeing Cody chuck a block of CO2 in a bucket while standing in a giant container... and then just continue standing there like "wow look at all that co2!"... Damn it Cody! stressing me out!
It really wouldn't be that much work or $ to buy and put on gloves when you handle dry ice, but it will increase your safety massively. Not to mention people who don't know that are watching would learn about the danger of dry ice.
This is a known bug in robocody’s software. The ambient temp was high so the gloves were removed and the brief exposure to low temps didn’t trigger glove installation. Fortunately he was undamaged. I think an easy fix would be to make gloves a permanent fixture. Thanks for your feedback.
You're talking to the guy who ate dry ice in the past... He isn't going to wear gloves. He's well experienced with it and the viewers of this channel have seen him handle mercury so we're not morons.
I think it's interesting that the playlist has a different version of this video with everything after the Dry Ice attempt is just cut out, save for the still images, and the music at the end... Either way, I love this series and I can't wait to see more!
Add nettles to your greenhouse. Fermented nettle extract is pretty effective against aphids. It smells… oh boi, how it smells. But is safe for plants and humans and gets the job done.
Haha luckily on mars you wouldn't have to worry about insecticides, I would imagine. Unless of course the aphids figure out a way to build a space shuttle capable of reaching Mars. ;-)
I LOVE those videos so much. The challenges of living in autonomy are one of my top interests. I find it extremely compelling to watch someone find creative solution to overcome their problems with limited resources. It is also an incredible feat to succesfully recreate a micro-biosphere in a not-so-controlled environment. Although he is not quite there yet, i have no doubts Cody will achieve that goal eventually, and I cant wait to see him do it. I only wish i could do more to help him.
I think that weeds such as velvet leaf, dandelions etc. could play a big role in terraforming Mars. My resining is that plants we consider weeds that produce hundreds to thousands of seeds from one plant could cover the planet in a faster time period. Dandelions are also completely edible so if we pick plants that can grow and potentially even flourish in harsh climates that are edible we would have a edible version of grass that could be harvested if things get ruff or your food supply gets contaminated. Once we have large bodies of water we can start planting trees that produce large quantities of oxygen and can be easily propagated. Once oxygen levels become greta enough we can start introducing animals like rabbits and even pigs that multiply quickly and are a good source of meat. This is just theoretical and I am not sure how we could go about forming an atmosphere however if you have any ideas please comment below. Thank you for coming to my ted talk
little note, you cant just form an atmosphere on mars, because mars has a solid, non molten iron core, the magnetosphere on mars is very weak, so solar winds strip away most of the atmosphere that it has
For killing/getting rid of the aphids try to pour old used coffee grounds on the soil around the plants. My mom (home gartner) have used coffee grounds for all her highly infested plants and fairly quickly after they completely disappear. You can do it beforehand so they never even come the first time round. It doesn't harm the plats at all (only making the soil a bit acidic maybe?) and it completely safe and biodegradable. Also it's a good use for something that is otherwise just waste.
You can put the offcuts of the tomato plants in a water bucket and leave it soaking for a few days, then spray the brew on your infested plants. Worked for me against caterpillars mostly. You can also try vegetable oil/water mixture against bugs and mites.
About a week ago I had to put on my headlight and pick 500+ apples off my apple tree. I still haven't found my food dehydrator to process them all in to sweet tasty snacks, though.
cody reminds me of the protagonist of a horror movie that inevitably survives but through immense hardships during the course of the movie something about that shot of him using the light with his glasses on oh my god.
The nights out there must be amazing and a little spooky at the same time. Without alot of light pollution there must be an amazing night sky, but at the same time when you have a serious problem it takes along time before help arrives.
@Cody'sLab hey cody fellow gardener here what I suggest you do is add some ladybugs to your terrarium tube, this'll get rid of the aphids(since the ladybugs eat them) whist protecting your plants. Or spray them with soapy water either one works.
Venting the exhaust through a heat exchanger in the greenhouse would help heat the greenhouse, but venting the exhaust directly into the greenhouse sets up a horrible contamination scenario. Most effective method would probably be to bubble the exhaust through that tank that he set up with the black pipe to act as a heat sink for the greenhouse. That would help warm the greenhouse, without adding any extra holes in the greenhouse, and absorb the peak heat from the generator.
@@Kineth1 Yes, but there is no point burning fuel where there is so much sun per year. Solar pannels can do the same without the contamination, heatwise. CO2... I'm sure Cody can come up with a long term way to generate it or simply use a natural (homemade Castille maybe) soap that'll help during his War on Aphid and have other uses as for general cleaning at the same time.
effectiveness? 10/10 would kill all aphids, but it would also kill everything that lives at all because carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are not the same thing
The ideal composting temperature is approximately 140°F to 160°F higher temperatures can be reached if you can find anything that get it that high. Usually the green powdery mildew from grass clippings gets it near 160+.
The fan was the mistake. Co2 is heavier than air. Afids near the floor so you would only need it to fill halfway up and leave it like that for a while. No need to mix it with air via the fan. Cuz 100 percent should kill them right?
There is way too much diffusion for any part of the container to reach near 100 percent. It is a gradient, with the highest concentrations sinking very near the bottom. He had less than 50% concentration after all.
@@kelanbarr9646 He needed more ice then. :) I would love to have seen that all the way to 100% to see the affect on the afids and the plants. With enough ice he could have pushed out the oxygen through any hole near the ceiling.
@@consaka1 plants can only tolerate up to a certain low level of CO2. Even though they use CO2 and H2O to make sugar they're not tolerant of high levels of CO2. You could see how they were wilting. It might be because CO2 dissolved in water is carbonic acid.
Loving this content, especially Buddy! Aphids are a pain here on Earth, I can imagine they could be a much bigger problem isolated on Mars. Something I never even considered until now! Great vid, I look forward to more updates!
Cody, if this project is going to be scientific rather than just fun, you should make scientific goals. Use this restart as an opportunity to re-design the whole base. Define the goals and thereby identify the equipment / base layout necessary to fulfill these goals. Then, start preperations and construction asap before the ground freezes, and use the winter to prep your science experiments. I'll be much more useful and yes, even fun this way, trust me.
Well, Cody used a solution that would probably work even better on Mars: Open it up to the natural atmosphere (or lack thereof). It's not like those plants were going to survive a lot longer. I was raised in the high desert in California. It gets *cold* at night in the winter, as I'm sure Cody is well aware.
Rose gardeners sometimes plant garlic plants near each bush to keep aphids away. It is a form of chemical warfare that makes the area less attractive for aphids.
If you have problems with gnats or any other root attacking insects, you can sprinkle hot cinnamon powder (should smell like Atomic Fire Balls) on the top of the soil before watering, the bugs really hate it, most plants don't seem to care.
Space: because killing it with fire is too dangerous. Kill it with cold. Love the series, looking forward to seeing how you plan to survive the winter.
I over-winter potted pepper plants. Aphids have a field day as there are no natural predators inside my house. Previous years I was able to control them with some soapy water applied with a small paintbrush. This year was different. They would come back strong after soaping. Looked a lot like yours. I resorted to neem oil. It killed them instantly, but I think it might have damaged the leaves of one of my plants (not a pepper) Still less damage than the aphids were doing!
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Imagine being a harmless weather instrument and falling into contact with a man on Earth wearing a space helmet but also chain mail armor.
And yet despite your terror at being found by this bizarre individual, he excitedly ships you back to the scientist who launched you and tells you the whole time how proud he is to play a part in advancing the research.
This made me chuckle
Space helmet and chain mail armour, is this moded minecraft?
Imagine being the guy who receives that black box.
Lmao
Cody, I am more and more impressed each time. That was a damn good harvest. Valiant effort with the CO2, may not have worked for the pest control but having that function avaliable could definitely come in handy. For aphids, I'm sure you read to use lady bugs, but I would also plant a peppermint or mint plant next to your peppers next season. Should help ward them off. Right now would be a perfect time to build a good microcolony in that dirt. Get some mycorhizzae inoculate and water with a molasses/water mix. Could maybe utilize the greenhouse for mushrooms in the off season. Would make that soil super fertile for the coming season. Love what you are doing buddy. You are an inspiration. I have a terribly hard time being myself, and you do it with ease while posting it for the entire world to see. Just want you to know you are a bold and talented man. Look forward to whatever is next.
NOTE: for that apid infestation he would need ALOT of ladybugs, they work for sure, but their appetites are very limited! he would need at least 100 and keep them there for a while to get rid of them by that way, Herbs like you suggested is a great repellant allthough not when the infestation has already taken hold.
Aphids: I’m gonna kill all your plants
Cody: not if I kill all of them first
haha!
I've been laughing far longer than I should have.
It's a tactic been used for centuries, farmers would burn their crops before an invasion so that the enemy couldn't use it against them
i didnt understand what was happening until i read your comment i laughed pretty hard that was funny i love it. but now im thinking he meant to do that because i remember seeing people do this before but i didnt get it till now but yeah i laughed i still love cody even if it really was a mistake. its a good idea though to kill the plants first just to piss off the bugs! im sure your comment wasnt supposed to be that funny but i did laugh really hard when i clued in to what was going on. cant say id give you a like for the comment because i had to process what was actually happening. now i know so thank you i guess, sometimes people just have to say something for another person to completely understand it, sometimes people laugh at something bad and then think about it after and they cant believe they laughed. his salsa was the best ive seen on youtube, i havent really looked up spicy salsa but i eat at least 3 to 4 habanero peppers everyday along with at least 10 - 20 thai chili peppers... if you know of anyone that can make a better salsa than cody from their own garden i want video evidence please and send it too me too
@@00011theman Retreating troops would burn the crops, likely over the 'that's my food/income for the winter' protests of the farmers.
Other channels: "Don't handle dry ice without specific cold temperature resistant gloves, goggles, full lab safety equipment and proper training."
Cody: 'Mmm dry ice feels tingly in my hands'
You can tell he is immune, same with cyanide...
Did you catch the video where I ate some? 😅
@@theCodyReeder I imagine many professional lab people face palmed to that video.
@@theCodyReeder did you see the most recent nilered where hes screwing around with cyanide? curious what you think
dont inhale too much and dont touch with wet hands -> nothing to worry about.
Some people: Use ladybugs to kill the aphids cody!
Cody: KILL THE PLANT!!!
As we indians put it, no whistle, no whistling
I grow chili plants indoors, and I've definitely sacrificed an infested plant to the elements more than once.
tobacco is a great toxin. Just put a 3 finger pinch in a quart of boiling hot water and let it steep. spray that on the bugs with an ordinary miracle grow hose end sprayer. Watch out gettin it on yourself because you will get a nicotine high!
You could argue that lady bugs wouldn't be an easy fix if you where on mars, but in this case you shouldn't really problems like this if you properly check/ quarantine every thing you bring there before. You could also probably find a way to bring lady bugs along as well.
@@sharadthecurioustardigrade1533 You meant "No bamboo, no bamboo flute to play on"
Alternative title: "ChickenHole Base Ep. 16: Filling My Greenhouse with Greenhouse gas"
I was literally just thinking, I haven't heard from good ole cody in a while. Glad to see another video!
I was thinking the same thing, so much so, I checked in earlier today and realized I'd already seen the last 2!
Im 7 beers deep so i dont know what to say except its good to hear his still tinkering around the ranch.
Same.
Well it went kinda downhill after his girlfriend left :/ I miss the old videos.
Fun fact: If you follow his Twitter, he occasionally posts unlisted videos!
'Plugged into a currant (current) bush.' I lost it on that one.
Oh, is THAT what he said? I get it now.
Better than plugging into one that is outdated. Or even worse, plugging into a future bush!
Reminds me of that one time my Dad was getting ready to use a power tool, he hands me the cord and says, "Go find a currant bush".
The best series on UA-cam has returned
I've grown less excited from Cody's content over this 2020 year. Particularly, I don't really understand the point of this Mars project. If you're dealing with insects/spiders...I'm not sure where this is going.
@@emmakai2243 the point is to make content for people to enjoy, simple as that.
@@mariovanderwal1695 Is it simple? There's lots of content on UA-cam, and there's competition for people's time. This project looks like a greenhouse project now. And there's lots of gardening/farming channels. I'm a fan of Cody, but frankly, I'm not necessarily "loyal" to him if I can find my information + entertainment.
@@emmakai2243 your understanding of the project is irrelevant. what we are really seeing is a nerd-shutin build an unorthodox homestead for fun and entertainment.
@@bobburger5840 So much for constructive criticism and respecting other viewers opinion. From Cody's past videos, I would think he'd take criticism with a grain of salt and understand when it's not coming from disrespect.
I struggled for ages with aphids till eventually realising that they were coming in the soil I was buying.
"Wait, it was all the soil?"
"always has been."
aphids: number one reason i gave up on greenhouse vegetable gardens.
@@carlosgaspar8447 Don't give up! I Believe in you. Have you considered buying a bunch of ladybugs? They are cheap, pretty, will leave your plants alone, and will commit holy genocide on those tiny mofos.
Careful with ladybugs, they can get out of control in the right conditions. always check the best subspecies for your location
@@modernspartan98 don’t you usually have to buy them locally which means you can only get the ones from your local area? Sorry I’m dumb if this is a stupid question
He said "The nuclear option" (14:20) and I totally thought he was going to irradiate the aphids with something from his rad can.
You might be onto something there!
Omg that would've been amazing
Wasn't all his radioactive stuff confiscated?
@@Felixkeeg Nah, he just used it as a power source for RoboCody >:P
That isn't something too crazy for Cody, he'd definitely do something like that lol
There’s a 0.5% chance Cody actually built a robo-Cody and the joke is that we think he’s joking.
you underestimate this man
I would give it about a 23.762% chance.
@@katieandkevinsears7724 he’s a chemist not an mechanical engineer, very respectable dude but not his wheelhouse
@@fireman1226576 i thought he was a geologist
@@comradesoupbeans4437 maybe professionally but channel wise I mean, look at older videos, he does a lot of chemistry
Keep upgrading your robot and it might become self aware and turn on you. At least make sure it has your UA-cam credentials so it can continue the series after it disposes of you. 😛
This guy gets it.
Gotta limit the AI to some extent
Wait how do we know if its really Cody or RoboCody answering?!?!?
It's gotta wait at least 13 years because you need to be 13 to have a UA-cam account
Detroit: Become Human 2.0
Start of video: Oh, I wonder what Cody's Hallowe'en costume is supposed to be?
Thirty seconds in: Ha ha I'm dumb, that's just what he wears outside.
Cody: wearing space suit and chain mail. "Its Halloween?"
"Hallowe'en"?
@@oogalook Just another way to spell it because it's originally All Hallow's Eve(ning), with "evening" being contracted to e'en. Wikipedia says: "In Scots, the word "eve" is _even_ and this is contracted to _e'en_ or een." I didn't actually know it was a Scots thing!
@@R3dFlames Woah, cool. Thanks for pointing that out!
For a more perminate solution, try raising a colony of Ladybugs. They eat aphids but not plants. At least for next year.
Was gonna mention that aha
If it’s gonna be a mars sim, maybe something more like sterilize and re-inoculate with the bacteria-fungi needed but killing pest eggs. Unless ladybugs can be sustained in a small greenhouse like that.
@@aeroscience9834 I dont think being a mars sim has any bearing on the aphid solution since there wouldnt be aphids on mars to begin with.
@@aeroscience9834 There's a ladybug in my dorm room that's been alive for weeks, despite that there's nothing for it to eat in here. It starts flying around the lamp when I run my kettle enough to make the room warm up. Ladybugs will tolerate a lot.
f budd if there eggs are in starting compost you bring from earth
You climbed into the van wearing chain mail, a space helmet, and a vacuum cleaner on your back, and your cat wasn't fazed at all. I'm impressed.
I mean... It does live with Cody. Being desensitized by this point would be expected
Cody, I never usually comment on any videos but I wanted to let you know these chickenhole base videos make me extremely happy. The beginning with that old rusty camper trailer and that amount of simplicity and lack of need for luxury you have and how you do everything with simple tools and a lot of work.. It's great. Damn these videos are the only ones that help me relax with all the stress at uni. Hope you will enjoy this enough for long enough to keep doing this, because these videos can have a big impact on individual people. They might inspire and help others more than you know.
Insects really don't like low teemperatures. One time I was moving from a city apartment to a house, but I knew there were cockroaches hiding inside some of the furniture. So I didn't unpack the truck. I left it sitting in the driveway overnight, in February about fifty miles north of NYC. No cucarachas survived.
The easiest way to kill bedbugs is to crank the central heat and bring in auxiliary heaters and get the house/apt up to 130 degrees or so for a certain time. I forget the exact numbers. A friend of a friend got bed bugs at his house so I told him "bake that place and you'll be good to go."
Amazing advice
@@mannys9130 So turn the house into death valley, got it.
Hopefully I will never need that advice.
@@mannys9130 or just use liquid nitrogen and bathe your house in it along with the mattress lol
@@heroslippy6666 some friends of mine got bedbugs in their RV, and their solution was to actually GO to death valley in the summer, park the RV, and get a hotel room for the week. It worked.
Plants let of O2 directly below the leaves. So it's difficult to take away Oxygen for the Aphids where they are.
Looking forward to you burrowing into that hill. The underground habitat will be perfect for winter.
"But it helps keep the bones strong."
Skeletons have taken over Cody
spooky scary skeleton inside cody is so overpowered now it's almost as strong as titanium
My favorite series on UA-cam. The spacesuit is looking amazing. It's great to see your version green houses work. The main issue is potential pest control, which is always a potential issue anyway. I love how the black widow and jack-o'-lantern
added to the Halloween theme towards the end. You picked a great day to release an episode of this.
@3:30 I lived in the back of my pickup truck for 8 months saving up for a wedding once. I used those pads to insulate as well. They worked great, but they soak up all of the moisture that otherwise condenses. I recommend spray coating a sealant of some sort or routinely changing them out to avoid mold dangers.
RIP tomatoes... Service to the cause has been honorable.
The first plants and first harvest will go down in history
Cody may be the channel I’ve been subscribed to the longest. I feel so fortunate to continue to be a part of your life after all this time. Thank you so much for all the content, pal :) you’ve made my life enriched with knowledge and entertainment and I’ll always remember that.
At least someone will survive "The Dark Winter", LOL.
Hi Cody, I'm a italian Radiosonde hunter. I'm pleased to see you recovering a Radiosonde. Usually they are disposable devices (unless otherwise stated).
They are sent twice a day from different places (about ten launch sites in Italy) in all-over the world. It's possible to track them with a cheap sdr usb dongle and a PC. The model usually used in europe (rs41) is re-programmable to transmit in HAM frequencies. They usually have different ambien sensor and a gps receiver.
Oh nice, in your pictures with the giant jack-o'-lantern, you can see Mars next to the moon. Fitting for your base!
Something my garden science teacher taught me back in middle school when our greenhouse got aphids was to mix a bit of Dawn dishsoap with water in a spray bottle and spray that over the plants. The bugs can't digest the soap and so they die off.
rather the surfactant negates the hydrophobicity of the bug's chitin exoskeleton and allows water to infiltrate and block its spiracles, suffocating it.
The bugs die because the waxy outsides are dissolved due to the soap and then the water drowns them. If you add a little neem oil to this it also kills their eggs.
Or - put a couple of guinea hens in the greenhouse and they will convert those aphids into guinea eggs, which are richer than chicken eggs!
Even better is specialized potassium-based (vs sodium, most other soaps) insecticidal soap. It's brutal against aphids. "Safer" is the popular brand name in Canada, I don't know about the U.S. market.
Add some vinegar and salt to that and you have the best weedkiller you can ask for
LOL. Walking around with that outfit on, reminded me of the movie "Mad Max".
Witness meeee!!
Crazy Cody
Fallout
Humongous of the wasteland!
Mad max radiative electric cat loving alien
Love the creativity with the suit and robo cody.
Plants for winter growing in a greenhouse: lettuce, asian greens, cilantro, claytonia, spinach, parsley. they all can take frost when hardened off and bounce right back after thawing. might be a more nutritious and tastier way to get veg in late fall and winter than trying to push tomatoes. with low light levels and cold temps, tomatoes taste like nothing anyway, even if you get them to ripe in your greenhouse. If you want more tips or have questions regarding that, DM me, I have grown cold hardy crops in an unheated tunnel through the past two falls, winters, springs.
Probably also want to have potatoes...
hey Cody I havent watched your videos for YEARS like atleast 4 years. I randomly thought of your channel. its super cool to see you're still posting, and you have so many subscribers. SERIOUSLY HOLY CRAP YOU GOT SO MANY SUBSCRIBERS NOW! IM SO GLAD I RESPECT YOUR CHANNEL SO MUCH
Imagine the dude with the weather balloon watching your video, "Well darn, who woulda thunk"
Be cool if it led to an interesting collab!
I think that's the second time he found a weather balloon on his land.
@@capnlatenight5356 At least we know where Chicken Hole base is now, somewhere just outside of New Mexico!
We all know the weather balloons are just a coverup, it’s the aliens.
@@brolohalflemming7042 It said NV. Appears to be the outskirts of a small town. Truly out in no where.
I love your chicken hole camp. Please go ahead and congratulations for your great voting.
Adds dry ice to container: "That should dewar"
I thought the same thing :).
Sir James Dewar
is a better man than you'er.
None of you asses
can liquefy gasses.
-Clerihew
I demand an apology
Most ladybugs voraciously consume plant-eating insects, such as aphids, and in doing so they help to protect crops. Ladybugs lay hundreds of eggs in the colonies of aphids and other plant-eating pests.
Soap water works too
12:37
Cody's laugh is the best.
I did research in a greenhouse for my masters and found that introducing lady bugs worked well for aphids. You could also try diatomaceous earth, but then you run the risk of hurting good bugs like your bees. If you shop around you can find them both pretty cheap from wholesale places.
Love the series!
The Martian: "A storm blew the seal off of the hab, and all my plants froze to death... God damnit! D:"
Cody: "I left the seal off of the hab, and all my plants froze to death... Hurray! :D"
Of course as he showed in another video, the plants actually would have been able to survive.
He's one of the VERY few humans named "Cody" that I actually respect. Of all the American citizens to have a scientific balloon land on their property, one would be hard-pressed to find a better recipient than Cody Reader! I sense a collaboration opportunity! Buddy is looking great too!
@Matt Eagle That's such a Matt thing to say. /s
Cody is a high IQ gigachad
Wranglerstar Cody would toss it in the fire for "torture testing".
@@Hoodalump Who the hell are you even talking about? Don't actually answer, it was a rhetorical but accurate question.
@Matt Eagle still a nobody to me, lol.
That harvist is so good to se! Amazing job. I'm fully rooting for this projekt, in any direction you take. I hope you are happy, and can continue at your pace and direction.
Cody I’ve watched all you content for years and learned a lot from you can’t wait to see your future projects :)
soap and water deal with aphids really well. get a sprayer from your local hardware store fill it with water, add liquid dish soap (without artificial dyes or perfumes). a weak solution would do fine, then spray every plant top to bottom and get undersides of the leaves.
Me thinking about Cody's Hab Unit: He's gonna need some foam insulation.
Cody: Thick foam mats and sleeping bag curtains will do.
Me: Someone should get him a blue apron sponsorship^R^R^R^R^R^R subscription so he can reuse the aluminized bubble wrap.
Blue apron is cool but Cody likes to grow his food
@@capnlatenight5356 d'oh... right
I don't think Blue Apron delivers to Mars. ;)
The return of RoboCody! Great tips on cold weather camping. Just use a little more insulation instead of a complicated solar powered heat exchanger. Great to see the progress.
The rest of mericans - "i won't wear a mask, because no-one tells me nothin'!"
Cody and ThoughtEmporium: Wears pressurized breathing habitats
It's very black and white over in merica=P
An option to the iron rails is just a cap of metal on top of the wooden rails. This was done in older small production mines where getting the iron up into the mines was more trouble then needed.
I really hope people start to see the benefits of GMO's soon.
people are too worried because the name is scary, even tho almost every single crop that humans cultivate to date, and basically every spice, is essentially a gmo, just produced over a longer time
@@bugsmith9751 It's like nuclear power or anti-mass spectrometry: there's potential for good, potential for evil, and potential for unforeseen consequences.
@@bugsmith9751 yes that point has been made numerous times, the problem with GMO is how it is being used. Major conglomerates take over BigAg and only use certain GMO varieties so that they can maximize profits. Surrounding family farms and ranches get cross pollination inevitably resulting in less seed diversity and extinction. A whole host of ecological problems. There are plenty of heirloom farmers and heirloom seeds but because of GMOs, the trend will eventually see that any heirloom and diversity in Ag plants gets wiped. There is a big problem with GMOs but it's not what everyone else talks about.
Ladybugs are your best friend against aphids. Neem oil is also an organic way to kill aphids. I only recommend you use neem oil on the plants you don't intend on eating the foliage; tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, etc. Soapy water is also an effective way to kill aphids and can be used on things like lettuce. Just be sure to wash the soap off the leaves before eating. A few drops of dish soap in a liter of water will act as an effective spray for the aphids. The soap makes it possible for the water to wet the aphid exoskeleton, whereby they then drown.
Love this series ❤
Imagine going to Cody's base to trick or treat and end up as a lab rat for science experiments
i can imagine that happening right now, i hope i get some of that salsa! ill be the first to try... im drooling
I don't think it would hurt tooooooo much...
I read in an old housekeeping book that was from the 1930's or so, that a good way to get rid of wood-boring insects in your subfloor is to do basically do the same exact thing. Since the CO2 is colder and there's no air flow, it pushes out the oxygenated air and sits there for a while.
It was hard to watch all those plants die. Reminded me of The Martian.
Wow how did I not think of that? it's almost exactly like the Martian. Cody had to go with the nuclear way
Yeah... That bit in the movie always bothered me. Yes, the plants died, but even frozen potatoes can be used as seed potatoes, just with a lower yield than never frozen potatoes.
@@Kineth1 they didn’t explain this in the movie but in the book he couldn’t regrow because the dirt became sterile and he didn’t have another sample of earth dirt to re-rejuvenate the soil
That’s why I love Cody, he solves problems like no one else would!
The stone hole is my favorite!
Great video Cody! I have had many problems with aphids in my garden. I have tried many of the normal recommendations for treatment but none seemed to work for me. Then I found a pyrethrin based insecticide. It killed all the aphids with ease. I would highly recommend it for your garden. Just a tip from a fellow gardener. :)
Also toxic to cats, so not good in his situation
I really enjoyed your narration over top of this one. It had a different feel. You seem happier and that makes me happier. Keep it up, Cody.
"Getting you fattened up for winter"
ಠ_ಠ
Fat is insulating. (Edit because Auto correct strikes again)
@@theCodyReeder I agree, please dont fat shame buddy
@@theCodyReeder I think you missed an "a" in there XD
"Next, on 'Will it Charcoal?'..."
@@mmseng2 Yeah insulating.
Animals getting lost and coming back with babies is so precious
Cody you gotta spray them plants with some paraffin oil and water mix. That’ll kill the aphids if not look up “soldier bugs” and get some lady bugs sent to ya!
Issue with ladybugs is after a day or two they leave and that's in regular gardens, in the tube it would likely be even quicker.
It's difficult to send things to Mars, especially sensitive bio cargo like lady bugs. Even wax and soap takes up valuable cargo weight in a space ship meant for Mars. This Chickenhole Base is an experiment to try and replicate living conditions in a first human basecamp on Mars. Everyone seems to forget that detail with these videos. No Amazon Prime on Mars. Everything in the space vehicle must be absolutely critical to the mission and not able to be sacrificed. CO2 is plentiful on Mars as is freezing temperature atmosphere, which is why Cody did this.
@@Targe0 I ordered some a few years ago for the tomatoes. They came in a mesh bag, the instructions said to spray with 50/50 apple juice and water, before opening the bag. Apparently the sugar in the juice dries on their wings and they have to clean it off to fly, so they end up laying eggs before that. Worked ok, and the black ladybug larvae are still showing up in the summer.
@@idjtoal imagine getting covered with food so you can't move before eating it lmao
@@mannys9130 it is meant to simulate martion living conditions, yes, but he isnt quite to that stage yet, right now, hes still putting it together, and isnt actually simulating the conditions totally yet, as can be seen by all the outside things he keeps composting and bringing in frequently
I think Cody's content is great because it's real. You're seeing the real struggles and dangers on his adventures. Coyotes hunting him down was stressful, but seeing Cody chuck a block of CO2 in a bucket while standing in a giant container... and then just continue standing there like "wow look at all that co2!"... Damn it Cody! stressing me out!
It really wouldn't be that much work or $ to buy and put on gloves when you handle dry ice, but it will increase your safety massively. Not to mention people who don't know that are watching would learn about the danger of dry ice.
This is a known bug in robocody’s software. The ambient temp was high so the gloves were removed and the brief exposure to low temps didn’t trigger glove installation. Fortunately he was undamaged. I think an easy fix would be to make gloves a permanent fixture. Thanks for your feedback.
@@theCodyReeder lmao
@@theCodyReeder you might wanna put some temperature sensors in robo Cody's hands so that doesn't happen again just a suggestion tho
Gloves? Its dry ice not math
You're talking to the guy who ate dry ice in the past... He isn't going to wear gloves. He's well experienced with it and the viewers of this channel have seen him handle mercury so we're not morons.
I think it's interesting that the playlist has a different version of this video with everything after the Dry Ice attempt is just cut out, save for the still images, and the music at the end... Either way, I love this series and I can't wait to see more!
"Everything changes when the Aphid Nation attacked..."
Add nettles to your greenhouse. Fermented nettle extract is pretty effective against aphids. It smells… oh boi, how it smells. But is safe for plants and humans and gets the job done.
Haha luckily on mars you wouldn't have to worry about insecticides, I would imagine. Unless of course the aphids figure out a way to build a space shuttle capable of reaching Mars. ;-)
If you're taking plants, or even seeds, with you to Mars, which you'd have to do if you want a garden there, it's likely you'll get stowaways.
@@tropicaltanktv Get those illegals out of mars!!
Insects attacking Mars? I'm from Finland and I say _k1ll them all!_
I LOVE those videos so much. The challenges of living in autonomy are one of my top interests. I find it extremely compelling to watch someone find creative solution to overcome their problems with limited resources.
It is also an incredible feat to succesfully recreate a micro-biosphere in a not-so-controlled environment.
Although he is not quite there yet, i have no doubts Cody will achieve that goal eventually, and I cant wait to see him do it.
I only wish i could do more to help him.
I think that weeds such as velvet leaf, dandelions etc. could play a big role in terraforming Mars. My resining is that plants we consider weeds that produce hundreds to thousands of seeds from one plant could cover the planet in a faster time period. Dandelions are also completely edible so if we pick plants that can grow and potentially even flourish in harsh climates that are edible we would have a edible version of grass that could be harvested if things get ruff or your food supply gets contaminated. Once we have large bodies of water we can start planting trees that produce large quantities of oxygen and can be easily propagated. Once oxygen levels become greta enough we can start introducing animals like rabbits and even pigs that multiply quickly and are a good source of meat. This is just theoretical and I am not sure how we could go about forming an atmosphere however if you have any ideas please comment below.
Thank you for coming to my ted talk
Sorry for any miss spellings/grammatical errors
Keeping it short & to the point!!! Great idea, btw. Always been a fan of the ubiquitous dandelion.
😎🌎💚🖖
@@erinmac4750 thanks!
little note, you cant just form an atmosphere on mars, because mars has a solid, non molten iron core, the magnetosphere on mars is very weak, so solar winds strip away most of the atmosphere that it has
Potentially some form of artificial atmosphere?
Of all things to be excited about in this video, Cody being one of the Cross Country boys is my pick
Man I love these vids too bad it takes ages for them to come out, but good things take time !
For killing/getting rid of the aphids try to pour old used coffee grounds on the soil around the plants. My mom (home gartner) have used coffee grounds for all her highly infested plants and fairly quickly after they completely disappear. You can do it beforehand so they never even come the first time round. It doesn't harm the plats at all (only making the soil a bit acidic maybe?) and it completely safe and biodegradable. Also it's a good use for something that is otherwise just waste.
Love the intro. I have been pondering for some time about getting a drone... Hmm
You can put the offcuts of the tomato plants in a water bucket and leave it soaking for a few days, then spray the brew on your infested plants. Worked for me against caterpillars mostly. You can also try vegetable oil/water mixture against bugs and mites.
I just had to cover my peppers in diatomaceous earth tonight. Damn aphids and spider mites!
About a week ago I had to put on my headlight and pick 500+ apples off my apple tree. I still haven't found my food dehydrator to process them all in to sweet tasty snacks, though.
Yeah they stuck on my peppers and succulents too
I usually have more issues with fungus gnats than anything else.
Such an awesome youtuber, your videos always make my day. You are such a precious soul
0:30 Cody looking kinda sus tho
This video was super cool. This has grown to become my favorite series, even outmatching the mining series!
Last time I was this early Cody still had his flowerpot hive
cody reminds me of the protagonist of a horror movie that inevitably survives but through immense hardships during the course of the movie something about that shot of him using the light with his glasses on oh my god.
Woo clicked immediately upon receiving notifocation... I was in youtube watching another vid.
same
Very nice
cody's lab is clearly the best youtuber ever. no click bait!
This notification makes me happy
The nights out there must be amazing and a little spooky at the same time. Without alot of light pollution there must be an amazing night sky, but at the same time when you have a serious problem it takes along time before help arrives.
Kids shows up
Cody: trick or treat
Kids: trick
Cody: engulfes *mercury*
Kids: scared as h*ll
I hope that you will never lose Buddy, he has added so much to videos just by being there :)
Him: "this video will probably go up around halloween."
Me, watching it on Halloween, the day that it came out:
@Cody'sLab hey cody fellow gardener here what I suggest you do is add some ladybugs to your terrarium tube, this'll get rid of the aphids(since the ladybugs eat them) whist protecting your plants. Or spray them with soapy water either one works.
How effective would having a generator exhaust into the green house.
wouldn't that pump other un wanted gasses into the greenhouse?
ewwww
Venting the exhaust through a heat exchanger in the greenhouse would help heat the greenhouse, but venting the exhaust directly into the greenhouse sets up a horrible contamination scenario. Most effective method would probably be to bubble the exhaust through that tank that he set up with the black pipe to act as a heat sink for the greenhouse. That would help warm the greenhouse, without adding any extra holes in the greenhouse, and absorb the peak heat from the generator.
@@Kineth1 Yes, but there is no point burning fuel where there is so much sun per year. Solar pannels can do the same without the contamination, heatwise. CO2... I'm sure Cody can come up with a long term way to generate it or simply use a natural (homemade Castille maybe) soap that'll help during his War on Aphid and have other uses as for general cleaning at the same time.
effectiveness? 10/10 would kill all aphids, but it would also kill everything that lives at all because carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are not the same thing
I really like the summary of things at the end of the video. Thank you!
Me: "Ugh, another notif, better be a youtuber or at least a game that I like."
*Sees Cody's Lab*
Me: "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! :)
My reaction was more like æææææææææææææ
The ideal composting temperature is approximately 140°F to 160°F higher temperatures can be reached if you can find anything that get it that high. Usually the green powdery mildew from grass clippings gets it near 160+.
The fan was the mistake. Co2 is heavier than air. Afids near the floor so you would only need it to fill halfway up and leave it like that for a while. No need to mix it with air via the fan. Cuz 100 percent should kill them right?
There is way too much diffusion for any part of the container to reach near 100 percent. It is a gradient, with the highest concentrations sinking very near the bottom. He had less than 50% concentration after all.
@@kelanbarr9646 He needed more ice then. :) I would love to have seen that all the way to 100% to see the affect on the afids and the plants. With enough ice he could have pushed out the oxygen through any hole near the ceiling.
@@consaka1 plants can only tolerate up to a certain low level of CO2. Even though they use CO2 and H2O to make sugar they're not tolerant of high levels of CO2. You could see how they were wilting.
It might be because CO2 dissolved in water is carbonic acid.
@@henryD9363 not too surprising I guess since humans can't live with 100 percent oxygen either. It's all about balance.
Loving this content, especially Buddy! Aphids are a pain here on Earth, I can imagine they could be a much bigger problem isolated on Mars. Something I never even considered until now! Great vid, I look forward to more updates!
Dude, you do the most awesome and informative things. I'm so glad you decided to share your adventures with us all!
Cody, if this project is going to be scientific rather than just fun, you should make scientific goals. Use this restart as an opportunity to re-design the whole base. Define the goals and thereby identify the equipment / base layout necessary to fulfill these goals. Then, start preperations and construction asap before the ground freezes, and use the winter to prep your science experiments. I'll be much more useful and yes, even fun this way, trust me.
Well, Cody used a solution that would probably work even better on Mars: Open it up to the natural atmosphere (or lack thereof). It's not like those plants were going to survive a lot longer. I was raised in the high desert in California. It gets *cold* at night in the winter, as I'm sure Cody is well aware.
Rose gardeners sometimes plant garlic plants near each bush to keep aphids away. It is a form of chemical warfare that makes the area less attractive for aphids.
If you have problems with gnats or any other root attacking insects, you can sprinkle hot cinnamon powder (should smell like Atomic Fire Balls) on the top of the soil before watering, the bugs really hate it, most plants don't seem to care.
I’m very jealous of the bottom bunk setup you have. that looks SO cozy
Space: because killing it with fire is too dangerous. Kill it with cold.
Love the series, looking forward to seeing how you plan to survive the winter.
I over-winter potted pepper plants. Aphids have a field day as there are no natural predators inside my house. Previous years I was able to control them with some soapy water applied with a small paintbrush. This year was different. They would come back strong after soaping. Looked a lot like yours. I resorted to neem oil. It killed them instantly, but I think it might have damaged the leaves of one of my plants (not a pepper) Still less damage than the aphids were doing!