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Greenhouse checklist

Greenhouse checklist

7 - 13 April 2008

Plug plants

Use this page as a checklist for this week's most important tasks.

It's printer friendly so you could pin it up in your garden shed.

It's time to...

It's time to...
  • Buy plug plants and young bedding to grow on for baskets, pots and bedding displays
  • Thin out heavy fruit sets on peaches and nectarines, leaving fruits about 10cm apart
  • Sow annual climbers, such as cup-and-saucer vine (Cobaea), nasturtium and morning glory (Ipomoea)
  • Grow an early crop of dwarf French beans in a large pot
  • Repot any top-heavy or pot-bound houseplants
  • Start feeding young plants about 3-4 weeks after potting up in fresh compost
  • Pot up rooted cuttings and seedlings

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