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Greenhouse job checklist - week 16

15 - 21 April 2013

It's time to...

  • Pot up rooted cuttings and young plants that have outgrown their pots
  • Sow seeds of marrows, courgettes, squashes, cucumbers and melons in a heated propagator
  • Water pots and trays of seedlings with a solution of copper fungicide to prevent damping-off disease
  • Sow summer bedding, such as tagetes and dahlias
  • Move young plants into cold frames to acclimatise them to cooler conditions

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