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Greenhouse job checklist - week 23

3 - 9 June 2013

It's time to...

  • Water crops in growing bags and pots daily, adding a liquid feed once a week
  • Introduce biological controls if you have discovered pests, such as whitefly and red spider mite
  • Pinch out developing sideshoots on tomato stems
  • Train cucumbers and tomatoes to supports
  • Increase shading and ventilation to keep temperatures down on hot days
  • Take cuttings from hydrangeas, fuchsias, pelargoniums, osteospermums, marguerites, coleus and verbena

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