Greenhouse job checklist - week 24

10 - 16 June 2013

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Increase greenhouse shading if temperatures inside are getting very hot
Take cuttings from houseplants such as weeping figs and Christmas cacti
Damp down the greenhouse floor every morning
Water pots and growing bags daily
Place potted tagetes near greenhouse tomatoes to deter whitefly
Set up a 'watering bench' using capillary matting to look after pot plants
Sow seeds of Christmas cherry (solanum) to grow as winter pot plants
Hang yellow sticky traps in the greenhouse to help control whitefly
Thin out heavy crops of peaches and nectarines, leaving remaining fruits about 10cm apart
Repot any houseplants that are pot bound