Greenhouse job checklist - week 32

30 - 5 August 2012

It's time to...

Buy pansies and other winter bedding plug plants to grow on under cover
Damp down the greenhouse floor every morning on hot days
Water plants in pots and growing bags every morning, and again at night if necessary
Add liquid feed to at least one watering a week to keep plants growing strongly
Be vigilant for pests like red spider mite and take action against any right away
Buy narcissus, hyacinths and lachenalias to plant for indoor displays
Sow poor man's orchid (schizanthus) to produce flowering houseplants
Thin bunches of dessert grapes and spray vines to ward off diseases