Greenhouse job checklist - week 37

9 - 15 September 2013

It's time to...

Line greenhouses with bubble polythene for insulation against falling night temperatures
Clean staging and capillary matting to use next year
Bring pots of tender agapanthus and eucomis under cover
Check all plants for signs of pests and treat immediately
Sow sweet peas in pots for early flowers next summer
Take cuttings of succulents such as sedums
Move potted peaches and nectarines under cover
Bring pots of late-flowering chrysanthemums into the greenhouse
Stop watering pots of achimenes, gloxinia and tuberous begonias to let them die down
Plant dwarf bulbs in pots including iris, crocus, chionodoxa and scilla