Greenhouse job checklist - week 41

7 - 13 October 2013

It's time to...

Clear fallen leaves from greenhouse gutters
Bring tender plants under cover before frosts strike
Wash off any remaining summer shading paint and clean glass inside and out
Insulate the greenhouse with bubble polythene
Open vents on warm days but close them tightly each evening
Bring dormant cyclamen in pots back into growth by watering
Clear out old crops and growing bags, adding material to the compost heap
Stop watering pots of begonia, gloxinia, achimene, gloriosa, eucomis and other summer bulbs
Pick and lay out green tomatoes from outdoor crops to ripen under cover
Sow pots of hardy winter lettuces