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Greenhouse checklist

Greenhouse checklist

13 - 19 October 2008

Plant winter salads in growing bags

Use this page as a checklist for this week's most important tasks.

It's printer friendly so you could pin it up in your garden shed.

It's time to...

It's time to...
  • Plant winter salads in growing bags
  • Check heaters are working efficiently
  • Clean staging and wash capillary matting to use next summer
  • Line greenhouses with bubble polythene for insulation
  • Bring pots of tender bulbs, like agapanthus and eucomis, under cover
  • Check all plants for signs of pests and treat immediately
  • Sow sweet peas in pots
  • Avoid moving Christmas cactus during autumn while they're forming flower buds, to prevent damage
  • Move potted peaches and nectarines under cover

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