Greenhouse Duty Blog
Friday March 3rd,
2017
On Friday March 3rd, Nick and Brandon arrived
to the greenhouse and met with Jeff to go over the tasks for the weekend. There
were jobs that we weren’t 100% sure about and had some questions so Jeff helped
us out and answered whatever questions we had about our greenhouse weekend
duty. To start the day we have a checklist that needs to be completed before
anything else can be done. We have to check the temperatures in the greenhouse
and make sure the priva system is working fully. Also we made sure the
germination chamber had water in the bottom of it. We walked the crop to check
and see if all the plants were moist or if any needed water.
Next, we opened the till in case we had any plant sales during the day. After we started spot watering the hydrangeas where it was needed, then we did an aluminum sulphate drench on the blue hydrangeas. After we were done the drench, we moved the elephant ears into new 4 inch pots. We filled the pots with soil and put them onto flats. We moved them onto one of the racks closer to the window and made sure we watered them.
Next we brought out a rolling rack and got the wrapping down from upstairs and placed the wrapping onto the rolling rack. There were pots in the garage that were being filled on Wednesday and didn’t get finished, so Jeff asked us to fill the rest of them up and stack them neatly on rolling racks. We ran out of HP pro mix so we got a new bag out the greenhouse and emptied it into the appropriate bin. We had to bring another bag into the greenhouse after we took one out so it has time to thaw out for when we need it next. After we were done that, we walked the crop again to make sure everything had water. Then it was time to clean up and close the greenhouse.
Next, we opened the till in case we had any plant sales during the day. After we started spot watering the hydrangeas where it was needed, then we did an aluminum sulphate drench on the blue hydrangeas. After we were done the drench, we moved the elephant ears into new 4 inch pots. We filled the pots with soil and put them onto flats. We moved them onto one of the racks closer to the window and made sure we watered them.
Next we brought out a rolling rack and got the wrapping down from upstairs and placed the wrapping onto the rolling rack. There were pots in the garage that were being filled on Wednesday and didn’t get finished, so Jeff asked us to fill the rest of them up and stack them neatly on rolling racks. We ran out of HP pro mix so we got a new bag out the greenhouse and emptied it into the appropriate bin. We had to bring another bag into the greenhouse after we took one out so it has time to thaw out for when we need it next. After we were done that, we walked the crop again to make sure everything had water. Then it was time to clean up and close the greenhouse.
Saturday March 4th
On Saturday we worked on some
interior plants. We had to dust the big ficus plants in front of the bookstore,
dusted the 2 ficus plants in T building, replanted the palm in the D corridor,
and watered the plants in the library. When we first got to the greenhouse we
did our morning checklist and walked the crop. We noticed the hydrangeas were
getting a little dry, so we watered them all. Throughout the day we checked the
crop a lot because it was sunny and we wanted to make sure no plants were
drying out and that they all had enough water. We started cleaning the
hydrangea leaves as well. Before we left we did another check of everything and
did our end of the day checklist.
Sunday March 5th
On Sunday we showed up and did
our morning checklist and walked the crop. We spot watered a lot of the plants.
Sunday we finished cleaning the leaves on the hydrangeas. It took us most of
the morning to complete.
After a lunch break we walked the crop and spot watered the plants that needed water. The elephant ears needed water so we fertilized and watered them. We also noticed that a couple of the elephant ears needed some more soil. We grabbed scoops of the pro mix HP and topped up the plants that needed the extra soil. Next we did our PH and EC readings on the hydrangeas. The PH levels were a little high on the pink and white hydrangeas but the EC readings were all in check. We recorded all of the readings. Sunday afternoon, we completed our Insect and Disease Monitoring report. We recorded everything we needed to. Sunday afternoon we did a really deep clean in the greenhouse and in the potting room. There were pots that needed to be washed so we did that as well. We started by sweeping all the floors and picking up all the dust and dirt that was on the floor and put it all into the compost bin. We emptied the compost bin into the RTV. Next we washed off the tables with bleach and water and scrubbed them clean. After all of that was completed we walked the crop and watered one last time. Next it was time to wash the floors. We sprayed them all down with water and made sure we didn’t miss any spots on the floor. We used squeegees to scrub the floor and move the water into the drains. After we were done cleaning up, we put the wet floor signs out so no one would slip on the wet floor. We completed the Priva chart analysis and handed it in as well. Lastly we did out closing checklist. This completes our weekend greenhouse duty. We learned lots and worked well together on everything.
After a lunch break we walked the crop and spot watered the plants that needed water. The elephant ears needed water so we fertilized and watered them. We also noticed that a couple of the elephant ears needed some more soil. We grabbed scoops of the pro mix HP and topped up the plants that needed the extra soil. Next we did our PH and EC readings on the hydrangeas. The PH levels were a little high on the pink and white hydrangeas but the EC readings were all in check. We recorded all of the readings. Sunday afternoon, we completed our Insect and Disease Monitoring report. We recorded everything we needed to. Sunday afternoon we did a really deep clean in the greenhouse and in the potting room. There were pots that needed to be washed so we did that as well. We started by sweeping all the floors and picking up all the dust and dirt that was on the floor and put it all into the compost bin. We emptied the compost bin into the RTV. Next we washed off the tables with bleach and water and scrubbed them clean. After all of that was completed we walked the crop and watered one last time. Next it was time to wash the floors. We sprayed them all down with water and made sure we didn’t miss any spots on the floor. We used squeegees to scrub the floor and move the water into the drains. After we were done cleaning up, we put the wet floor signs out so no one would slip on the wet floor. We completed the Priva chart analysis and handed it in as well. Lastly we did out closing checklist. This completes our weekend greenhouse duty. We learned lots and worked well together on everything.
Nick Hunt and Brandon Velda
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