On Friday March 17th 2017 Michael Aspden walked the entire crop, determined what needed to be watered. Everything needed to be watered so we did, with the proper fertilizer mixes. While Michael was walking the crop I was opening the cash register and counting the opening float with Jeff. After I finished counting the float with Jeff, I completed the opening checklist for the day. After Michael watered everything including the seedlings on the heat bed with. We then proceeded to start potting up the petunia seedlings from the seed trays. We completed about 3 or 4 full trays of 24 seedlings, put them in the greenhouse and watered them. After watering and filling up the trays with petunias we took a short break. After our break we went with Jenn to the B cafeteria, when we were there she told us everything that she wanted done. This included taking out some ficus trees and repotting them and replacing them with Dracaenas and Pothos and to spray one with isopropyl alcohol to treat for mealy bug. After that we went back to the greenhouse where Jeff taught us how to make fertilizer for the hydrangea crop. When everything was watered and potted up I closed the cash register and completed the closing checklist, while Michael washed the floors.

On Saturday March 18th 2017 Michael walked the crop to see what needed to be watered. He then began watering the white, pink and tivoli hydrangeas with the proper fertilizer solution. He watered them for about 25 minutes. After that he watered the stock baskets, hanging baskets, petunias, mother in law’s tongue, pothos and elephant ears with the stock basket fertilizer solution. While Michael was watering, I was opening the register and doing the morning checklist making sure that everything was in line. After that when everything was watered we took a break. After our break we continued potting up the petunia seedlings, after filling 10 or 12, Michael walked the crop and determined if anything needed to be watered. The blue hydrangeas did, so he turned the dosatron on with the blue hydrangea fertilizer solution and watered them for about 25-30 minutes. While Michael was watering the hydrangeas, I was still potting up the petunias. After everything was watered Michael walked the crop and took an inventory of anything that was in a four inch pot. He transferred the information to me and I added it to the google spreadsheet. After that we had our lunch break. After lunch we came back to the greenhouse and walked the crop again. Seeing if anything needed to be watered. We figured that the white, pink and tivoli hydrangeas needed to be watered because of the time we watered them on Friday. After that we proceeded to consolidate all of the hydrangeas to make more room for other plants. That took us the rest of the day and after I closed the register and completed the closing checklist while Michael washed the floors.

On Sunday March 19th 2017 we began the day by opening up the register and completing the opening checklist. After that we walked the crop and watered what needed to be watered. After watering everything we went and completed the tasks that Jenn set out for us. We went over to B cafeteria, with the dosatron and all the tools and plants (Dracaena and Pothos) we needed, but it was locked. So Michael and I split up, I went to talk to security to get the place open while Mike went back to the greenhouse to grab some soil to bring back. I then began to take out all of the plants that Jenn told me too, and repot them with dracaena and pothos while I was doing this Michael was following me with a broom and the dosatron, watering and sweeping up after me. We then took back the ficus trees and potted them up in the proper containers. After finishing this we took our morning break and lunch at the same time because we worked past our 10 o'clock break. After this we finished potting up all of the petunias, about 5 or 6 more trays. Once finished with the petunias, we started filling up all of the planters that Jeff needed with BX Potting soil. After that we took our afternoon break. When we were finished our break I began to wash all of the pots and flats for the weekend. While Michael washed the entire greenhouse floor. After that I closed the register and do the closing checklist. After all of the pots were dry, Michael collected them all on a cart and put them away in the correct places.

Ben McConkey and Michael Asdpen.