August 10, 2012
Hello, Miranda here reporting from Fanshawe College Greenhouse. It’s that time again… MULCH! Tuesday, July 31, we received a small mountain of mulch and spent the majority of the week making our campus planting beds look better than superb. The following week a group of students laid some new sod in the soccer field.
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| Pedro, rockin the sod. |
On Tuesday August 7, the day our lonely empty greenhouse had been waiting for, we received 1000 poinsettias. Every year the Fanshawe College students get to partake in practical learning, growing and selling a crop of poinsettias. Two teams of student gardeners tackled preparing our greenhouse for the crop. This year we have 7 different cultivars; Christmas Day Red; Christmas Feelings Merlot; Classic Red; Polar Bear; Pollys Pink; Winter Rose Early Red. Our greenhouse is proud to be pesticide free. The crop will be ready for sale in late November for those plant lovers out there who like to keep a little colour in the gloomy holiday season. Pet owners, be informed, that despite what you have heard about poinsettias being deadly poisonous to your small furry friends, this is in fact a myth. The level of toxicity in a poinsettia plant, will at most if ingested by your pet, give them an upset tummy. So come down to the Fanshawe College greenhouse this November and get your holiday cheer in the form of a poinsettia.
Cheers
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| Denise placing hormone sticky traps around the Poinsettia crop to help manage pests |
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Poinsettia
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| Phyllis meticulously recording poinsettia crop journal |
