Weekend Blog - Mark and Ben

                March 14^th 2014. It was a brisk morning upon arrival of the greenhouse. We opened the greenhouse and checked each individual plant for any watering or culture that it may need. After taking care of all the juvenile plants we set out to go over the guidelines for the weekend with Professor Jeff. He informed us on the tasks that we will have to battle and the warned us about the dangers ahead. We geared up and set our hands on extremely rare seeds from around the globe. We were sure to get a demonstration on how to sow them, because a mistake could be detrimental for the collection. Once we sowed them all in we were sure to give them the water that they will need to sprout. With there being thousands of seeds this took us the majority of the day. We also organized the annual label draws, this rounding out our day. We swept up and whipped the floors clean then went home to rest up for the rest of the weekend.

 

 

                March 15^th 2014. The walk to the greenhouse was cloudy and it was sleeting snow. When opening the greenhouse everything was looking good. We watered the Hydrangeas and the other dry plants in greenhouse. Secondly we collected five pink Hydrangeas, five blue Hydrangeas, did pH and E.C readings on them. Once we got the results we put them on the appropriate charts. Next we mixed up a batch of 20-20-20 300ppm fertilizer for the portable Dosatron. After an early lunch we set up the Aqua mate and began our quest around the school. With over 35 plants on our list this was no small task. With a refill of water in the middle, the time flew by as we whizzed around the school. To round out the day we did general clean up and revised the bedding plant sheet.

 

 

 

                March 16, 2014. Brrrrr she was a cold morning, but we were warmed by the presence of J Row first thing in the morning. First thing we did was walk the crop a watered then cleaned some pots, before giving Miss Rowland a hand with some of her tasks. First we potted up a Fiddle Leaf Fig for a new arranged planter for T building quite the hassle due to having to make multiple trips from one end to the next end of the school, never the less a wonderful job. After lunch we helped Jess with another task of replacing a planter in the residence with a new arrangement. Now off to the pots in the outdoor storage, or what was now home and bathroom to rodents. Some pots were chewed up and urinated on, needless to say we gave them a nice cleaning before sorting them. Then our main focus was bringing this place back to a 100 percent with a big o'le clean.