Weekend Duty Travis Madill and Chris Potten

Friday March 25^th, 2016:

We arrived at the greenhouse for 7:50 AM, walked the crop, and completed the checklist.  A tray of Fuchsia ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’ and a half tray of Thyme Fuchsia cuttings were taken. Additional cuttings were taken before the hanging baskets were hung back up. Silver Spurflower and Fruity Sage were also taken, one tray of each.  The trays of seedlings were a bit dry so they were watered. The healthy stock baskets were hung back up, and attached to the emitters. Recovering ones from previous cuttings were left out on the table, and some were taken off the emitters because they had been over watered and needed to dry out. Some plants were showing signs of algae growth to drooping leaves at worse. 50 hanging baskets were filled with soil, inserts, and hangers and placed on the greenhouse table. The RTV bay was swept.  One tray of Dusty Miller and a half tray of Salvia were sown. Tradescantia Palida cuttings were also taken and one tray was filled. We did a cleanup of the floor and a sweep and transferred some compost to the RTV which was transferred to the compost. We completed the closing checklist and locked the greenhouse.  Everything appears to be in good shape, no issues.    

Saturday March 26^th, 2016:

Arrived at the greenhouse at 7:50 and checked in. Walked around and checked the crop and did the opening checklist. Today we tackled the duty of filling 1,800 4 inch pots for later transplanting.  The carts were taken from the rear of the greenhouse and put together.  They were moved to the potting station where they were prepped for filled trays.  The pots and the trays were gathered and were filled with soil.  This took several hours to do, then the completed carts were staged in the RTV bay. Marigolds were separated to space them out better. The succulents were placed into a single container from 3 containers.

Sunday March 27^th, 2016:

We arrived at the greenhouse at 7:50 AM and completed the opening checklist. The following cultivars were potted up of Coleus. ‘Chaotic Rose’, ‘Kingswood Torch’, ‘Saturn’, ‘Perilla’, and ‘Flirting Skirts.’ We spot watered some of the plants that needed it. A few of the germinating trays were watered. Some of the cacti and succulents were also watered. It is a sunnier day today so we can expect to have more evapotranspiration.  The palm in A corridor (interior) and Dracaena in A corridor were treated as per the list. The first set of trays has been completed and we are soaking the second set. The second set was completed. The floor of the greenhouse was cleaned up and the closing checklist was completed and the tractor bay was swept. Pictures were taken documenting some of the major tasks which were completed.