blogging my flowers

Once again The  seminar that I just participated in was amazing , full of information and has given me more tools to go out and make my blogging a success and help me in my venture of working from home.

To make money online  the success is dependant on my skills and to update these regularly is a necessity.

Even though the training’s  aren’t in my time zone and it means I am up all night to participate, I feel they are so important and also allow the continuity of the blog script I am using as things are continually being updated. To understand all these new plugins and scripts a lot of time is saved by listening and understanding the information we are given.

A successful business will only succeed if you have an understanding on what your competitors are doing and always looking for ways to improve your products, skills, and methods of advertising .

The seminars are held monthly at a small charge but it doesn’t end there as follow ups are just part of the service and if there is anything you don"T understand then the time is taken to help you with this.These follow ups are not charged for but it is part of the service given by a dedicated group of people who want to see people succeed in what ever they are doing.

Join me in learning how to make your business a success as the August seminar is already underway in the planning.

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Wishing you success in your online ventures  from a successful freesia flower grower

Brenda Baker

I was going to give the plants an extra water but found the pump has become air locked. I spent an hour trying to get the air locks out without any success then had to leave it  in case I did some damage to the pump. I will try again later

What a week it has been with problems, lets hope next week is much better as these things are sent to try you.

Brenda

Weekly jobs

 One of the main things to be done weekly is the calibration of the cf and ph probes.

To calibrate the ph probe the control is set to calibrate then the probe is rinsed in clean water then placed in a 7.0 solution. It is left for a couple of minutes until the lights on the control get to 7. If it dosen’t then a dial is turned until the measurement is at 7. The probe is taken out of this solution rinsed in water then put into a 4.5 solution, left for a couple of minutes until the control lights get to 4.5. If it dosent reach this level then the dial is turned until it does.The control is now put back to 6.5 and  the ph probe is now calibrated. The ph is  very important for the growth of your plants as the ph of your water controls the amount of nutrients available for a healthy plants uptake. plants can only take up some of the nutrients when the ph is at a certain level

To calibrate the cf probe it is rinsed in clean water then put into a cf solution. It is left for at least three minutes then the cf control meter is turned off then on again and hopefuly the measurement will be 27.6. If it dosent show this measurement then you may need to use a plastic scourer on the glass top of the probe then try again. The cf probe controls the amount of nutrient put into your tanks . At the moment I have the nutrient level set at 15.

Brenda

Greenhouse problem

We had four days of a really good frost and unfournately it was cold enough to do some damage to the solenoids that control the guages that work the lifting of the roof and sides of the greenhouse for ventilation.

My hubby spent several days trying to repair them . He has isolated the solenoid at fault but as yet hasnt found the problem with it as everything still looks ok and with testing it is working. This has posed a problem as he has had to stop the sides of the greenhouse from raising which means I have a condensation problem. I hopefully have minimised this with having the two doors open as long as I can during the day and the roof vents are still opening.

The freesia flowers are at a crutical time  and to much moisture could pose a problem so it means being a lot more vigilant and  checking the plants more frequently and dealing with any problems as soon as possible. Luckily everything seems ok at the moment.

Brenda

It will be another couple of days before this can be fixed as it is dark by the time hubby gets home from work so it has to be a weekend job as the lighting in the greenhouse isnt sufficient to put the solenoids back in place

In todays society we have many choices for the flowers for our wedding and depending

on your budget you can have your bouquets as elaborate or as simple as you want.

Have you thought of using the humble freesia in your bouquets. They are a beautiful flower and will enchance

any arrangement you choose or can be used in conjunction with other flowers.

The white and creams

 shades are particularly nice but as they come in many

different colours as well , you have plenty of choice

They are predominately a spring and summer flower but with greenhouses and controlled enviroments

they can be grown most of the year but each country has its own criteria.