Technorati Tags: freesias,plants,buxus english box,shadehouse,growing trays Growing Buxus English Box I grow my freesias in the greenhouse which means I have an empty shadehouse year round so this season with the help of a friend it was decided to diversify and offer cheap plants of all sorts  at a cheaper rate  by selling them...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Daily maintenance is an ongoing job but extremely necessary for the health of your plants. I try to weed out 25 trays each day but  it is slow work being very important to not disturb the root system of the growing bulbs. I have increased the frequency of watering  putting the meter down to 2000...
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