Hortclub greenhouse 360

I just took a panoramic picture of our greenhouse and I hope everyone likes it.

Harvesting technique.


I'm not sure how everyone is harvesting stuff in the greenhouse, but here is how I do it. As you can see, I place 2 green trays on the cart, one for the tomatoes and one for the cucumbers. Tomatoes don't need to wrapped up, so they can go straight into the tray. However, if you are harvesting cucumbers, there's plastic wrap set right beside the tray for easy harvesting.

Underneath the cart is a yellow tray, which I use as my waste tray, so I don't have to go back and forth to the garbage can. You also see there are 2 blue bins where I put the tomatoes and the cucumber after I'm done harvesting. These blue bins must go into the cooler for storage once you're done.

Greenhouse Update

We will have a lot of cucumbers and tomatoes for a while. Cucumbers need to be harvested when they are approximately 25cm long, and tomatoes need to be harvested when they turn red. It's important to harvest these fruits in order to reserve the plants' nutrients for younger fruits. I have harvested quite a few cucumbers, so the next harvest day will either be this Wednesday or Thursday.

For the tomato group, as soon as anyone from your group comes to the greenhouse, please harvest the tomatoes on the right hand side facing the cucumber line.

Peppers are looking good. Right now you can see 3 kinds of peppers: yellow, orange and red. Harvest them when they completely turn color.

I have transplanted some of the lettuce; this time we will have butter crunch and red leaf. I have seen some aphids on the lettuce, therefore I placed the blue sticky board between the lettuce and the rest of the herb section. Please do not remove the sticky board. There are aphids on the chamomiles, as noted by Danielle. Please keep harvesting the chamomile if you have time this week.

The missing key

Once again if anyone has the key please return it to the lock box. I have discussed this with Jackie, and for now only active members who are working on the greenhouse project will be allowed access into the greenhouse. Others members who want to get into the greenhouse will have to come to the Plant Science office to get the key.


Peter Le