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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

FW:

FW:

Hey, I am headed to the greennhouse to get some things ready for the bioclub plant sale tomorrow and i could use some help if you are free.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Monday, April 4, 2011

Hey, i will be in the greenhouse for a while so if ya wanna come, any help would be apreciated

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Hi all, just a reminder, there is a creek cleanup of fourpole creek in Ritter Park. The cleanup starts at 10 but we are signing in soon so come on down.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Aphid Battle












I bought some Pansies back in November from Lowes. I thought they were nice, but they were dry and on sale because they were clearing out their plants. I thought they would do fine in the greenhouse with some TLC. Well, they did pick right up and starting looking great.






In late December I noticed something awful. The plants started to look droopy again. I thought maybe I had started to overwater so I stopped watering for a few days and they did not recover. I then figured out why.




The beautiful plants were being attacked with APHIDS. I sprayed some organic pesticieds on the plants and they seemed to double over night. I moved them to anothert room so the aphids could not spread to my other plants. I repotted all and gave each plant a bath in water/vegetable mix. This seemed to work. The aphids were gone. I left them on friday. On Monday I returned and the aphids were back. Sadly two weeks ago I decided that the plants were beyond hope and I added them and their soil to the composter. This was truly a sad day for the greenhouse.