Hey friends today on Gardening with Creekside we are potting up our largest order of proven
winter annuals today we got the delivery yesterday from Lenny our favorite driver with Pleasant
View Gardens in Loudon New Hampshire all of the annuals are hanging out in production
number one because we are running out of production space here in number two huge order not only
do we have all of the annuals for our customers because we bring these in so that way we have
like a nice steady supply of fresh material and then we also have the plants that are
going to be for our Gardens both at the house and the nursery display Gardens so we have
got a ton of annuals to pot up to date we've got a fantastic team here we've already gotten
them organized we're trying to start getting the assembly line going of getting them out
of the trays so that way as soon as we get the machine going we can just rock and roll
really so everything that we have today is either going to go in the Grande container
or a gallon container we had to do a little bit of thinking because just like your garden
greenhouses have little micro climates as well what am I talking about microclimates
are little small climates within a you know a relatively small space just like in your
garden you have areas that are hotter than others wetter than others cooler than others
right same thing in the greenhouse so we have areas that are like where are close to the
front door but just because of it's not you know perfectly sealed airtight it's a little
cooler right there then you've got areas maybe that are a little bit more damp they hold
water a little bit more because the grade is not exactly perfect because it does have
a slope right so that the water sheds so some of these areas stay a little bit more damp
and then with the heater even though we have it and it blows out there are still some areas
that stay warmer there are some areas that stay shadier so we have to kind of think all
those things through and place the plants that really thrive in those conditions for
example closest to the door on the greenhouse it stays a little bit cooler because there
is a little bit of a draft there we're actually going to be putting the sweet alyssum right
there because that's we listen of course is fantastic and it spreads right it's low but
it spreads well that can be a little bit of a problem in a greenhouse because we don't
use growth Regulators so we use temperature to help control the growth so we want to put
them in a cooler area so they stay nice and tight and compact then um like super Bells
will be next same thing keep them nice and tight and compact so we're trying to get all
of that organized which requires a little bit of brain thought this morning so we're
just going to take you through um I will we'll stop with the production and um show you what
we are doing and so that way you get a great idea of all the things that are happening
in the production side of the greenhouse and I will try to show you all the different parts
because I know that you all like to know exactly how this stuff works so we're just going to
have a great day potting up a gazillion annuals [Music] thank you thank you [Music]
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okay sweet people we are done for the day uh we are well we're kind of done for the
day um we have to move all of the equipment out of production number two because we were
running out of room we did roughly 300 it was over 300 trays and there's 10 plants in
a tray so over 3 000 plants that we got potted up today it took us a little while to get
all the plants sorted so we were a little bit later getting started today than we were
last time but this greenhouse is just about completely filled up and we moved the potting
machine down to production one because we simply ran out of room here so what we'll
do is tomorrow morning we will run it again and then we will bring the rest of this up
so we'll bring all of this up and then we have a section here on the side that we need
to get filled in with plants as well I don't know if you can hear that but the wind is
whipping like like crazy it is very warm and I think there's supposed to be some storms
coming through today so if you hear a Ruckus that is just the plastic popping on the greenhouses
but it has been a good day it's been a productive day we're making currently making more trays
and pots so that way tomorrow morning when they would get up here and get going then
we will at least have a head start on that it was pretty easy to move the potting machine
because Jerry just hooks up the tractor of course right and just moves it back and forth
getting it lined up with the conveyor belt is a little bit more challenging right now
we're heading to lift the conveyor belt and move it down we have a like a dolly uh for
one end the heavy end that it sits on but we are currently coming up with a system of
getting some like rolling casters on the bottom of that so that way we don't have to heft
that thing up and move it around so everything should be in place for tomorrow morning so
that way we can finish these sweet little things up but it is yep it is coming together
it was nice to see all the fun plants getting back and seeing some new ones too so this
has been a date in production here at Creekside Nursery hope you all enjoyed it had some fun
and we will see you on the next video bye friends