Day at Becky's Greenhouse...Diary #2

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      ​Good morning…sun is visible with clear, blue skies.  BUT it is only 22 degrees outside.  Dress accordingly.  When I walked on the yard, it is frozen, so this is good with the moisture we had.
We just unloaded 2 trucks with boxes of plug trays.  It is 11 boxes with 3 or 4 plug trays in each with each plug tray having 40, 144, 288 or 500 plants in each.  YES, that is lots of plants.  We are in full production of planting.  In the morning, I need to make up planting sheets for each plug tray that is being planted that day.  I can’t make them up in the winter because I don’t know what the freight charge will be. 
  What size container to plant in?  1203, 1204, 804 regular, 804 deep, single pots, baskets, or quart pots?  And I must find the place to put the trays to grow in the greenhouse after they have been planted, so that might mean moving planted trays to tall carts or cleaning off tables with stuff. We will need to find the containers and the trays that hold them for the planting that day.  I need to water every day all we have planted, and you can imagine the amount of dirt in the small plugs, so the plug trays need water each day.  I am planting seeds and working with succulents.   
The days go quickly with this planting time.  But I do love it and watching the plants grow is just very fulfilling. I will post pictures later today on out day in the greenhouse.  Stay warm, stay safe. 
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty, Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365