Growing process at Becky's Greenhouse

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​This is what we move the flats of plants that have been growing for awhile.  

      Good morning.  Overcast sky but it is warm out I had to do a double take 57F(14C), high today of 73F(22C) WOW this is a normal spring one day warm, and then they are talking over the weekend highs in the 30’sF(-1C) We are in a slight chance of severe weather tonight.  Stay safe, and I guess with these temperatures stay cool.
 
Australia family and friends, Friday April 18th looks like you are having a little warmer fall day.  80F(27C) you are to have clouds so that will help. Stay cool, stay safe.
 
Jennifer lives at Powell, Wyoming and I have to share what is happening to her. Snowy conditions expected around 12PM wind gusts up to 31 MPH and making the temperature feel like 10F(-14C) Actual temperature is going to be 35F(2C) stay warm, stay safe. 
 
I find that when I post what I am doing in the greenhouse, I am getting more interested.  I will try to do more of that.  I am a grower, and we plant little plant plugs.  The trays of plugs have 500, 400,240,180, 50, 40.  I like to use one greenhouse easier to heat, easier to water, and easier for me to keep track of how the plants are doing.  I want to keep them in the west greenhouse as much as I can.  I have double deck shelves and use all the planting space I can use.  We plant the plugs into containers using flat trays to hold them.  We put these just planted trays on the tables, and the double-deck tables.  We fill them up, the first ones planted are then moved to the tall racks to continue to grow.  They are established and they do continue to grow.  Once the table space is open, we will fill them up again with the newly planted trays. 

You ask what do you do when the tall racks are full, when the tables are full, then that is when you will see them outside on the long wagons that I am known for.  We will use that east greenhouse to put the long wagons inside if the temperature is close to freezing to keep them safe.  When the plants are outside, and this starts the process of hardening off.  The plants are ready to go into your gardens, and containers.  If you take them out of the greenhouse, you are in for what I call the greenhouse wilt.  They will be in a  little shock to be where the wind can be, cooler temperatures at night and just being outside.  I am suggesting that you keep them outside for a day or two to help with hardening off before you plant them.  If that doesn’t work for you, if they wilt then don’t panic as they will be getting out of the shock and then continue to grow. 
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I know when you come to shop, you see the plant trays on the racks, and that leads you to believe we bring them in, buy them from another greenhouse, because that is what you see other places.  But that is far from the truth, we plant these as from those little plug plants. Larry says that I will fill the one greenhouse 4 times with this way of planting. 
Now hope that gives you an understanding on how Becky at Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty grows her plants.  
Till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky’s Greenhouse, Dougherty Iowa [email protected]  641-794-3337  cell 641-903-9365  Facebook Becky Kerndt Litterer, or Becky’s Greenhouse