Today it was down to the conservatory for our prac session with Margot. We were in charge of ridding the conservatory side room floors of 'Babies tears' and any other lingering unsuspecting weed just trying to quietly get on with growing in the perfect warm moist conditions! PPE for this job included kneepads & gloves and a trowel for prising up the crying "tears". It felt great to be on my hands and knees in the dirt whisking away the weeds and ripping through the job. My mum would have been proud to see how fast we all got the job done (yes and maybe a little shocked seeing as I'm not known for my love of weeding). Margot was right - it looked heaps better and makes you feel very good to be on top on the cleanliness/hygiene factor.
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| Margot gave our group a tour of the orchids in the nursery. |
After this it was up to the top shade houses to fertilise the cymbidium orchids. Some of them were quite pot bound so finding a tiny bit of soil to put the fertliser in was tricky at times. The PPE for here included gloves and masks if we were sensitive to breathing in the fertiliser fumes. We made sure to replace all the left over fertiliser. Lastly we were rewarding with a tour of the beautiful orchids in the main nursery. Some of the colours and variations were amazing. I know little about orchids but am getting more fascinated the more I learn.
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