Cuddy Weekend Practical
April 10,11,12, 2015
Stacey and Connor
It was a good early Friday morning for Connor and Stacey to start off a
wonderful weekend out at the Cuddy Gardens. The weekend started off by the
students doing their CLT testing. The testing consisted of corrective pruning,
and proper use of backpack blower and chainsaw equipment. Once the Training we
started working on bringing the woody plants from poly house two out of the
poly house and into the outside space. Stacey had a good pace of cleaning out
the emerging weeds and leaves that had fallen off as the deciduous plants went
dormant for the winter, while Connor placed the plants outside of the poly
house. Removing all the access from around the plant helps decrease the chance
of disease or pests to the plants.
After all the testing from the
day was done Stacey and Connor helped with the clean-up of the CLT testing
stations and taking all the materials into the tool shed. Leaving out some of
the equipment used in the testing to dry out over night before being able to
put away.
On Saturday Stacey and Conner were
lucky enough to have the company of Justin out on the ground to help them along
with the tasks to complete for the day. Students went back to the second poly
house working on getting the rest of the woody plants ready for the growing
season ahead. Sorting all the plants by plant name and facing all the label
tags to the back of the pot for people to be able to see what the plant name
is. Also sorting the deciduous plants away from the evergreen plants and
spacing them for maximum growth. Also with the spacing leaving an aisle every
forth row for workers and customers to walk down and access plants.
Nearing the end of the day finally all
of the weedy plants were out of the poly house and able to soak up some nice
sunny rays on the two warm days had this weekend. Then Connor and Justin took
down the poly covering the hoop house. Placing the wooden holders for the nails
to keep the poly on the hoop house back behind the containers neatly stacked.
The entire poly was taken away to be recycled. While this was going on Stacey
was sweeping up the inside of the hoop house of all the leaves along the ground
and underneath the perennial plants that where inside the hoop house. Also
Stacey removed all of the bait traps out of the hoop house and got rid of any
extra material still inside the trap
Another beautiful day for Stacey and Connor
to finish off their practical session on the Sunday. Nice weather with a high
reaching 17 degrees Celsius, perfect for the start of the growing season for
the woody plants brought out of the hoop house. We started the day doing a
little bit of construction. Placing some ledge stone underneath the picnic
tables brought out to the Cuddy Gardens. These stones will help secure the
tables and benches lay flat on the ground. After this was completed we went
back to the hoop houses cleaning up the dead out of the perennials. Also
watering the woody plants placed outside of the hoop house. As the lovely day
continued on Stacey and Connor took the poly off of the third hoop house and
bundled it up so it was ready to be recycled. Nearing the end of the day we
placed some pylons by the front of the classroom to let students know of the
path to take when coming in Monday morning. The coned off area is to help
redirect away from the mucky, trampled turf.
Plant Profile
Muscari armeniacum
(Grape Hyacinth)
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Asparagaceae
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Genus
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Muscari
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Species
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armeniacum
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Category
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Bulbs, Perennials
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General Description : Small blooming bulb with narrow dark
green, and panicles of violet flowers in grape like clusters.
ID characteristic: Vibrant violet colour, Petit size, grape
like flower formation.
Propagation: Can be divided from offsets or grown from seed.
In optimal growing conditions it will
self-seed, can be invasive.
Cultivation: Plant bulbs in fall, 3” down with 3” spacing.
Keep soil moist in spring, decrease water as the plant begins to die back.
Pests: No notable
pests
Notable specimens: A.
M. Cuddy Gardens, Stathroy, Ontario, Canada
References
Canada Plants. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12, 2015, from
http://www.canadaplants.ca/display.php?id=1221
Muscari armeniacum - Plant Finder. (n.d.). Retrieved April
12, 2015, from
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=q880
PlantFiles: Grape Hyacinth. (n.d.). Retrieved April 12,
2015, from http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/692/
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