After planting

Thanks to my helper, romaine lettuce, bunching onions and chives are finally planted in the JRHS garden.

Before planting

Lettuce survived outside last night despite the frigid air . JRHS's Haden gardens provide a microclimate where tender plants are protected.

Bunching onions and lettuce in#jrhsgarden

JRHS greenhouse plants

They're baaaaaaaaaack! Greenhouse whiteflies are back in business. They are attacking our peppers and tomatoes!

Room 402 Mr Pepin indoor garden

JRHS Ressource students helping move plants

Our ressource students are helping prepare the garden.

Helping plants adjust to the outdoors

Acclimatization of the greenhouse plants is very important. We are going to do this several times before transplanting them into the Haden Garden.

JRHS GREENHOUSE

Greenhouse after third whitefly treatment

Battered plant after treatment.

The white fly infestation was rathet severe. Sucking insects causing the plant to have a whitish appearance. Still infested but at a much lower rate.

Aftermath of white fly invasion

Greenhouse is cooler now. After spraying the white flies witg 2 nd treatment yesterday and having had to destroy several plants, the lower temperature is keeping the pest at bay.

White flies in greenhouse

Yesterday we spent 2 hours treating the plants with insecticidal soap.
The white flies had infested our lettuce and pepper plants.

Today the plants seem to be recovering but gradually the white flies will continue to increase in number.

Another treatment will be needed by tomorrow.