Grower responsibilities may include, but not be limited to: Ability to manage staff when working in your area Open and closing their area Temperature control Setting appropriate temperatures Diff Double checking equipment in morning and night and before, especially before inclement weather Adjusting during the day to clouds or sun/temperature fluctuation Controlling light-shade clothe/blackout systems/forced lights Manage fertility tanks Mixing, Calibrating, testing and adjusting Making fertility decisions When to grow/hold What type and rate pH/alkalinity & sensitivity on specific crops Iron efficient or inefficient?
Watering 3 watering checks a day Decision making
– proper timing Spotting or water full?
What is the weather?
What time is it?
Double checking greenhouse assistants (head grower and assistant grower should be training, but growers should be sure the watering is done appropriately) You are ultimately responsible for Everything done in your area; Right, or wrong Checking roots for salts and disease (E.C.) Scouting/Monitoring disease/insects/unsuitable growth Spraying/drenching Insecticides/Miticides/Fungicides/PGR’s Cleanliness of range Rolling hoses up, cleaning sidewalks, organizing shelves/flagging material, leftover pots, flats in aisle, etc.
Sterilizing/disinfecting between crops Weed prevention and control Grading crop/pulling out dead or runts Pulling orders In communication with stores about outages or substitutions Knowing when things are green, ripe, rotten.
Motive is to ship only the ripe material Holding or flagging presold material Inventory Ability to multitask or accomplish many of these tasks simultaneously.
Take notes in journal and allow production coordinator to file them PI208181867