Tools and tasks in the greenhouse
Pick, tie up and check the plants, and read the sign on the door.
Key words
Read these before you listen: you will hear most of them.
la serrathe greenhouse
In serra fa caldo anche a marzo.
Feminine. L'effetto serra is the greenhouse effect.
gli ortaggivegetables (as crops)
In questa azienda coltivano ortaggi: pomodori, zucchine, insalata.
Masculine plural. Ortaggi are vegetables as grown, from l'orto, the vegetable garden; on the plate or at the market people say le verdure.
raccogliereto pick / harvest / gather
Oggi raccogliamo le pesche.
Irregular like cogliere: raccolgo, raccogli; past participle raccolto. Il raccolto is the crop itself.
la piantathe plant
Lascia le zucchine piccole sulla pianta.
Feminine. It also means a map of a town (la pianta della città) and the sole of the foot.
l'irrigazioneirrigation / watering system
L'irrigazione si accende da sola alle cinque.
Feminine, like most nouns in -zione. To water a plant by hand is annaffiare; irrigare is for fields.
calpestareto step on / trample
Attento a non calpestare i tubi.
A regular -are verb. Signs in parks say vietato calpestare le aiuole, keep off the flower beds.
il trattamentothe (crop) spraying / treatment
Ieri hanno fatto il trattamento: oggi in quel campo non si entra.
Masculine. On a farm, fare un trattamento means spraying a crop with a plant-protection product. Elsewhere it is any treatment, including medical.
Listen: Un giorno in serra
A worker shows a new colleague his tasks in a greenhouse where vegetables are grown. 5 questions; finishing them completes this step.
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