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Raised Beds - What to use? [merged]

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    #32
    OldGoat
    Registered Users Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    arse..biscuits wrote: »
    Heres the raised bed I built
    I put that plastic sheet underneath to stop weeds coming up through.
    Only some salad in it at the moment as it was only built recently. <Snip>
    Was the timber pre-treated when you bought it?
    Love the scarecrows behind it. :)

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



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    #33
    arse..biscuits
    Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭arse..biscuits


    No, we had a half a bucket of it lying around so used that.

    Those scare crows do nothing :mad:


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    #34
    r3nu4l
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    Did you pole holes in the plastic sheet to allow water to drain through? I didn't put anything under my raised beds, thankfully everything is growing well in them and we've removed all (I think) of the caterpillars from the cabbages... :mad:


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    #35
    arse..biscuits
    Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭arse..biscuits


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    Did you pole holes in the plastic sheet to allow water to drain through? I didn't put anything under my raised beds, thankfully everything is growing well in them and we've removed all (I think) of the caterpillars from the cabbages... :mad:

    I didn't put any holes in it, I figured the water can drain away at the sides. It's my first time doing this and I'm no expert so it's trial and error. I've since heard that laying down news papers is good as they will mulch after some time.


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    #36
    GetGrowing
    Registered Users Posts: 10 ✭GetGrowing


    There's a good discussion about the pros and cons of raised beds here:

    http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/20/on-a-level-the-early-days-of-my-on-the-contour-raised-bed-garden/


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    Ballylad
    Registered Users Posts: 162 ✭✭Ballylad


    Hi,
    I am putting up raised beds in poliytunnel, grass was killed off, should I put down plastic over the area and put raised beds on top or dig area where raised beds are going before putting in the raised beds. Beds will be filled to 34cm with topsoil/compost mixture. Any suggestions much appreciated


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    #38
    Harry Palmr
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    Just dig over the area the bed will cover, some crops will need to grow down as well as up even if the beds are over a foot high. Not sure why you'd think to cover the area in plastic - the beds would be denied a source of nutrients from below while risk being flooded from above!

    (epic thread bump by the way!)


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