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Polytunnel - what type of beds

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  • 14-04-2020 11:55am
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    Nutty Nutritionist
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭


    I'm considering purchasing a 4x3 Polytunnel and am a complete beginner to gardening.

    Wondering if anyone can recommend what I will need inside. Should I have raised beds on legs, or ground level raised beds.

    Any recommendations on how to set it up would be great.

    Thanks


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    Hocus Focus
    Registered Users Posts: 754 ✭✭✭Hocus Focus


    Ground level raised beds, one plank high, would be best. I thought that two plank high ones would be easier on my back, but not really, and they require twice as much material to fill them. Also twice as much digging when it comes time to refresh them.


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    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    As your indoors I'd not be spending time and money knocking up raised beds, the best approach is to measure out your growing areas, mark with string lines and sticks then dig channels around these areas throwing the earth into them and hey presto you'll have the start of raised beds.

    Basically like this

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    Nutty Nutritionist
    Registered Users Posts: 76 ✭✭Nutty Nutritionist


    Thats a good idea. I might do that on one side and raised beds on the other. Thank you.


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