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figuringitout
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Raised bed with sandy bottom...suggestion needed
Comments (3)Micro-nutrients are the elements essential to plant growth other than the 6 macro-nutrients N, P, K, Mg, Ca, S. There will likely be some micro-nutrient value in the bagged manure, which, in my experience is usually black sand. notice the decimal point in the analysis numbers on the bag. It's likely .05-.05-.05, or 5/100 of 1% of NPK. I would expect it to be similarly short on the minor elements. I would skip the perlite. Vermiculite holds water better, but breaks down over time & compacts in containers. It should be ok in raised beds, though. This is the soil in my raised beds. It is 5 years old & only just starting to show shrinkage from breaking down. By volume, it is approximately: 5 parts pine bark 2 parts sphagnum peat 1 part Turface 1 part sand It was difficult to keep watered the first year, and required lots of N in the fertilizer blend, but I haven't fertilized at all after the first year and everything grew well. It is a tremendously productive soil after the first year, & full of all kinds of soil organisms. I think you could use the bark: peat: vermiculite at 5:1or2:1 and have a very good soil. I wouldn't go too crazy mixing any sand in however. You're going to want to try to promote a water perching effect on top of the sand instead of incorporating it into the mix, which will promote drainage in raised beds. Al...See MoreRaised bed decoration suggestions?
Comments (1)Steel might work as well....See MoreSuggestions for establishing raised beds in lawn
Comments (15)I'm not sure our lawn was originally seeded as a lawn. If any seed was used, it was probably for pasture or hayfield and I don't think it has ever been fertilized or weed killers applied. Stripped sod goes into a dirt pile to decompose for other projects. But we usually only strip sod for quickly made beds without using the lasagna method and that is usually with a new perennial bed. Groundskeeper, I haven't had a problem. My best beds were built a year ahead lasagna style to a height of about 24" which settled to about 12" over the winter. Now I maintain them slightly mounded. Winter squash went into my shallow, hastily built bed but I made planting hills with composted manure and fertilizer. We had a good crop. Some tomato plants went into another shallow area and did fine (Opalka paste tomatoes). I suspect roots can pierce the paper even in the first year. I recently cleaned up my pepper patch. Some varieties are very shallow rooted but some grow tall with thick stems and deep roots that had to be dug up with a spading fork....See MoreGarden help! Should I put a path around raised garden beds?
Comments (21)Beautiful garden. I think it will be difficult to keep grass looking good around raised beds unless you have a lawn mowing company and then it will not be a problem. As' localeater' mentioned I would not use pea gravel. Seeing your beautiful garden I would not use any kind of gravel, but I think a stone path between the two beds and from the patio would look good. Of course if later you decide that that is not the place for your beds then it would look silly to have a path from the patio to the middle of your lawn. Good luck on your garden....See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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