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Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Raised beds have many advantages for your gardening business at home: you can go back, the plants grow better because the number of additional nutrients and heat the soil and is easier to protect against worms ate.

High performance is mainly due to lower levels of the soil, composed of yard waste such as branches and leaves. The decomposition process recently raised beds filled to generate heat and soil temperature has increased significantly from 5.8 degrees centigrade. The plants grow faster and longer growing season. Second, if the package of many nutrients free extra fertilizer can be removed in order. An extra boost of nutrients in the package is full of carbon dioxide emitted, rising slowly into the soft soil as nutrients for other plants is important.

The best time to create a raised bed, is the fall or spring. First create the database. "It is easy to gardening, if the bed up to 80-120 cm and 130 cm in width. The length depends on personal preference, but also the stability of construction materials. A minimum of 200 -250 cm is recommended for the interior of the Earth to modify and remove manure from the comfort of indoors. Note, however, that the side walls and fold more easily and may need to be reinforced with piles. Enter the word in all sectors of growth of about 25 cm deep, or the first shot and then dig four wooden poles in the corners.

Construction material: free choice

Most people use a heavy wooden planks that are attached with screws to the outside poles. Suitable are oak and locust, and various tropical timber, but had to come anyway, certified forests. pine or fir at low prices only appropriate when it meets. Stein is also an excellent career building materials. It is completely waterproof, rot and is relatively good, the temperature insulating properties. It also comes with a metallic material and building raised beds is possible. Suitable are, for example, galvanized corrugated steel panels that are bolted to the four wooden pillars. The profile provides a strengthening of the wave, then the tables do not break the land of hypertension. Small problem: the metal conducts heat and cold very well, then, could be delayed during the cold months, the process of putrefaction.

The care of plants raised bed
If the plant remains in the raised bed to rot down slowly to the ground. Therefore, we have before each compost plant replacement. They need five or six years should be replaced completely fill the beet. The organic matter is completely decomposed at the time and has almost all the nutrients to crops. The old world is good and humus can be used to improve the soil in the garden or perennial border can be used.

Pour the bed during the summer of abundance and regularity. Thank you to its flexible structure, the earth dries faster than normal garden. Tip: The bed should be placed within reach of a hose. Then the water is not easy and you take a shower.

Cons snails are raised beds have proven to be a parasite. Just click on the top two or device, an edge corner mounting in steel and baby vegetables in front of the safety of hungry reptiles.

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