More and more friends like to grow vegetables by themselves to meet the daily needs of the family. But for some friends, the natural conditions of their own backyard or vegetable garden may not be suitable for the growth of vegetables. For example, the light time is short, and the soil is not suitable for vegetable growth. For such friends, garden planting beds have become a good choice for them.
For those who have not built a garden planting bed by themselves, they may not know where to start for a while. Today, olle will talk to you about the 5 factors that need to be considered before building a garden planting bed. helped.
1. Dimensions of garden planting beds
The width of the garden planting bed is generally less than 1.2 meters, and the length is generally controlled at 1.8–2.4 meters. A planting bed of this size allows you to take care of all the veggies without having to step inside while planting. And it doesn't take long detours when you go from one side to the other.
The height of the garden planting bed is also very important. If your garden planting bed is placed on a concrete surface, the minimum height of the planting field should be 25–30 cm. If the bottom is land, this effect is not great.
2. Where to build the planting bed
Garden beds don't have to be in your backyard vegetable garden, they can be placed on the grass in the front yard, or on the walkway next to the garage. As long as sufficient sunlight conditions are met.
3. How to prevent ground grass from growing into garden beds
The method of weeding is actually very simple. The method I recommend is to lay a layer of cardboard where the planting bed is in contact with the ground, and then add nutrient soil to the garden planting bed. After three months or so, the grass on the ground will rot and then further decompose into mechanisms.
When weeding this way, the garden beds should be set up in the fall. This gives enough time for the grass below to rot and decompose before the spring planting of the second year is ready to use.
Using this method of weeding, you can't plant those vegetables with deep roots immediately. You can choose to plant vegetables with shallow roots, such as lettuce, spinach, amaranth, etc.
4. The choice of soil in the garden planting bed
Do not use pastoral soil dug out of the vegetable garden, which is not very permeable to water and air. Try to use more organic nutrient soil such as compost, so that the quality of vegetables grown in the future will be very high.
The more cost-effective way is to configure the soil for the garden planting bed by yourself. The simple formula is 50% pastoral soil + 50% other various organic matters, such as compost, peat soil, cow and sheep dung and so on.
The biggest cost of garden planting beds is soil, and many friends do not realize this problem. So be sure to have a rough estimate before making a garden bed.
5. How to secure a garden planting bed
After a garden planting bed has been used for a period of time, it will deform due to stress. Generally speaking, it extends from the top to the outside, which is a very normal phenomenon. The reason for this is on the one hand the pressure of the soil, and on the other hand, because the soil is wet, the wood will spread.
Therefore, it is very important to fully consider how to fix the garden planting bed in the early stage. Because it is almost impossible to think about repair work after the garden planting bed is deformed.
This is the main factor we need to consider before building a garden planting bed. In the actual building process, we need to adjust it according to our own situation. For example, some friends don't want to always bend over to work and grow vegetables, so they can raise the garden planting bed a little higher. Some friends build a small garden planting bed, so you need to consider the fixed problem. You don't want your garden planting bed to move slowly.
