Raised beds,

Worth1 · February 4, 2007

Recently I had the pleasure of tearing out a raised bed at my house.
I didn’t like where it was so out it went.
I never could figure out why it took so much water to keep plants alive in the thing until I leveled out the soil and found that roots had invaded the bed from a nearby tree.
It was totally congested with them and they had been sucking up all of the water and nutrients from the soil.

I thought I would throw this out there in case someone else might have a similar problem.
A good root barrier might solve the problem.

Worth

February 4, 2007	#1
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Raised beds, Recently I had the pleasure of tearing out a raised bed at my house. I didn’t like where it was so out it went. I never could figure out why it took so much water to keep plants alive in the thing until I leveled out the soil and found that roots had invaded the bed from a nearby tree. It was totally congested with them and they had been sucking up all of the water and nutrients from the soil. I thought I would throw this out there in case someone else might have a similar problem. A good root barrier might solve the problem. Worth