Raised Self Watering Garden Beds

Timers can be adjusted to water every day during the warmest months of the year or less often depending on rain and other weather conditions.

Raised self watering garden beds. There are commercial raised wicking beds self watering containers and container gardens on the market which are convenient for those who want instant gratification but for those of us on a. We have really enjoyed the raised garden bed. Self watering pots have been around for decades and are based o the principle of sub irrigation where the water supply sits below the. 2 m x 1 m container with protective cover self watering.

Don t use garden soil or a heavy potting soil in your raised garden. Building sip raised beds. You can also buy potting soil specifically formulated for self watering planters. After years of testing i m ready to share the most important elements that every self watering wicking bed needs to have in it.

I ve grown tired of incomplete or even faulty tutorials. I can t keep silent any longer. Inconsistent watering causes seeds and seedlings to dry out and die and it stresses established plants which invites pests and diseases. Self watering wicking bed design principles.

With the newer simpler shaped bed the self watering does seem to work. Vegepod raised garden bed kit large 78 7 in. Vegepod raised garden bed self watering container garden kit with protective cover easily elevated to waist height 10 years warranty large vegepod 4 5 out of 5 stars 29 459 00 459. A wicking bed is a self watering raised garden bed and even though the design is a relatively new innovation that is catching the attention of many produce gardeners worldwide it is essentially nothing more than a large scale version of a self watering pot.

Use a light fluffy soilless blend that will retain moisture without compacting or becoming waterlogged. So much in fact that we built a second matching bed to increase our gardening space.