Wicking Garden Beds Bunnings

It all started with a large cleared area in my small backyard and the purchase of an l shaped raised garden bed.

Wicking garden beds bunnings. Costa designed these cutting edge gardens for the family. 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. We encourage retail customers to use our click deliver or drive collect. Otherwise known as a self watering garden no not the mirage in the desert it sounds like wicking beds pull water into the soil from a reservoir below.

So let s look at the nuts and bolts of constructing a good functioning wicking bed. Check out our range of raised garden beds products at your local bunnings warehouse. Check for any protruding nails and other sharp objects either hammer them in or pull. The bed itself is an elevated timber frame and then it s lined to create a self watering wicking bed.

The plants can then decide how much to use and when. The wicking bed how to. Wicking beds actually use around 50 per cent less water than a conventional garden bed and because the water comes up from the bottom the soil at the very top of the bed remains quite dry which means weed seeds can t germinate. Or 0 4 cubic metres.

Covid 19 update to customers our metropolitan melbourne stores will remain open for trade customers only. Length of garden bed cm x width of garden bed cm x 20cm 1000 so for example a 2mx1m garden bed will take 200 100 20 1000 400l of scoria. You will need enough to fill the raised garden bed to a height of 20cm 8. Self watering pots have been around for decades and are based o the principle of sub irrigation where the water supply sits below the.

Also wicking beds are said to be more effective at sequestering atmospheric carbon than many other traditional types of garden bed set ups meaning it s a win for us and the planet. To work out the volume in litres use the following formula. The wicking bed needs to be placed in full sun and it needs to be stable so use a spirit level for that. Assemble raised garden bed in a sunny position make sure its level drill holes in 90mm pipe insert pond lining add drainage gravel and pipe make sure level and cap on one end insert compost worm farm add shade cloth add pea straw add potting mix.

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