This is how you prevent too much water

It doesn't work without drainage

For this reason, it is not only effective in raised beds drainage absolutely necessary - if the water drainage does not work, the bed will soon be literally under water. In order to prevent this, excess water must always be able to flow outwards - even on the beds without ground contact, such as those on a balcony or terrace. There are various possibilities.

Prevent waterlogging in raised beds that come into contact with the ground

Raised beds that come into contact with the ground are usually beds that are open at the bottom and are only separated from the garden soil by a vole wire. These beds are completely unproblematic in terms of water drainage, as long as they are well layered Raised bed acts. Such a raised compost bed is given a thick drainage layer as the bottom layer, which should never be reduced in size or left out. Even if you do not want to set up a large raised bed as a compost bed, but only want to fill it with soil, drainage is essential. For this, the bottom layers are placed in the bed:

• thick wooden blocks or logs
• coarsely chopped branches and sticks
• Wood chips

This layer should be as thick as possible - the better the drainage works. Instead of wood, you can also use stones, for example pebbles or perforated concrete blocks (so-called perforated bricks).

Prevent waterlogging in raised beds without contact with the ground

Drainage in is more problematic Raised beds without contact with the ground, for example one standing on the balcony Table bed. Here, too, the water must be able to run off to the outside, for which there are various methods. Probably the simplest is the installation of one or more drainage pipes, which are already available in small sizes (from DIN 50). The draining water can be caught in an extra vessel, for example in a bucket underneath. A drainage filter hose ensures that the drainage hole does not become clogged and thus clogged. There is also this option for small raised beds:

• Place one or more perforated boxes in the raised bed.
• Depending on the size of the box, shopping baskets or washing baskets are very suitable.
• Fill these baskets with drainage material and soil.
• Plant them.
• Lift the baskets out regularly to remove excess water.