When is it the right choice?

Which soil goes into the raised bed?

It always depends on which plants should grow in the raised bed. If flowers are cultivated, is Potting soil of course the right choice.
The soil for flowers contains organic and mineral components such as:

• humus
• peat
• sand
• volume
• Fibrous materials made of wood or coconut
• fertilizer

The earth is loose and ideally large-pored so that air and water can be stored. The structure of the potting soil is designed in such a way that the plants have a good hold in it and do not fall over.

Vegetables in the raised bed

Growing vegetables in the raised bed is a particularly practical thing, because you can garden while standing, there is no need to bend down and the back is relieved. Preferred vegetable plants need well-fertilized, loose and nutrient-rich soil. It should store water well and let enough air into the soil.

Potting soil could not contain enough nutrients here, and there is also a lack of sand for some types of vegetables (e.g. for carrots).

However, if you know the needs of your vegetables, you can easily improve the potting soil with a little compost.
Potting soil is free from toxins and the vegetables grown in it are tasty and edible.

Growing vegetables from seeds in a raised bed

Vegetables can of course also be grown from seeds. Here, however, the normal raised bed soil or the potting soil will be too heavily fertilized. The special one is suitable for sowing Potting soil much better; significantly better.

This special soil is finely crumbly and contains almost no fertilizer. Once the seeds have sprouted, they need nutrients and water. To get all of this, they develop strong roots. This happens better in a nutrient-poor soil than in a fertilized one.

So if you want to sow, put a layer of potting soil in the raised bed and then fertilize as soon as the seedlings develop their second or third leaf. It can also be preferred in separate pots and then the young plants can be transplanted into the raised bed.