The top 10 best plants for a raised bed

Raised beds can now be found in many gardens. But which plants are best suited for growing in raised beds? Find out more here.

Raised beds are trendy. It does not matter whether they are made of stone in the garden or are made of wood and can be placed mobile and individually using rollers. And this horticultural fad has a clear advantage: it heats up by raising the root space This is faster in raised beds in summer and so you can achieve higher yields than when growing in Bed. In winter, however, the unwanted cold also moves in more quickly and can therefore lead to frost damage. But which plants are particularly suitable for growing in raised beds? We will get to the bottom of this question below.

Planting a raised bed: making the right choice

In order to be able to achieve good yields in a raised bed, the selection of plants (regardless of whether vegetables, herbs or even fruit) can be made according to various criteria. Of course, the height of the plants is crucial, because with tall crops, care measures and the harvest can quickly become difficult. In addition, not all plants get along equally well in such a small space and the nutritional requirements of the individual cultures can also be decisive for the selection. So it makes sense to always grow plants with a high nutrient requirement if the last change of the substrate was not too long ago.

In the first year of life of a raised bed, so-called heavy eaters like money, Carrots or Strawberries be cultivated. A good option for the plant combination in the raised bed is to grow both plants with less nutritional needs and those that need a high supply of nutrients. In addition, a partial change of the substrate in the raised bed - at least in the upper 30 cm - is optimal at the beginning of each gardening season in spring. In addition, some herbs are suitable, such as the aromatic one hyssop or lavender good for growing in raised beds, because the essential oils they contain can counteract infestation with animal plant pests.

Criteria for the selection of suitable plants

• Height and space requirements
• Nutritional requirements
• Compatibility with other plants
• Positive effect against pest infestation (herbs)
• Winter hardiness

The following products have proven themselves in our raised beds:

• Floragard Universal Organic Raised Bed Soil: Peat-reduced special soil for ecological gardening in raised beds, the fertilizer Flora Bio-Mix ensures rich harvests and vital plants.
• Floragard organic soil delicious: Peat-free organic special soil, suitable for tomatoes, courgettes, aubergines and other fruit vegetables.
• Floragard Mulch pine bark:Decorative mulch made from pure pine bark, protects plants from frost and cold, naturally suppresses weed growth.

Plants in the raised bed: the 10 top plants

From vegetables to herbs to fruit: Due to their specific properties, these 10 plants are particularly suitable for growing in raised beds. Which plants in combination they then get along with and make sense, of course, has to be considered elsewhere.

salad
Whether lettuce, radiccio, lollo rosso or iceberg: the leafy green is particularly suitable for growing in raised beds, as it grows quickly and quickly leads to yields. In addition, lettuce does not have too high a need for nutrients and so does not deplete the very limited substrate in the raised bed. In addition, lettuce is highly compatible with other plants in the raised bed.

zucchini
zucchini have a very spreading growth and therefore require a lot of space in the bed. When planting in the raised bed, the zucchini plants can be placed on the edge so that they hang down on the sides. The rapid warming of the earth in the raised bed also favors the growth of the heat-loving zucchini.

Real hyssop
hyssop is a Mediterranean herb with particularly high levels of essential oils. In this way you can bring seasoning into the kitchen, but also keep unpleasant pests away from the bed. Aphids or Snails are driven away by the intense smells, for example, and so the pressure of certain pests in the raised bed can be kept low even without the use of pesticides.

MediterraneanHerbs
In general, Mediterranean herbs can like rosemary, basil, thyme or lavender can be grown in raised beds. In summer they look forward to the additional warmth. However, wintering the cold-sensitive plants can be difficult under certain circumstances. Just as the earth warms up faster in summer, the cold also finds its way more easily into the raised bed in winter when temperatures are permanently frozen.

tip: For an optimal supply of nutrients to the plants in the raised bed, a primarily organic long-term fertilizer like ours is suitable Plantura organic universal fertilizer outstanding. This gently releases its nutrients to the plants over a period of three months and stimulates the soil activity in your raised bed over the long term.

Strawberries
Strawberries can also be cultivated successfully in raised beds - and that over a period of several years. Since they also diligently form runners, they are very easy to propagate yourself. A little fun fact: from a botanical point of view, the strawberry is not a berry at all, but a so-called collective nut fruit. A real berry, on the other hand, is the tomato.

Onions
They make you cry when you peel the onion, but in some dishes they just can't be missing. Therefore it is more than justified that these leek plants find a place in the raised bed. Relatively early in the gardening year (March) they are planted in the ground and only harvested in autumn when the foliage dries up. Although they take up a long space in the raised bed, they are also relatively sure to lead to a successful harvest.

Tagetes
Popularly the Tagetes also known as marigold. At first glance, this ornamental plant does not have any other usefulness besides the bright orange or yellow flowers that powerfully adorn the garden. However, you can reduce small roundworms, so-called nematodes, which attack various plants and thus lead to crop failures and reduced vitality. Tagetes secrete toxic substances to the small worms, which are only visible under the microscope, and thus cause them to die.

Swiss chard
From the Swiss chard The leaves are used, but botanically it belongs to the beet and is therefore related to sugar beet, beetroot and Co. Chard must be watered regularly when growing in the bed. However, since only individual leaves are removed during harvest, it can remain there all summer and can be harvested again and again. This saves growing new plants and the space in the raised bed is used permanently.

Carrots
Of course they are also suitable Carrotsto grow in the raised bed. In this case, too, the additional warmth in the raised bed helps to shorten the cultivation time and lead to an early harvest. However, care must be taken that the raised bed is deep enough and that the carrots have enough space to develop the orange-colored beet, which is in the interest of cultivation.

With this top 10 you can do your too Successfully plant the raised bed. Basically, almost all plants are suitable for growing in a raised bed. Depending on why the plant should find a place in the raised bed, a few questions should be asked before making a selection. Any gaps that arise can always be filled quickly, however, and spontaneity and improvisation experience has shown that gardening in raised beds provides additional fun and unexpected Sense of achievement.