How to put it on correctly

A raised bed made of sturdy and high-quality wood beautifies every garden with its natural flair and is easy to implement when setting up a greenhouse. Many garden owners who have had one of these practical attachment options for a long time, remodel your raised bed afterwards with Glass or foilby merely providing them with a solid roof structure, as we have already seen from the Cold frames know, retrofit.

Benefits of raised beds at a glance

In combination with flat beds, raised beds allow particularly versatile design options for the greenhouse interior that match the planting. They can be included in the planning for a new building, but can also be built in at a later date. And the many advantages are quickly convincing:

• at usual Working heights between 70 and 100 cm fatigue-free and body-friendly gardening is possible;
• Income in the raised bed are two to three times as high as in traditional cultivation in a classic flat bed at ground level;
• Due to the multi-layered structure of the floor in the raised bed, it is easier to replace all or only the upper components;
• Pest infestation in the raised bed, for example from snails, is reduced and reduces the use of pesticides;
• better design options through the use of individual designs and materials (natural stone, masonry, wood, gabions) for a raised bed in a greenhouse;

Planting options for raised beds

The common practice, if only because of the higher yields, is mainly the cultivation of vegetables. With the appropriate height of the roof structure, radishes, beans and winter vegetables, tomatoes and Pole cucumbers through to the low-growing mini fruit trees, almost all common species and even exotic plants plant. Depending on your needs, you can either sow the seeds directly or plant the bed with young plants. Optimal for growth and uniform Light outputwhen the larger plants are more towards the center and the smaller ones on the edge.

Good soil for the highest yields

With a raised bed in the greenhouse, not only higher yields are achieved. The plants ripen faster, so that over the year one Multiple cultivation is possible, because the space for a new sowing is available much faster.