I'll be making a seed bed at our allotment this summer, ready for use next year. Mainly information on seedbeds online seem to be about the preparation of the seedbed itself with a few extra snippets of info thrown in, here and there. Does anyone have a link in their favourites or know of a site where the subject is covered in depth for both edibles and pretties? Or is there perhaps a good book on the subject, or a book with a chapter covering seedbeds? Steve...
Yes, just for transplanting out later. As with all things gardening there is usually a mine of information about a given subject, but for seedbeds I have only found info about making them, which is not difficult to do and fairly obvious. I'm thinking there must be more to the subject than that or am I over thinking this? Steve...
That was my first thought when I read your question ... however ... if there is something to it then you are quite right you might as well start with Best Practice I "transplant" Brassica plants and Leeks. The Brassicas are raised in 9cm pots, the Leeks in polystyrene trays (like Fishmonger uses). For Leeks I need to remove all compost before planting (roots matted together), so I would want a seedbed that made removing all soil easy (for Leeks). For Brassicas I would want soil that held the rootball together. So, perhaps, no manure (tends to have large "clods" that would not release the roots), and make the bed "fairly sandy" for ease of separation of roots when you lift for transplanting? Although ... some reason not to raise in "containers" and then plant out? perhaps using a cold frame instead of seedbed ?
