soil/compost ratio

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    the garden gnome Gardener

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    Just wondering what's the best ratio of topsoil to compost for raised beds

    Any pointers???????
     
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    In my opinion it depends on a few things. What are you going to grow in the beds, Flowers??, Vegetables??? Also what sort of soil is it you want to use, Sandy?, Loamy?, Clay??. I have sandy soil but even so I add grit when growing flowers to help the drainage and the soil compacting. But I wouldn't use grit if I was growing veg like Carrots or Leeks.:snork:
     
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    Will be veg, what sort of ratio 50/50 was what I was thinking
     
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    We have a lot of veg experts on GC, some of who use raised beds.........so, hopefully, some on them will give you advice on that......but 50/50 sounds reasonable to me, but then I'm a flower man!!:snork:
     
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