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Can I put turf in new vegetable trug?

mummy greenfingersmummy greenfingers Posts: 2
in Fruit & veg
Hi I was given a vegetable trug for my birthday in January and have been using time at home to set it up to use.   Have also taken up some of my lawn to make a wild flower bed.  Just wondering if I can put some of the turf into the bottom of the vegetable trug before adding further soil and compost.  

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Yes - providing the turf is well shorn, and you have enough depth in the trug.
    Also - it may depend on what you're growing.
    I'd also make sure you turn it upside down - ie grass side down, and also line the trug with plastic to prevent excess rotting.
    I presume these trugs have drainage holes too?
    It's good practice to make sure those don't get clogged up.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Bit confused by this, a trug is a small basket, woven here in Sussex, (you can get plastic ones) that you carry your garden tools or pickings in.
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