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Advice on filling new raised veg bed

TruckerTrucker Posts: 14
in Fruit & veg

I'm having a go at vegetable growing for the 1st time.  I've built my new raised bed 6' x 3' x 14'' and filled with ready mixed veg compost.  Nothing planted yet, but should I tread over the compost to squash out some air and then top up, or should I leave it as it is and start planting?

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,036

    Leave it as it is. Most veg like soil that is loose and not compacted.

    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114
    The whole point of a raised bed is that you never tread on it. Ever. It should be a width that you can stretch from either side to the middle to cultivate and plant out.



    This makes it unsuitable for sprouts which like a compacted soil but fine for everything else.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,142
    Enjoy your veg growing Trucker. Let us know how it's going. Pics would be good image

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • TruckerTrucker Posts: 14

    Thanks everyone.  I knew you weren't supposed to tread on it once you'd started to use it.  I just wasn't sure what to do at the start.

    Wish me luck! (shame about the sprouts, but there's plenty of other stuff I can grow!)

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