Help! Raised bed - which plants at front or back?

lolly5648

I have a new raised bed 2400 x 90cm. I have the following veg in pots on the windowsill and they are ready to be planted out (I hope). I don't know which seedling go at the front and which would be better at the back.

I would be grateful for any suggestions.

4 x broccoli,
3 x ordinary cabbage
1 x savoy cabbage
1 x red cabbage
2 x brussel sprouts
1 x courgette
1 x cucumber
1 x cauliflower
6 x runner beans


The runner beans will go at the back and I am hoping to grow some peas as well and will sow them direct into the soil, probably near the back as they grow tall?? I also have some tomatoes and thought I'd put them into a growbag.

I would be grateful for any suggestions.

Lotus-eater

lolly5648 wrote: »

I have a new raised bed 2400 x 90cm. I have the following veg in pots on the windowsill and they are ready to be planted out (I hope). I don't know which seedling go at the front and which would be better at the back.

I would be grateful for any suggestions.

4 x broccoli,
3 x ordinary cabbage
1 x savoy cabbage
1 x red cabbage
2 x brussel sprouts
1 x courgette
1 x cucumber
1 x cauliflower
6 x runner beans


The runner beans will go at the back and I am hoping to grow some peas as well and will sow them direct into the soil, probably near the back as they grow tall?? I also have some tomatoes and thought I'd put them into a growbag.

I would be grateful for any suggestions.

If you mean the sun is at the front of the bed, you should put your high things like the sprouts and broc at the back. But it's not as easy as that, the courgette and cuc will grow faster than them.
Stick the beans at the back and everything else where it fits, you can't really do any planning as you just have the one bed.

lolly5648

Thanks, for some reason I assumed that broccoli and sprouts would be low growing - don't know why.

Linda32

I'd put the broc and sprouts at the back and the cuc and courgettes at the front.

ALIBOBSY

Your perhaps should look into squ foot gardening and split what you have into squares.

This year will be ok but next you will have to think about crop rotation.

Cukes and courgettes can be grow up a frame or along the ground. The only trouble with cukes on the ground is the slugs love them, but you could lift them up on straw or something simular like we do with strawberries.

ali x

We started with one raised bed and now have six plus a GH and are thinking of digging some more lawn up lol. Pots are great though, loads of plants can be grown in them to give you more psace in the bed for other stuff.

lolly5648

Thanks alibobsy, I did wonder about square foot gardening but hadn't thought (or realised) about crop rotation. Does this apply to all veggies? Do I have to keep a note of where I planted things and make sure they are not in the same bit next year or can I just add lots of new compost?

Also, silly question, where do I buy straw for the strawberries? I haven't notices any in garden centres.