Build the water containment system. Pond liner either pvc or the more expensive butyl rubber.
Building a wicking bed is relatively easy and can be done in your own garden without too much hassle.
How to make a wicking garden bed.
Begin by constructing your raised container.
Raised bed wicking garden step 1.
Will be making up a few more of these for our front yard so we can maximize the food production.
To construct a wicking bed you will need the following materials.
Next cover the pipe and rocks with a weed block material which.
First choose the size and shape of your raised bed as youll want your reservoir to match.
Scoria coarse grade this is a porous volcanic rock that fills the water.
Through a wicking bed container the water supply stays below the soil therefore preventing water from evaporating.
An easy water efficient gardening system for veggies herbs.
Filling the wicking bed.
Its a bit like hydroponics without the hydro.
Next line the depression with a poly liner.
Raised garden bed prefabricated steel raised garden bed or diy timber raised garden bed.
Because the water is down beneath the main roots the system promotes a strong healthy root system with the plants taking up just the right amount they need.
Build raised box container.
Next dig a hole thats the same dimensions and about one foot 30 cm deep.
Cover the pipe and rocks.
How to make an ibc wicking bed.
How to make a wicking bed.
To create an inlet to fill the reservoir position a length of slotted agricultural pipe in the base of the container and attach to a vertical pipe that extends the full.
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