Polycarbonate beds by one's own hands: technology, arrangement, scheme and recommendations

Many gardeners grow vegetables and flowers on special beds. But before them there is a question: from what to make walls of a construction that they were strong and simultaneously lungs?

Why we need beds

Creation of beds is a rather labor-intensive process. But then, in the process of using them, truck farmers are much easier to cope with all agrotechnical activities. The walls of the bed usually go deep into the ground. As a result, perennial creeping weeds can not penetrate the territory of the garden. Plants are better illuminated and warmed up. After all, the sun's rays warm not only the tops of plants, as in the garden, but also their roots through the walls of the bed. Caring for them is much easier.

Usually beds for growing vegetables need a few. Often they are placed in rows, parallel to each other. Only the distance between the beds should be large enough to work on them was convenient. They should not obscure each other.

Watering beds, you save water, which all goes into the workspace, and does not spread over the garden. It is easier to fight rodents on ridges. Working on beds, you process only their territory, and not the whole garden. This saves time and effort. Behind the barriers you can hide hoses and other inventory. And the soil because of them does not fall out on the path. It is easier to cover the bed from the frost than the plot in the garden. And the aesthetic value of beautiful beds no one canceled. It's nice to watch your plants look beautiful on them.

Horizontal beds

The beds are horizontal and vertical. The horizontal is made narrow, their height can be up to 80 cm. Traditional ones are 20 cm high. Ogorodnikov's reviews suggest that it is convenient to take care of plants at a bed height of about 40 cm. Most of the garden crops, including potatoes, are grown on such beds. Exceptions can be plants with long stems.

The height of beds depends on climatic conditions. If hot and dry weather prevails, it is better to make them low. Then the evaporation will not be so strong. High beds help get a crop of early vegetables. They are less prone to frost.

Vertical beds

They are made especially for crops that require tying to the support. They look very nice and original. The base area of such beds is small.

There are different options for the arrangement of beds. The frame for them can be bought ready. The disadvantage of this option is its cost. In addition, the size of the purchased structures does not always correspond to the size of the plot that you assigned to the beds. You can build them yourself. It will cost much less. What materials can be used for this?

To build a box apply:

• Wood is an affordable but short-lived material.
• The old slate, removed from the roof, fragile from time to time.
• Metal sheets. But ordinary quickly rust, and stainless steel is very expensive.
• It is worth paying attention to modern materials, one of which is polycarbonate.

Enclosures for beds of polycarbonate, slate are more durable and reliable than wood. They are not so actively multiplying various pathogens. They can be disinfected in case of contamination of soil or individual plants.

Properties of polycarbonate

Polycarbonate is a plastic made of polymers. It has a number of properties that make it irreplaceable for building greenhouses. Polycarbonate is transparent, light, strong enough. A very important property is flexibility at low temperatures. It can be bent, so polycarbonate beds are easy to build not only with straight walls.

You can use it to build a box for beds. Especially if they are located in greenhouses.

Polycarbonate can be chosen in different colors and structures. Cellular consists of two sheets, between which are partitions of the same material. It is convenient because the air between the layers makes the sheet warmer than the solid, solid one. And there is a profiled one.

Polycarbonate is good for use in the bed of the bed, also because it does not heat up from the sun as much as slate. Therefore, less moisture evaporates.

Additional materials

In addition to polycarbonate for the construction of beds, a profile and fastenings for joining the walls are needed. They are bought in the store along with the sheets. Polycarbonate must be cut before building a greenhouse. This can be done right in the store. Then the process of building a bed of polycarbonate will be even easier.

Creating beds

Most likely, you have to deepen the walls of the box to the ground. Therefore, the soil allocated for the greenhouse must be cleaned of all excess: stones, weeds, stumps.

When the site is ready, you can proceed with the installation of the walls. The polycarbonate itself is flexible, so it needs to be strengthened. This is done so that the wall of the box does not bend. Lay under it a corner or profile, which is buried in the ground to a depth of up to half a meter. The upper edges also need protection. It can also be made from a profile. Install a corner or profile vertically. Attach sheets of polycarbonate.

Placing beds

Polycarbonate beds can not be planned only according to where the most place is in your garden. The most famous method is the cultivation of vegetables by Mittlayer. He proved scientifically that the optimal width of the bed should be no more than 45 cm. The next 90 cm should be left on the pass between the beds. It is not necessary to think that the more polycarbonate beds are wider, the more you will harvest from them. It is at such parameters that the beds are best illuminated. It is only necessary to take into account that they must be located from Mittlayer, from the south to the north. It is with this arrangement that the beds will not cover each other from the sun's rays.

Experience shows that beds on Mittlayderu are rare. Ogorodniki are often guided by their understanding of expediency.

Not for all cultures, this amount of light is necessary. Now there is an opinion that the best option is to locate beds from east to west.

It is better to pour the paths between the beds with expanded clay or gravel. This will not allow the weeds to germinate on their territory.

Irrigation on beds

Although the illumination of plants when growing on beds increases, but water them more often than a normal garden. Therefore, installation of the drip irrigation system will be superfluous. It will feed water directly to the roots, moistening the soil. Do not be afraid of decaying roots.

Plants in the greenhouse made of polycarbonate and fencing for them

Often gardeners first build a greenhouse and only after that start thinking how to place plants there and which ones. This is a wrong approach. Even at the planning stage of the greenhouse, you need to carefully consider not only the appearance, but also the internal arrangement of the greenhouse. This type of beds (low or high), their width and mutual placement. Fences for beds in a glasshouse made of polycarbonate can be made from pieces left after its construction. And nothing will be lost, and they will turn out beautiful.

To make beds in a greenhouse made of polycarbonate with their own hands is easy. The principle of construction is the same as the usual beds in the garden. Just make a recess, fix a sheet of polycarbonate profile. Connect the pieces together with a corner or profile. Only to build them a little more tightly than in the open space.

The beds in the polycarbonate greenhouse can be ground (planting in the soil) or shelving (growing plants on special shelves). The former are much more common.

The length and width of the beds in the greenhouse is determined by its size. Most often, two or three beds are built. Their width does not exceed 1.2 m. Otherwise it will be difficult to work on them.

After the construction of beds in a greenhouse made of polycarbonate, the arrangement of them consists in introducing soil, fertilizing, planting plants.

Variants of placement of beds in a greenhouse made of polycarbonate:

• Two beds, passages crosswise.
• Two beds with a passage in the middle.
• Three beds in parallel.
• One wide (up to 3 m) and two narrow (up to 1 m) along the edges.

If you are going to harvest a harvest, you are going to a wheelbarrow, then you need it to pass freely along the aisle.

Pay attention to the material, which settles the passage between the beds. The coating should not be slippery, especially when water gets on it. It should be convenient for him to walk by himself and move the wheelbarrow. You can make it from an old brick or gravel.