Vegetables Gardening - Growing Organic Vegetables

Sounds do able but I would suggest that you pre soak the Burlap just in case the
anointed it with a sizing. I think that if you are able to submerge the buckets
in a lukewarm water until the bubbles stop that the plants will loose their grip
and slide out. As for the use of burlap itself nurserymen use burlap on trees
when the Ball up the roots for transporting the trees to market. It is called
Balled and Burlaped or B&B for short. Then they plant the tree with the burlap
because usually the roots of the tree have become one with the burlap. So your
garden application should be just fine. Let me know how it all worked out.
jeff

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From: Laszlo <laszloh@rocketmail.com>
To: Organic_Gardening@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, July 1, 2011 10:01:36 PM
Subject: [Organic_Gardening] Burlap raised beds for cucumbers

In my last posting I mentioned building raised boxes to put the cucumber plants
and cantaloupes into that I am having trouble with being in the plastic bucket
containers. However, since then I had another idea I wish to run by everyone
hoping someone has done what I am proposing and if not why not, what is the
drawback. I do not want to make any more mistakes if I don't have to. My
proposal is to make a frame around the plants with open sides which I would
cover with burlap that I would staple to the wood all the way around and I would
put weed fabric and cardboard at the bottom before I filled it in with soil. As
far as getting the plants out of the buckets, it is going to be one heck of a
task without breaking the plants that are connected to the cattle panel. So I
am thinking of cutting the buckets from top to bottom and opening them up to
remove the entire root bound plant that way. Then I would have to separate some
of the roots before I put them in the soil of the raised bed. I am making worm
casting tea to use tomorrow so that I can possibly revive them a little before I
start yanking them around.

I am looking for input regarding the use of burlap for the walls of the bed. I
know that in time they decompose but for the small price I can add a new wall
using the burlap again. Lowe's has the roll of burlap 3ft x 24ft out of which I
could make four 1'6" high x 2' wide x 4' long raised beds. The wood posts I
already have all I have to do is assemble them and staple the burlap all the way
around it.

The thought came to me that burlap would let the air into it and water out of
it. It seems like a good idea to me, unless someone can give me feedback as to
why it is not such a good idea.

I would like to thank everyone for their feedback in advance.

Laszlo
Zone 7b, Raleigh, NC

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