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Planting and Maintenance

Can I plant a tree in your raised beds or planters?

Yes. Larger, deep square planters like a 4'x4'x27” or a 6'x6'x33” planter with bottoms are well suited for growing dwarf fruit trees, large shrubs like blueberries or pomegranate, and for palm and citrus trees.

For even larger trees, plant outside in a bottomless planter of any height, but provide extra drainage and soil conditioning to the soil below the planter as deep and wide as possible. Make sure your planter is wide enough to let the horizontal surface roots spread out and anchor the tree.

Follow regular tree planting instructions as you would for normal ground planting inside the bed, providing adequate drainage and good trunk position.  Plant on a mound, not in a hole. Remember to use mulch in the winter as tree roots in a raised bed are less protected from frost than roots in the ground.

Smaller planters also make beautiful containers for bonsai trees.

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Comments & Feedback – Thank You

I love my raised beds!  I ordered one and it worked out so well, I recently ordered two more. The boxes are beautiful, my first one even looks better than it did when it first arrived - the color has darkened to a lovely shade.  Also, I have never had such incredibly huge tomato plants.  Every one who sees them, asks me what I've done to make them so healthy.   I tell them it is the raised bed and fresh soil.  Your service is also excellent.

– Catherine F., Salinas, CA

These people make a great product. Their raised beds are ridiculously easy to assemble and install. The finished bed looks like I paid a professional to install it. The bed is perfectly straight and level and all the seams are tight. Like the previous reviewer stated, moving the boxes into the back yard and unpacking them was more of a chore than putting the bed together. I would guess it took me about 20 minutes to build a 2’ x 16’ x 11” bed. I was able to fill it and plant it that same day, and FedEx delivered it around 3pm. If you need a raised bed, I would definitely recommend this to you and know that you would be very happy that I did.

– Michael A., Georgetown, TX

I purchased some raised bed planters last March. When they arrived, I thought, "Nancy, what were you thinking?!";  I am a brown-thumbed lawyer with no time to tend a garden, and wasn't really sure I would be able to set the darned things up.  Well, I set the beds up in about 20 minutes (all three)! I have to admit, I only have one filled and planted, but I have raised a cherry tomato plant that is over six foot tall and nearly as wide as well as some bell peppers and a zucchini plant that are producing.  It has been a very fun project for me.  I may only get one bed up and operating per year, but at my age the years are zooming by anyway, so they'll all be up and running before I know it, right?

– Nancy B., San Diego, CA