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Nick



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 21 9:02 pm    Post subject: Raised beds Reply with quote
    

Now I’m 50 and can see death ahead, apparently I have to grow spinach. Or something.

I’ve acquired a very large stack of scaffolding boards to create some raised beds. Should I treat the boards? I don’t mean buying them dinner and such. They’re bare timber as far as I can tell. So. They’ll likely rot. What does the hive mind suggest? For treatment. Not for my sunset years.

gz



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 06, 21 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

If you treat them you then have to line them.....just make the beds and accept that you will have to redo them sometime

tahir



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 21 6:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

As gz says, you could use a membrane of some kind or just replace as necessary

Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 21 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Path of least resistance. Maybe they’ll out last me.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 21 9:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

scaff plank is pre treated, usually with hardcore preservatives

i use 1000gm/m visqueen as a liner, some use pond liner

poke a few holes in the base of the liner for drainage but keep soil and timber separate

Mistress Rose



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 21 9:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Even oak will rot, so just accept that you will have to replace them every so often.

If you are only 50 you are a mere whippersnapper. Gardening is one of those things that you can do at any age; we started on our own account when we got our first house in our early 20s and have been gardening ever since.

Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 21 10:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dpack wrote:
scaff plank is pre treated, usually with hardcore preservatives

i use 1000gm/m visqueen as a liner, some use pond liner

poke a few holes in the base of the liner for drainage but keep soil and timber separate


These look like bare Timber. They’re BS2482 boards, which doesn’t specify treatment and I’d guess the manufacturer would shout about it if they were treated.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 21 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

just checked the spec, they do seem to be untreated

raw= a few years
treated+liner=15 yrs plus

Nick



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 21 5:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

H&S Dpack will be pleased to know I stopped using the powered rip saw and jigsaw when I could no longer feel my fingers in the cold.

I’m going for no treatment and a few years of life. If I decide to treat them it’ll cost more time now and I’ll find something more exciting to do. Like watch the treatment dry.

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Mar 07, 21 5:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    


sgt.colon



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 21 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I lined mine with pond liner and then treated the outside of the boards with creosote. Then I topped the boards with creosote treated pallet wood.



dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 21 3:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

nice

tahir



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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 21 6:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Looks very smart

sgt.colon



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 21 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thanks guys.

Nick



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PostPosted: Wed Mar 17, 21 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Yeah. Won't be sharing mine.

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