Building A Wicking Garden Bed
To construct a wicking bed you will need the following materials.
Building a wicking garden bed. There are commercial garden bed setups that use this system and in fact it is basically an oversized self-watering pot plant but it is also an easy thing to build yourself from basic supplies or recycled materials. Initially you may also need to water from the top too to fully wet the soil and start the wicking process. Pre-drill to avoid splitting and screw together with the 125mm bugle screws to create a butt joint.
Wicking beds require a lot of materials to construct and as a result they are not cheap. Position your chosen container or raised garden bed in full sun and on a level surface. We look at a simple design that shows how to build a DIY wicking garden bed using second hand galvanised iron tanks.
Long 70mm screw overflow pipe for thicker-walled beds such as timber sleepers. Use three screws evenly spaced for each join and fasten through the face of the long boards into the end of the short. Move the cell into a place where the location of the overflow pipe can be marked against the inside wall of the bed.
VEG Wicking Bed Conversion Kits option. Scoria Coarse Grade. WaterUps are recycled plastic modular units which allow you to construct a wicking bed of almost any length width shape and size.
A wicking bed is a a self-contained garden bed with a reservoir in the bottom. Using pond liner or some other non-porous material line the base and up the. I admit I am addicted to building wicking beds.
Pond liner either PVC or the more expensive butyl rubber these have very long. Theyre around 120 centimetres wide. If youd like a hand getting your wick on in your backyard then there are three main ways we can help.

