For those only over on this channel, here is some photos of the beds we just built. I'm starting with 2 and will add more later. By May I will have the overhead structure for the shade cloth built. Then to figure out my seedling area (in ground or box). Then next year I can start showing off my seedlings.

I will be adding the pine bark, sand, lime, 18-6-12 slow release, & chicken litter this week so I can start planting my new arrivals.

Bed one



Bed two

Thanx for sharing I enjoy seeing what others are doing with their seedlings. Keep those pics coming

kim

Great seedling beds!

Just awesome.

Thanks!!! Tomorrow they will start being filled with daylilies I plan to use. I'm picking up some from Fred's & I have received some in the mail already.

Have Fun!

Tink I need your lumber

What, they don't have trees in MT???!! Well, in that case you can come get it.

Oh I am so poor I can't afford the lumber but I can afford the gas to get there and back

So let me get this straight. You will put all your potted daylilies you have there in the beds in their pots?

The daylilies won't be potted, they will get planted just as if they were going into the ground. The beds are now filled with pine bark and sand. The wood is treated so it should last awhile and not rot. I think Fred's has lasted 7 or so years so far.
We don't have a well right now, it dried up years ago, so I'm trying an experiment with the watering. I have to try and save where I can on the water bill until we can get another well dug (couple of years down the road). I made drip lines out of pvc and ran it down the length of the beds; it will be hooked to the water hose.


I can turn the water on and let it do its thing and since the water comes out slowly it will save on usage. I was going to use regular soaker hoses but it was a lot cheaper buying the pvc and doing it ourselves. The reason for trying this is I didn't really want to stand around and have to water everything by hand every day. But, the main reason I wanted to try this instead of putting in a sprinkler head (which I may still do if this doesn't work the way I planned) is because it seemed to cut down on rust outbreaks when I didn't overhead water. The beds with the soaker hoses had 2 DLs last year develope rust. I had to pot up some DLs I ordered in Sept and Oct last year. These I had to overhead water and a lot of these got rust. I've read that other people have noticed this also so we will see if it helps at all.

Yes, just pine bark and sand. It's the same mixture Fred (spunky1) uses in his beds; got the idea of the beds and bark/sand from him. My regular garden beds are in ground, but in the new ones I add pine bark to the beds and till in or the old beds I started adding pine bark to the hole when I plant. If you buy plants from nurseries that's usually what is in their pots, pine bark, sand, slow release fertilizer. I have noticed that the big box store plants (small containers or trays) are more peat moss though.
Anyway, I add slow release fertilizer (osmocote 18-6-12), chicken litter (processed), alfalfa pellets, and a little bit of Epsom salt to the hole when I plant. Then once I am done planting I will top dress with more of each. It will dry out more quickly so it will be watered daily. That's why I wanted to use the drip lines. Tree roots is why Fred started using raised beds.
I would suggest soaker hoses or the flexible tubing with the misting sprayers for in ground beds if they are small beds. It's easy to twist and turn around plants and just use the landscape fabric anchors to keep them in place.

Here's a photo with most of the DLs planted (still waiting for some to be delivered) and the name tags in place. I have to give credit to Fred for all of this. I basically copied everything the way he does except my drip line experiment. It's not working the way I planned though. Since the pine bark is new and hasn't broken down yet more water goes straight out the bottom than stays in the bed. So..... I will adding the regular sprinklers with the misting heads for now.

Thanks for the ideas, they're not stupid at all!!! However, the daylilies are actually planted and not in pots so I can't go in and add anything under the mulch without digging up every daylily.