I got the 6x3x2. I plan on ordering a second one right away. Plus we're gonna do two of the 8ft now on the other side. How much soil do you need? ALOT. Somewhere around 15x 40lb bags. So be prepared for that. This is not going to fill up easily. We're talking two feet deep and it's big. You can fill it with logs and shredded paper at the bottom layer if you don't have straw.
Pros:
Cheap but not too cheap(and yes, there is cheaper)
Metal so it will never rot
Sturdy once you've got every screw in place
The increased depth makes it possible to grow anything in it
Holds a HUGE amount of crops by square foot gardening methods
Looks beautiful. Can't complain when it looks this good for sheet metal.
Wing nuts makes this job easy, no socket required to hold the nuts.
Rubber ribbing that fits the top comes with it if you want it installed, it's not on in my pictures. If you need to replace it, it's the same stuff used as ,"car door protector u shape rubber seal."
Cons:
Cheaper than the big brands that come with crazy angle brackets and crossmembers and riser blocks so there's not a tremendous amount of quality from this.
The stakes that come with it are garbage. Get some round head plastic stakes and drive them into the peg holes on the corners or this thing is going to fly away out in a field if it's not densely filled.
Layer your soil like pictured.
1)Throw down cardboard, not plastic underneath this thing. Lots and lots of cardboard. Plastic will break down and turn into muck, you don't want that. Just use degradeable cardboards. If you ever have to remove this bed, you can just drag it all out. No picking up plastic pieces.
2)Take round 2 inch logs or branches and layer them everywhere so this thing drains. Do not put soil on the bottom of this raised bed!!! The bed will shift and raise up above the soil line and look stupid with time.
3)Add sticks, lots of sticks of all shapes and sizes or straw. If you don't have straw, use shredded paper mulch like I do. This creates an air layer that will break down with time but allows air and water travel at the start of an ecosystem.
4)Add composted manure(it is way cheaper than bagged soil and has a nice sand mix to it, to fill this thing with topsoil would be quite alot of money)
5)Add your own compost(the clumpier the better)
6)Add garden soil
7)Top with topsoil and vermiculite, pack it gently with a 2x4. Don't fill your bed with ,"potting," soil or the sides will collapse in wind or your plants will fall out from soft root systems, just the top layer should be topsoil. Spread mulch over this as your plants come up.(optional, some people like to see the topsoil)
Tip, never empty this bed. You'll destroy whatever ecosystem you've built. If your soil looks dead then remove final crop of plants, remove one to two inches of soil and throw it into your compost. Replace that same depth with fresh soil. If you're using this as a raised bed for ferns and flowers, use your flower mix in place of garden soil. If you don't want to remove any soil in the future, use a powdered water soluble fertilizer and you're done.
Raised beds are alot easier than digging ever was.
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This Item  Best Choice Products 6x3x2ft Outdoor Metal Raised Garden Bed, Deep Root Box Planter for Vegetables, Flowers, Herbs, and Succulents w/ 269 Gallon Capacity - Dark Green |  |  |  |  |  | |
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| Sold By | Best Choice Products Inc | Best Choice Products Inc | Best Choice Products Inc | Best Choice Products Inc | Best Choice Products Inc | Best Choice Products Inc |
| material | Alloy Steel, Metal, Rubber | Alloy Steel, Metal, Rubber | Alloy Steel, Metal, Rubber | Alloy Steel, Metal, Rubber | Alloy Steel, Metal, Rubber | Metal |
| number of pieces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| shape | Rectangular | Rectangular | Rectangular | Rectangular | Rectangular | Oval |
| mounting type | Floor Standing | Floor Standing | Floor Standing | Floor Standing | Floor Standing | Floor Standing |
| finish type | Powder Coated | Powder Coated | Powder Coated | Powder Coated | Powder Coated | Powder Coated |
| assembly required | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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Sturdy, Great Comfortable Height, Good Price
We added a bunch of these planters along the side of our big, pretty industrial looking, shop building. They have added a lot of space to grow herbs, flowers, and veggies as well as a lot of beauty to an otherwise not very attractive spot on our property. The beds are well made with much stouter metal sheets than I was expecting for the price. They were well packed for shipping and arrived with no damage at all. They are not hard to assemble, but it is much easier with two people and a power screwdriver. Doable with one person and by hand, but if you are assembling 9 of them, that would take a while. The most time consuming part, like others have mentioned, is getting the parts out of their packaging. This seems like something the company could easily fix. Prying every wing nut and bolt free from it's sticky shrink wrap and having to peel the plastic coating off each metal sheet takes about half of the total time of assembling. While the bubble wrap between sheets that is already there would prevent scratching and putting the hardware in a bag that does not require prying every little piece loose would cut the time to assemble in half while not detracting from anything else. Other than that factor, assembly was quite simple. They are quite sturdy once all the bolts are tightened. We filled with cardboard, then small branches, then a mix of topsoil and well rotted wood chips. We made sure to fill in layers, watering and semi compacting each layer carefully so as to not push any of the sides out of square as we went, but it seemed like that would be fairly hard to do with how sturdy the assembled box is. The finished beds are a wonderful height for working in without bending. They are big and deep enough (we have 6'x3'x2' beds) to hold moisture pretty well, even in our dry climate, so constant watering is not required. So far, in their first year, they look like they are holding up in like new condition and we expect to get many years and probably a lifetime of use from these beds. We are more than happy with the purchase and would buy more if we ever need beds in another location.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022
Pros:
Cheap but not too cheap(and yes, there is cheaper)
Metal so it will never rot
Sturdy once you've got every screw in place
The increased depth makes it possible to grow anything in it
Holds a HUGE amount of crops by square foot gardening methods
Looks beautiful. Can't complain when it looks this good for sheet metal.
Wing nuts makes this job easy, no socket required to hold the nuts.
Rubber ribbing that fits the top comes with it if you want it installed, it's not on in my pictures. If you need to replace it, it's the same stuff used as ,"car door protector u shape rubber seal."
Cons:
Cheaper than the big brands that come with crazy angle brackets and crossmembers and riser blocks so there's not a tremendous amount of quality from this.
The stakes that come with it are garbage. Get some round head plastic stakes and drive them into the peg holes on the corners or this thing is going to fly away out in a field if it's not densely filled.
Layer your soil like pictured.
1)Throw down cardboard, not plastic underneath this thing. Lots and lots of cardboard. Plastic will break down and turn into muck, you don't want that. Just use degradeable cardboards. If you ever have to remove this bed, you can just drag it all out. No picking up plastic pieces.
2)Take round 2 inch logs or branches and layer them everywhere so this thing drains. Do not put soil on the bottom of this raised bed!!! The bed will shift and raise up above the soil line and look stupid with time.
3)Add sticks, lots of sticks of all shapes and sizes or straw. If you don't have straw, use shredded paper mulch like I do. This creates an air layer that will break down with time but allows air and water travel at the start of an ecosystem.
4)Add composted manure(it is way cheaper than bagged soil and has a nice sand mix to it, to fill this thing with topsoil would be quite alot of money)
5)Add your own compost(the clumpier the better)
6)Add garden soil
7)Top with topsoil and vermiculite, pack it gently with a 2x4. Don't fill your bed with ,"potting," soil or the sides will collapse in wind or your plants will fall out from soft root systems, just the top layer should be topsoil. Spread mulch over this as your plants come up.(optional, some people like to see the topsoil)
Tip, never empty this bed. You'll destroy whatever ecosystem you've built. If your soil looks dead then remove final crop of plants, remove one to two inches of soil and throw it into your compost. Replace that same depth with fresh soil. If you're using this as a raised bed for ferns and flowers, use your flower mix in place of garden soil. If you don't want to remove any soil in the future, use a powdered water soluble fertilizer and you're done.
Raised beds are alot easier than digging ever was.
Size: 6x3x2ftColor: GrayVerified Purchase
Everything I wanted and more. Not the most expensive, but better than the cheapest.
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022
I got the 6x3x2. I plan on ordering a second one right away. Plus we're gonna do two of the 8ft now on the other side. How much soil do you need? ALOT. Somewhere around 15x 40lb bags. So be prepared for that. This is not going to fill up easily. We're talking two feet deep and it's big. You can fill it with logs and shredded paper at the bottom layer if you don't have straw.Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022
Pros:
Cheap but not too cheap(and yes, there is cheaper)
Metal so it will never rot
Sturdy once you've got every screw in place
The increased depth makes it possible to grow anything in it
Holds a HUGE amount of crops by square foot gardening methods
Looks beautiful. Can't complain when it looks this good for sheet metal.
Wing nuts makes this job easy, no socket required to hold the nuts.
Rubber ribbing that fits the top comes with it if you want it installed, it's not on in my pictures. If you need to replace it, it's the same stuff used as ,"car door protector u shape rubber seal."
Cons:
Cheaper than the big brands that come with crazy angle brackets and crossmembers and riser blocks so there's not a tremendous amount of quality from this.
The stakes that come with it are garbage. Get some round head plastic stakes and drive them into the peg holes on the corners or this thing is going to fly away out in a field if it's not densely filled.
Layer your soil like pictured.
1)Throw down cardboard, not plastic underneath this thing. Lots and lots of cardboard. Plastic will break down and turn into muck, you don't want that. Just use degradeable cardboards. If you ever have to remove this bed, you can just drag it all out. No picking up plastic pieces.
2)Take round 2 inch logs or branches and layer them everywhere so this thing drains. Do not put soil on the bottom of this raised bed!!! The bed will shift and raise up above the soil line and look stupid with time.
3)Add sticks, lots of sticks of all shapes and sizes or straw. If you don't have straw, use shredded paper mulch like I do. This creates an air layer that will break down with time but allows air and water travel at the start of an ecosystem.
4)Add composted manure(it is way cheaper than bagged soil and has a nice sand mix to it, to fill this thing with topsoil would be quite alot of money)
5)Add your own compost(the clumpier the better)
6)Add garden soil
7)Top with topsoil and vermiculite, pack it gently with a 2x4. Don't fill your bed with ,"potting," soil or the sides will collapse in wind or your plants will fall out from soft root systems, just the top layer should be topsoil. Spread mulch over this as your plants come up.(optional, some people like to see the topsoil)
Tip, never empty this bed. You'll destroy whatever ecosystem you've built. If your soil looks dead then remove final crop of plants, remove one to two inches of soil and throw it into your compost. Replace that same depth with fresh soil. If you're using this as a raised bed for ferns and flowers, use your flower mix in place of garden soil. If you don't want to remove any soil in the future, use a powdered water soluble fertilizer and you're done.
Raised beds are alot easier than digging ever was.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2024
Size: 6x3x2ftColor: GrayVerified Purchase
We added a bunch of these planters along the side of our big, pretty industrial looking, shop building. They have added a lot of space to grow herbs, flowers, and veggies as well as a lot of beauty to an otherwise not very attractive spot on our property.
The beds are well made with much stouter metal sheets than I was expecting for the price. They were well packed for shipping and arrived with no damage at all. They are not hard to assemble, but it is much easier with two people and a power screwdriver. Doable with one person and by hand, but if you are assembling 9 of them, that would take a while. The most time consuming part, like others have mentioned, is getting the parts out of their packaging. This seems like something the company could easily fix. Prying every wing nut and bolt free from it's sticky shrink wrap and having to peel the plastic coating off each metal sheet takes about half of the total time of assembling. While the bubble wrap between sheets that is already there would prevent scratching and putting the hardware in a bag that does not require prying every little piece loose would cut the time to assemble in half while not detracting from anything else. Other than that factor, assembly was quite simple.
They are quite sturdy once all the bolts are tightened. We filled with cardboard, then small branches, then a mix of topsoil and well rotted wood chips. We made sure to fill in layers, watering and semi compacting each layer carefully so as to not push any of the sides out of square as we went, but it seemed like that would be fairly hard to do with how sturdy the assembled box is.
The finished beds are a wonderful height for working in without bending. They are big and deep enough (we have 6'x3'x2' beds) to hold moisture pretty well, even in our dry climate, so constant watering is not required. So far, in their first year, they look like they are holding up in like new condition and we expect to get many years and probably a lifetime of use from these beds. We are more than happy with the purchase and would buy more if we ever need beds in another location.
The beds are well made with much stouter metal sheets than I was expecting for the price. They were well packed for shipping and arrived with no damage at all. They are not hard to assemble, but it is much easier with two people and a power screwdriver. Doable with one person and by hand, but if you are assembling 9 of them, that would take a while. The most time consuming part, like others have mentioned, is getting the parts out of their packaging. This seems like something the company could easily fix. Prying every wing nut and bolt free from it's sticky shrink wrap and having to peel the plastic coating off each metal sheet takes about half of the total time of assembling. While the bubble wrap between sheets that is already there would prevent scratching and putting the hardware in a bag that does not require prying every little piece loose would cut the time to assemble in half while not detracting from anything else. Other than that factor, assembly was quite simple.
They are quite sturdy once all the bolts are tightened. We filled with cardboard, then small branches, then a mix of topsoil and well rotted wood chips. We made sure to fill in layers, watering and semi compacting each layer carefully so as to not push any of the sides out of square as we went, but it seemed like that would be fairly hard to do with how sturdy the assembled box is.
The finished beds are a wonderful height for working in without bending. They are big and deep enough (we have 6'x3'x2' beds) to hold moisture pretty well, even in our dry climate, so constant watering is not required. So far, in their first year, they look like they are holding up in like new condition and we expect to get many years and probably a lifetime of use from these beds. We are more than happy with the purchase and would buy more if we ever need beds in another location.
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