Growing vegetables on a slope
VegWill
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We have just taken on a rather neglected allotment. Our plan is to clear the plot in sections starting from the entrance. This first section is quite sloping and I am wondering whether it will affect my plants?
My partner thinks it won't matter, I beleive we will need to build some kind of terracing. Maybe from logs or scaffold boards.
Please share your thoughts.
Thank you
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Unless you are half haggis I'd build terracing.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
For the non Caledonians amongst us
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_haggis
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
Vineyards are usually on a slope
, but of course that's not a veg!
Depends on how much it slopes, and in which direction.
If there's a slight slope along the length of the allotment, and you grow in rows across the slope, it will work like terracing and won't be a problem.
However if you grow in rows along the direction of the slope that may be more of a problem.
Presumably yours isn't the only allotment with a slope on the site - how do other allotmenteers manage theirs?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.