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Vegepod Raised Garden Bed Kits Questions & Answers
66 questions from our users
Hello,
We received our Vegepod a few weeks ago and love it. Dwarf beans, salad etc are growing well but because we use our water butt could we please have some idea how often to water.
Anne - UK
My vegepod is not thriving
Tomato leaves turning yellow
Strawberries not fruiting
Spinach not growing
Any ideas?
Hi Anne, Sounds like a classic case of either not enough sun or not rich enough soil (or both!). Please also feel free to tap into the Vegepod Owners FB groupd (not run by us!) where over 10,000 podde...
Read morers are all helping and sharing. A lovely mob and great resource. Thanks and welcome to the family!
I cant find a way to prevent build-up of large mats of very fine roots, no matter what I have grown in the soil. This has never happened in my regular garden so I would love to know why it does in the pod and how to deal with that, apart from a huge amount of energy to pull it all out and separate the roots from the soil
Hi Proodle,
Not quite sure what you mean as a difference to any other garden bed. Hopefully i can help with a little advice. All plants will build up roots in the soil directly beneath them for genera...
how much is the small size
hi pam
the base unit with canopy is $199.
stands are optional extras
thanks
Can I turn a large vegepod into 2 x medium vegepods?
How many bags does it take to fill a large vegepod?
Not sure that I am qualified to answer this. In my limited experience each vegepod comes with its own accessories including cover which cannot be divided to make two. I used a lot of soil (did not ...
Read morecount the bags). Overall it’s an expensive exercise hope it’s worth it in the long run. Good luck. Tesstechnically you can but you would need extra parts (new corners as you divide the big one and new smaller canopies) as tess suggests.
Live in Canada what do people do in winter with the pod?
Watch the snow cover it. Just a joke, I live in Vancouver.
The beauty of vegepods even in freezing countries is that you no longer have to bring them inside during those months! Even if it freezes, the taper shape of thewicking well bases means no splitting...
Read more and freeszes move up and out instead. If you get heavy snow though probably best to just bring collapse the canopy and bring inside
Is the cover for a vegepod temperature sensitive. I am finding the cover hard to install at 16 C. Does it become more pliable and stretch at higher temperatures?
Hi Steve, it does change a little with temps but that still shouldnt change you eing able to put on. If still extremely hard and super tight for some reason, please get in contact with your local office.
Have you improved from plastic fittings some reviews found the plastic fittingswere substandard
Still have same ones so far
HI Sandy, Yes the connectors have been changed. The first models had green ones and are now white, they have more UV stabiliser and the new ones even had slightly diff thickness. All good!
I plan on purchasing the large size with the stand. I want to place it on a raised wooden deck. But I’ve read that total weight can reach 450kg. Any advice? Thank you.
Get two medium place other sides of deck
Yes it does get that heavy. We have never heard of them going through standard wooden decks though. You will have to check the integrity of your deck to be sure.
I was wondering how often the potting, compost mix needs to be changed or topped up. Mine has been growing greens for about 6 months. Everything was fine however, my last lot of rocket seeds didn't do so well, they look very scraggly and now they are being attacked by some type of minute insect. There are, what looks like, heaps of eggs on the bottom of the leaves and some minute insect that is crawling over the leaves. The leaves also feel a bit sticky. As I said, have been growing greens but was thinking of trying radishes in the hope of adding some nitrogen or ? to the mix to help it. Should I refresh the soil first? Any ideas?
Yes Riemke. Soil needs refeeding and turning over to improve and maintain structures. UAe a couple bags of cow manure or our Vegepod Booster fert and conditioner. Veg take out nutrients of the soil and require refeeding for next crops!
I purchased 2 medium vegepods and the stands. This was expensive, but I didn’t care as long as it solved my problem with the pests. I was very excited that I wouldn’t have that problem any longer. Well, I am very frustrated and disappointed because I still have a pest problem. Something is eating the hell out of my mustard greens. They were growing so pretty and every day, more and more is being eaten. I’m so frustrated right now. I spent a lot of money and still have the same problems I had before. Can somebody tell me why you advertise as pest free when it’s not?
if you grew them from seedlings, perhaps they came with bug eggs
hi karen, the mesh will stop all large pests (such as racoons, birds, squirrels, pets etc) and even the buterflies and moths cannot contort and get under any small gaps.
Sometimes eggs are brought in...
I live in Wisconsin, USA approx 44 deg latitude. have a canopy but wondering if this is too much shading. The pod is in the shade of a tree for 3-4 hours a day and wonder if I should keep canopy off except on really hot days for optimal growth?
Hi Sharon,
The canopy is not really a shade cover per se ... it’s the world’s lowest shade rate at 15% in farm grader mesh for that very purpose of letting in as much light in for veg as possible.
I...
Can it tolerate the heat in middle east? Reaching 50 degrees celsius during summer.
Hello Aida,
Yes. The water reservoirs below help for a start. Then you can also add the extra green shade cover. Vegepod UAE and Vegepod Qatar have already been doing very well throughout these temperatures.
Thanks.
Live in Newstead Vic. Does the lift up lid protect veg from Frost?
I don't have any personal experience, as we don't get frost in Perth. But from what I've read, frost forms in situ when the temperature around the leaf surface falls below freezing. So the canopy by i...
Read moretself wouldn't stop that happening. However, the mass of water and damp soil in the Vegepod unit would comprise a heat reservoir, and the canopy would help slow the loss of heat from that. So on balance, the canopy would help a bit, but wouldn't give guaranteed protection from frost.Yes the commercial farming mesh does indeed stop air frost in its own right. But even if super super cold frost you can get the additional hothouse cover (non permeable clear greenhouse effect) to add extra warmth.
Can I visit your site in Terry Hills? I'm Northern Beaches local - or do you only sell via other outlets?
I'm concerned about all the neg reviews I've read here! mould, putting it together, nuts bolts holes not aligned, potting mix, permalite - $ are super important to me - I'm not loaded!! argh! I was so keen
Bridget
Most reviews are pretty good, given the 4.4 average.
The plastic can warp a bit and muck up the bolt hole alignments, but I was able to work my way around this using a screwdriver and hammer and finally assemble the unit.
Give all the negative reviews!? We have an average of 4.4 out 5 over several hundred.
The Frustrating Part of all this platform is that it attracts detractors and anyone with the slightest complaint w...
Hi what is the length and diameter of your PVC pipes.?
Depends which size pod Dave.
What are you thinking?
One week ago I purchased a large Vegepod, and immediately after assembling I filled it with quality potting mix. On day one I planted some seeds and already they are germinating - great! However this morning there is a thin film of what looks like mould growing on the entire surface of the soil. The pod is positioned in full sun. Can you please advise what I have done wrong or what needs to be done? Thanks Peter
I can think of 2 possible reasons, and maybe a bit of both.
Firstly, the potting mix itself. I've noticed that some quite expensive and quality potting mixes have visible mould in them when you purch...
Excellent - many thanks
Any fungi (Moulds/shrooms/toadstools) or moss can only ever grow in overly moist conditions, full stop. And that can only occur if either:-
a) there is too much watering / moisture occuring or
b) not enough direct sunlight every day....
Do I have to leave the canopy up in the daytime
Hi Juliette most definitely not! Defeats the purpose. See our FAQ page on ge website.
Happy growing
If you're worried about pollination, it's amazing what small insects manage to find their way under a cover. Bees as insect pollinators are actually in a minority. Having said that, at this time of ye...
Read morear you'll not get much damage if you leave it open unless your growing brassicas (cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts etc).Get an answer from our members and Vegepod representatives
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