Temu Raised Garden Bed: Is It Worth It?

Products in this video:

Raised Garden Bed Kit (6x3x1Ft) £60.81💰

There is a huge range of great value gardening products available on Temu, to fill most gardeners needs!
Temu have teamed up with me and kindly gifted me this metal raised garden bed, which I am sharing my thoughts on with you all today! I'll be building this raised bed at the allotment and growing lots of different vegetables in it next year!
But is it worth the money? Should you buy one? Watch my video to find out!

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[caodan]

Hey Jim. Appreciate your honest review but it does look very flimsy to me! I got mine, exact same as those, from Rinkit. They were £33 each with a 20% discount if buying more than 3. And free delivery from 2 bought.

Exact same mounting and everything but man the weight of them!

Also had been advised to go for plain corrugated and not painted ones as they tend to chip easily and rust much quicker, apparently.


All in all, for free, it's a nice wee addition for the allotment 👌

[bluewolf]

Coupon code is only for NEW users.
I have some 8x2x1 Chinese beds and they work well, they lose most of the flimsiness after they get filled. I also replaced the stabilizers with something stronger.

[xszl]

I have 3 of those, but twice as high. (also not from temu) My experience: When I opened a box...Its alot of little bolts..wow...man...ok
Putting one together took me more then two hours. Some of the holes are just a little too big for the bolts so I used rivets for those.
On the green side is some plastic sheet, which took me like more then 5 minutes to take one of, after which I decided to leave em on.
Good decision, cuz ther still on and I'm going for the 3rd year with these.
In 2 of the beds, the support on the inside came loose (too big holes) this year, so I have to take care of that next spring.

I took 2 PVC pipes, 16mm x 200cm to make 2 loops, and used the LILL curtain from ikea (one of the pair) for netting.
Its not the best, but for that price its the best solution for me as official garden-netting is like 10 times as expensive.

So all still good. Need to top the beds up also, but thats normal with raised beds.
First we need some winter with a good cold period.
Grtz, from the Netherlands.

[Art.of.allotments]

Hi Jim, i've got a few 120x120x30 outsunny beds. Much easier to build and you can pick them up for just over £30. There's one in one of my recent videos if you want to have a look

[MotosAllotmentGarden]

You should have dug down about a foot and filed that area with old logs, garden waste, put the soil you dug out on top and finished of the new compost 😊, i have made some raised bed like this and they work great 😁

[ThatBritishHomestead]

Did you consider a Hügelkultur? You could have filled the bottom with sticks and leaves. As they break down the hold so much water makes summer watering much easier as the soil can't dry out. I feel that peopel always focus on it being cheaper to fill but the real beafit is water retention l, micobs and aeration

[vikkielliott]

They usually come with rubber trim to fit on the top edge

[SteveC-]

Hi James, great video, if the edges are sharp have you not got any spare greenhouse glazing rubber strip that could go round the edge ? great honest review, take care Steve

[TheMalcolms]

I'm so scared to buy anything from temu. The quality normally isn't good. I got sponsored by a company called vegega and I got one of these. The quality is really good but as you said it's more pricey but the strength and quality is probably worth it.

The Range has some of these for sale. Probably a bit cheaper as well. I'm curious to check them out.

On another note I've been trying to get an allotment for a while now but I'm on a never ending waiting list in my area. I wish they had more community allotments.

[KieronBeaman]

I'm thinking of making one out of bricks tomorrow but not cementing them. Just deciding how high to go?

[DigwellGreenfingers]

RRP £232 LOL
Surprised there is no safety strip along the top edge! You WILL catch your wrist on the joins!

[susiespearing]

Sorry Jim not a good buy .Flimsy as hell .Got a decent one that size from B&Q for half that price .

[LynneSmith-xv]

Pallet collars £5 each or £18 for wooden raised bed band q! Look so much nicer in wood? Last longer too and can be stacked. Not convinced good value from Temu🤷‍♀️

[justinarnold]

Dont think it comes from Temu by hte looks its drop shipping from Dutch compnay VidaXL

[syedrepon]

If u fall over on it, ull be in 2 pieces

[RichardTaylorgardening]

Temu won't work with me because i have a small channel lol

[invisiblesurfer]

Sorry this is extremely expensive for the flimsiness and the braces! The braces mean you a pain to dig & mix the soil.

[TheMrWoodsman]

Not for me! Personally timber is far better and will last longer!