My vegetable crop in raised beds have very poor

it could well be the drainage if its that compact . perhaps after this crop dig in some sharp sand asswell so it does drain better and its more airy excuse my spelling .

Hi Liz and welcome to GoY. I don't think it is fertiliser you need to be adding to your raised beds but something to open the soil up. When you say you used manure was this horse manure and had it been rotted for at least 12 months prior to being dug in?

just what i thaught moon grower.

Well let's hope we get answer :-)

i think so moon grower . its such good soil its almost heavy on itself and to good .

Thankyou for your replies. We had thought to dig in some sharp sand so will do that. The manure was bought in garden centre, my husband has decided to double dig the beds as well as the sand and hope that that works for next season.

Thanks again

should be fine

What is the soil like under your raised bed? This will have a baring on how yor veggies grow Acidic, alkaline, humus rich, poor...

Not sure, the soil here is very good for growing azaleas if that is any help.

So it is acidic... I wonder if the manure you dug in was not well rotted? Fresh manure is too strong for growing plants and kills them off.

It is possible it was too strong, is it wise to dig in growmore or just leave them (except for adding sharp sand) and try again next season.

Do not dig in any more fertiliser you need to balance the soil out!

Thanks

like sharp sand lemare

We would use fine grit in preference to the sand but either should work.