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Painting a Raised Bed?

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 2019-02-09 01:00:11

I'm putting together a few raised beds to try growing some veggies in and I'm wondering what the general consensus is on painting or staining them? I did a bit of Googling and there's so many differing opinions on what's safe for growing food, I'm no wiser as to what to do. I was watching some of the GIY videos on YouTube…

09-02-2019 1:00am

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I'm putting together a few raised beds to try growing some veggies in and I'm wondering what the general consensus is on painting or staining them?

I did a bit of Googling and there's so many differing opinions on what's safe for growing food, I'm no wiser as to what to do.

I was watching some of the GIY videos on YouTube and noticed the beds at their Grow HQ are painted purple.

I'm not overly concerned with them looking fancy but slapping a coat of something that would help preserve them a year or two extra would be nice.

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Personally, and I don't know much about it, I'd treat them like a shed.

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