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Message: [QUOTE="Susan BBPM, post: 253669, member: 17711"] This is kind of what I was getting at with this thread. To be honest, I don't think anyone knows. There's a lot of guesswork about how it all works. But I would have thought if you have bottomless raised beds (so if there's connection with the soil) then the raised bed will be linked into the wider network. But I don't think it's 100% certain that it's always beneficial. For example, if you're watering your raised beds regularly but not the rest of the garden it seems highly likely that the plants in the rest of the garden will be 'stealing' some of the water you're providing speciically for your raised bed plants. If resources are scarce you might not want your next door neighbour's plants benefiting from the fertilizer and water you provide to your veg!! [/QUOTE]