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You can do bottomless rootmakers like Mark and I.Yeah, the maple tree is 70 years old, shades the greenhouse in our hot cloudless summers, and houses all sorts of wildlife. We did cut down 3 fir trees to put in the greenhouse, so I just don't have the heart to kill "Mabel". When the arborist says she's on the way out then we'll do it.
Works really well as it's no dig either. Now maybe the maple roots will grow up though like mentioned. Could you take out the maple trees?
I have some decent sized trees about 20' from the greenhouse and I plant to cut them out this winter cause of shade issues.
If you can find a reasonably priced 8-10mm polycarbonate panel they are quite sturdy and won't rot.
I am curious why you want to switch from containers to raised beds. I find containers really convenient to be able to inspect plant roots and change soil.
As a side question, ive red that sintetic fertilizers do not promote biodiversity in soil, do they only not promote or also inhibit soil biome?There is a great website by Robert Pavlis called Garden Myths where he studies and clarifies/debunks a lot of gardening lore. In one, he addresses synthetic fertilizers, and it turns out that the soil microbes are just as non-picky as plants - they will eat anything, organic or synthetic. Soil with lots of organic matter had the highest microbial and fungal diversity, followed by soil receiving synthetic fertilizer, followed last by soil with no amendments.
annonas can "survive" in pots for a few years then decline fast. they seem to do much better in ground. or you would need to prune roots every year. Eugenias same thing but they die more if the bot is very small/root bound when new but later they die less if it makes any sense. but at least they produce more in containers and some are so small that do fine in a container for life.I have had pretty good luck with annonas and relatives. My biriba, soursop and custard apple are all in 25 gallon pots and are about 10 years old. I have to keep them pruned because they are in the greenhouse. They produce, although not a lot. I only prune the roots when I repot, every few years. The big thing is that soursop leaves are a delicacy in some African cultures, and I make a good bit of money selling the leaves for tea. Works well, since it generates lots of prunings. Got rid of the cherimoya since it had an upright growth habit too powerful to train. My sugar apples are younger but also doing well.
