Benefits of having a nursery bed?

Morning all,

I watched gardeners world recently and heard the concept of a nursery bed for the first time.

I was just wondering what are the benefits to having a patch of land dedicated as a 'nursery bed'?

One thing has come to mind when I, say for example, receive plants which I do not know where to put at the time of receiving them. So I guess it would be advantageous to have a plant hotel area for short stays

I do not see any advantages of sowing seeds in a nursery bed as opposed to within plugs/containers within my polytunnel but that may just be because of I have yet to learn about any.

Thank you for your replies,

Samuel

 

As John says its ideal for growing on plants that have maybe outgrown their plugs or pots or for growing on things such as leeks or cabbages etc. Also good for propagating things such as soft and hardwood cuttings or sowing lettuce for example through the season, so you have replacements for when one is removed from the main growing area. I have even "heeled" some new bare root raspberry plants in to my nursery area before now, whilst I got the ground cleared and prepared for where I wanted to put them.

My nursery moves around a lot, it is whatever ground is free at that moment.

Steve...