The Planty Garden in May

May is my favorite month in the vegetable garden. Seedlings come up fast, and garden boxes change from bare to full in no time, filled with fresh and lush green.

Set up your garden now, and harvest you first vegetables within a month.

Go to: Starting in May

*Planty garden box filled with fresh, lush greens*

Already growing?

Then your vegetables are growing, and you can already harvest some.

Radishes, spinach, and lettuce for delicious salads, pak choi, and turnips for a stir-fry. Fresh from your own garden 😀

Are there still vegetables that you sowed at the end of last year? Or perennials? They're going through a growth spurt now, so you can start harvesting soon.

Vegetables and herbs that are flowering now give color and life to the garden. Visited by bees and bumblebees 😀

*Last year's herbs are next to freshly sown vegetables in Silvia's Hero boxes.*

In May, you'll be busy with your summer vegetables. Especially indoors, since you may not plant them outside until the end of the month.

Until then:

germinate and pre-sow your zucchinis, cucumbers, and pumpkins
re-pot tomatoes to a larger pot
lovingly tend to the plants on the window sill
get them accustomed to the open air from mid-May onwards
move them to their final spot in the garden at the end of May

Quite some work, but also fun to do 😀

*Beginning of May: the window sills are filling up*

Tips for May

Set up your garden with quality and durable materials. Investing in them will give you a better result and years of enjoyment.
Water regularly when the weather is dry. Especially for small plants and seedlings: their roots are still small. Also, check just under the top layer of soil mix to see if it's still moist.
Start harvesting as soon as you can. Leafy vegetables are best when they are still young.

*Harvested the complete patch? Then re-sow immediately.*

Take good care of your pre-sown summer vegetables on the window sill: Place them in full light - but be careful it's not too hot - and water them regularly. To prevent them from growing too fast and crooked, give the pots a quarter turn every day.
Transplant your tomato plants to a larger pot - or MM-mini - with MM-mix. This will give them the nutrition and space to grow up sturdy.
Summer vegetables cannot withstand cold. Therefore, only allow them to get used to the open air after mid-May and then plant them outside.

* In a nutshell, just do what the Planty Gardening app says😉 It's got all these tips and more.