- Starting your vegetable garden in no time
- How do you plan a Planty Garden?
- Everything about vegetables in a Planty Garden
- Getting going: starting your Planty Garden
- When's the best time to start your vegetable garden?
- How many garden boxes do you need?
- The best spot for your Planty Garden
- What is a real Planty garden box?
- Buy or make a vegetable garden box
- What is the MM-Mix?
- Place and fill your garden box
- Starting in your garden box
- Starting a mini vegetable garden
- Starting a Planty Garden in May
- A super fast start to your vegetable garden
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- Starting your vegetable garden in no time
- How do you plan a Planty Garden?
- Everything about vegetables in a Planty Garden
- Getting going: starting your Planty Garden
- When's the best time to start your vegetable garden?
- How many garden boxes do you need?
- The best spot for your Planty Garden
- What is a real Planty garden box?
- Buy or make a vegetable garden box
- What is the MM-Mix?
- Place and fill your garden box
- Starting in your garden box
- Starting a mini vegetable garden
- Starting a Planty Garden in May
- A super fast start to your vegetable garden
Everything about the vegetables in a Planty Garden
Which vegetables are great for a growing in garden boxes and which are best to avoid? Here's everything you need to know about vegetables that grow quickly and easily - or not at all.
Grow plant varieties that produce a lot
In a Planty Garden, you grow the maximum amount in a small area.
So choose vegetables that:
So choose vegetables that:
- grow quickly but don't take up too much space
- produce a lot
- are delicious
- you can enjoy for as long as possible
As for vegetables that don't meet these standards? Avoid them.
Simple, right? But how exactly?
How do you choose your seeds? How do you know which will produce a lot and which won't? What should you keep in mind when sowing in a Planty garden box?
I'll walk you through it.
Simple, right? But how exactly?
How do you choose your seeds? How do you know which will produce a lot and which won't? What should you keep in mind when sowing in a Planty garden box?
I'll walk you through it.
What I sowed when I started
When I was just starting out, I knew nothing about vegetables. I knew what I liked, but had no idea how they grew or how to take care of them.
So, I stuck to the Square Foot Gardening book and mostly sowed what was in there.
I bought seeds at the garden center around the corner. Simple varieties, nothing special, and no more than about 10 different types: some beans, zucchini, and tomatoes.
So, I stuck to the Square Foot Gardening book and mostly sowed what was in there.
I bought seeds at the garden center around the corner. Simple varieties, nothing special, and no more than about 10 different types: some beans, zucchini, and tomatoes.
That went pretty well at the time. To everyone's surprise, my plants produced a lot.
I harvested even more than my mom, who was busy cultivating all kinds of specialty seeds.
I harvested even more than my mom, who was busy cultivating all kinds of specialty seeds.
So - after doing this for a decade or so - I know exactly what to sow
If you ask me what the best vegetables are, I won't beat around the bush: the ones in our seed shop.
"Sure, Jelle - I get it. You want to sell your seeds."
True, I do. But that's not it. After years of doing this, trying things out to see what really works and what doesn't, we only sell seeds that will do well.
I'm sure there are other seed types that would also work just fine, but we're 100% sure about these ones.
Here's more info about why ours seeds work so well.
True, I do. But that's not it. After years of doing this, trying things out to see what really works and what doesn't, we only sell seeds that will do well.
I'm sure there are other seed types that would also work just fine, but we're 100% sure about these ones.
Here's more info about why ours seeds work so well.
What won't you sow, but would still work?
You can sow most vegetables and herbs just fine, like cilantro, dill, and basil. But for some, it's better to plant seedlings instead.
Like parsley. If you sow parsley it can take up to 5 months before you harvest your first sprig. That's why I buy 4 small plants - for 1 Euro or so - in March, put them in a garden box, start harvesting after about 4 weeks, and have more than enough for the rest of the year.
Like parsley. If you sow parsley it can take up to 5 months before you harvest your first sprig. That's why I buy 4 small plants - for 1 Euro or so - in March, put them in a garden box, start harvesting after about 4 weeks, and have more than enough for the rest of the year.
And you only need 1 chive plant for the rest of your life:
Learn how to grow chives here.
Want to plant potatoes? Great. Just use small ones. Onions? Sure: 16 can grow in one square patch.
For impressive garlic bulbs, put some cloves in your garden box in the fall. You can harvest them after 6 months. If you sow them from seed, add a year.
Want to plant potatoes? Great. Just use small ones. Onions? Sure: 16 can grow in one square patch.
For impressive garlic bulbs, put some cloves in your garden box in the fall. You can harvest them after 6 months. If you sow them from seed, add a year.
Which vegetables are you better off skipping?
By now I've learned all about that. Either from my own experience, my mom's, or hearing from other gardeners.
So, you know a vegetable is not a good match when it:
So, you know a vegetable is not a good match when it:
- fails more often than it succeeds - like cauliflower
- takes over most of your garden box - like broccoli
- attracts way too many pests
- isn't compatible with the climate - like watermelon
- or takes way too long to grow - like parsnips
So, those are the no-gos.
Plus all the other vegetables that you don't like, that hardly produce anything, or that take a crazy amount of effort before you can eat them. Because you probably won't end up doing it if it's a hassle, right?
Plus all the other vegetables that you don't like, that hardly produce anything, or that take a crazy amount of effort before you can eat them. Because you probably won't end up doing it if it's a hassle, right?
Going for the gold
Well, that's about it. Now you know everything I know: which vegetables work and which don't.
Start with the good stuff that's guaranteed to grow - especially if you're a beginner.
We're going for grow-your-own gold here. Our goal? To make sure you're ridiculously happy with your vegetable garden and proud of it too.
So, choose the plants that you know will do well. And that comes with step-by-step guidance from the app.
You can find them all in the shop.
Start with the good stuff that's guaranteed to grow - especially if you're a beginner.
We're going for grow-your-own gold here. Our goal? To make sure you're ridiculously happy with your vegetable garden and proud of it too.
So, choose the plants that you know will do well. And that comes with step-by-step guidance from the app.
You can find them all in the shop.
Have fun selecting your seeds!
Getting set up
- Starting your vegetable garden in no time
- How do you plan a Planty Garden?
- Everything about vegetables in a Planty Garden
- Getting going: starting your Planty Garden
- When's the best time to start your vegetable garden?
- How many garden boxes do you need?
- The best spot for your Planty Garden
- What is a real Planty garden box?
- Buy or make a vegetable garden box
- What is the MM-Mix?
- Place and fill your garden box
- Starting in your garden box
- Starting a mini vegetable garden
- Starting a Planty Garden in May
- A super fast start to your vegetable garden