- Sowing in a patch in your garden box
- Thinning your seedlings: what, why, and how
- Pre-sprouting snow peas, winter peas, and sugar snaps
- How to pre-sow with vermiculite
- How do you take care of pre-sown plants?
- Ice saints and hardening off your seedlings
- Pre-sowing zucchinis, cucumbers and pumpkins
- How long do your seeds stay good?
- Are your old seeds still good?
- Harvesting seeds yourself
- Are zucchini and pumpkin seeds unsafe?
- Sowing in a patch in your garden box
- Thinning your seedlings: what, why, and how
- Pre-sprouting snow peas, winter peas, and sugar snaps
- How to pre-sow with vermiculite
- How do you take care of pre-sown plants?
- Ice saints and hardening off your seedlings
- Pre-sowing zucchinis, cucumbers and pumpkins
- How long do your seeds stay good?
- Are your old seeds still good?
- Harvesting seeds yourself
- Are zucchini and pumpkin seeds unsafe?
Sowing in a patch in your garden box
![In de Makkelijke Moestuin zaai je niet op rijtjes maar in vakken](https://makkelijke-moestuin-staging.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29881/zaaien-15.jpg)
The Planty Gardening sowing system
But if you want to know exactly how our seeding system works and why we do what we do, go to these 2 pages:
Step by step: Here's how to sow in a square vegetable patch
Step 1:
Then, make the mix moist. If you try to sow in a dry mix, your seeds won't germinate.
![Maak de Makkelijke Moestuinmix in het vak los en vochtig](https://makkelijke-moestuin-staging.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29870/zaaien-14.jpg)
Step 2:
Use your finger to divide the patch into equally-sized sections. For example, if 9 plants fit in 1 square patch, divide it into 9 equal sections.
If you use a spade, it's even easier:
![Verdeel het moestuinvak in gelijke vierkantjes](https://makkelijke-moestuin-staging.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29871/zaaien-13.jpg)
Step 3:
Don't make the holes too deep: at most one centimeter. You can make the hole a little deeper for bigger seeds (like beans, peas, or sunflower seeds).
Pour a little water into each hole.
![Prik zaaigaatjes in het moestuinvak](https://makkelijke-moestuin-staging.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29872/zaaien-12.jpg)
Step 4:
Why 2-3 instead of one? Sometimes some of the seeds won't germinate properly. If you sow several seeds in each hole, at least 1 is bound to come up 🙂
![Zaai in het moestuinvak meerdere zaadjes per gaatje](https://makkelijke-moestuin-staging.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29873/zaaien-11.jpg)
Step 5:
![Druk de zaaigaatjes voorzichtig dicht](https://makkelijke-moestuin-staging.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29878/zaaien-10.jpg)
Step 6:
![Zet na het zaaien meteen een naamlabel in het vak](https://makkelijke-moestuin-staging.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29880/zaaien-08.jpg)
After sowing
Then it just comes down to waiting for the seeds to germinate. Some seeds take longer than others. First, the seed will sprout a small root that dives downward. A little later, the seedling starts growing upward with the first leaves.
So, it takes a while before you see them. Don't think that nothing is happening, because there's probably a lot going on underground.
Have fun!
![sig.jpg](https://makkelijke-moestuin-staging.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/29746/sig.jpg)
(Pre-)sowing
- Sowing in a patch in your garden box
- Thinning your seedlings: what, why, and how
- Pre-sprouting snow peas, winter peas, and sugar snaps
- How to pre-sow with vermiculite
- How do you take care of pre-sown plants?
- Ice saints and hardening off your seedlings
- Pre-sowing zucchinis, cucumbers and pumpkins
- How long do your seeds stay good?
- Are your old seeds still good?
- Harvesting seeds yourself
- Are zucchini and pumpkin seeds unsafe?