When can you start a Planty Garden?
Do you have to start your vegetable garden at the beginning of the year? No, with a Planty Garden you don't have to. You can start all year round.
The ideal time to start a Planty Garden?
There's no such thing. You can do it anytime.
If you start in March you get the whole spring season: nice 🙂
Is it already April, May, or early June? Then the weather is warm enough, seedlings surface quickly, and your plants start to grow faster and faster.
If you start in March you get the whole spring season: nice 🙂
Is it already April, May, or early June? Then the weather is warm enough, seedlings surface quickly, and your plants start to grow faster and faster.
Even at the end of the summer or early fall, you can still sow a lot to harvest in the winter or early spring. That's great if you want to get a head start.
Because you're setting up a Planty Garden not just for this season but for years of enjoyment.
Because you're setting up a Planty Garden not just for this season but for years of enjoyment.
Does that also apply to a regular vegetable garden?
No.
Because in a regular vegetable garden, you start from scratch every year: removing all the waste and weeds, preparing and fertilizing the soil, making seedbeds, and drawing up complex plans.
And you have to do all of this as early as possible. Otherwise, you won't get enough out of your garden. And all that work won't have a lot to show for it.
Because in a regular vegetable garden, you start from scratch every year: removing all the waste and weeds, preparing and fertilizing the soil, making seedbeds, and drawing up complex plans.
And you have to do all of this as early as possible. Otherwise, you won't get enough out of your garden. And all that work won't have a lot to show for it.
That is why most growers start digging in late fall. Because only then can you start early in spring with the rest of the work - if the weather is good. And this has to happen every year. Year after year.
With a Planty Garden, it's a completely different story.
With a Planty Garden, it's a completely different story.
Starting a Planty Garden
You set up your MM-Hero or MM-Bamboo garden box just once. Then you're ready for this year, next year, and the years to come.
Setting up a Planty Garden is easy:
- put together the garden box
- fill it with MM-Mix
- lay a grid on top (the MM-rasterset)
- and done!
That's it, really. Minimal preparation. Check out our Planty Garden in 2012. We set up some of it the year before, but most of it was new:
We used some of the soil mix from older garden boxes, some we made fresh. We didn't have the ready-made MM-Mix back then 😉
By early July it looked totally different:
By early July it looked totally different:
Just 2 months later it turned into a complete vegetable jungle.
And boy, was I young: 😉
And boy, was I young: 😉
We harvested our vegetable patches the whole growing season, even in the middle of summer. Then we immediately sowed them again when they were empty.
So, whether it's your first or second round of sowing - it doesn't matter in a Planty Garden. Your plants know what to do 🙂
So, whether it's your first or second round of sowing - it doesn't matter in a Planty Garden. Your plants know what to do 🙂
Een nieuwe start in 2021
In 2021 maakten we onze kantoortuin in Den Andel. Met minder bakken, maar met meer opbrengst.
Half mei maakten we het terrein klaar, en op 20 mei plaatsten we de eerste bak. We zaaiden de vakken in en plantten wat voorgezaaide zomergroentes bij het klimrek.
In de weken daarna kwamen er steeds een paar bakken bij. In de zomer stonden er drie 16-vaks bakken met klimrek, één 16-vaks tafelbak en twee 8-vaks tafelbakken.
Na een maand oogstten we al de eerste radijsjes, en in de rest van het jaar alweer meer dan we opkonden 🙂
Het hele verhaal lees je hier.
Half mei maakten we het terrein klaar, en op 20 mei plaatsten we de eerste bak. We zaaiden de vakken in en plantten wat voorgezaaide zomergroentes bij het klimrek.
In de weken daarna kwamen er steeds een paar bakken bij. In de zomer stonden er drie 16-vaks bakken met klimrek, één 16-vaks tafelbak en twee 8-vaks tafelbakken.
Na een maand oogstten we al de eerste radijsjes, en in de rest van het jaar alweer meer dan we opkonden 🙂
Het hele verhaal lees je hier.
Nu, vijf jaar verder, zijn onze bakken nog efficiënter. Door de waterreservoirs groeien je planten nog beter, geven ze nog meer oogst en ben jij er nog minder tijd aan kwijt.
En hoe zit dat met zaaien en oogsten? Is dat ook veranderd?
Nee, dat juist niet. Want dat werkt gewoon hartstikke goed. Dus in vakken van 30x30 cm, met een duidelijk raster, en op de juiste afstand. Daar maken we optimaal gebruik van.
Wij zaaien dus het hele seizoen door, óók midden in de zomer of vroeg in het najaar. Want zodra we een of meerdere vakken leeg-oogsten, zaaien we die meteen weer in of zetten er een plantje in.
Of je dat in bestaande bakken doet of in een hele nieuwe, maakt dus niet uit.
Wij zaaien dus het hele seizoen door, óók midden in de zomer of vroeg in het najaar. Want zodra we een of meerdere vakken leeg-oogsten, zaaien we die meteen weer in of zetten er een plantje in.
Of je dat in bestaande bakken doet of in een hele nieuwe, maakt dus niet uit.
What can you sow in June?
Plenty. Some vegetables you can harvest after a few weeks:
- carrots
- all kinds of beans
- arugola
- radishes
- beet
- dino kale
- endive
- chard
You can also plant lettuces but it depends a bit on the weather. If your garden box is in full sun and it's very hot and sunny, lettuce won't grow as well. But during a wet, cold summer it will do very well.
Herbs - like dill and cilantro - can be sown throughout the summer. They taste best when the plants are still young.
July and later
From July onward, it's time to sow vegetables for the fall and winter. Like endive and dino kale:
Spinach, lamb's lettuce, kale, winter lettuce, winter peas, and winter purslane can be grown even later, even in September and October.
They may not grow as quickly, but these types can handle the cold weather. In the spring, they'll start growing will again so you can harvest them extra early.
In October and November, you can plant bulbs, winter onions, and garlic.
In October and November, you can plant bulbs, winter onions, and garlic.
If you're using the Makkelijke Moestuin app, it will tell you exactly what you can sow at that moment. It even provides step-by-step guidance for sowing, caring, and harvesting.
A few herbs can last all year. Like parsley: in mild winters you can harvest even in January.
November, December and January
So, these are not the most obvious months to start. Sowing or planting isn't really possible.
But setting up your garden boxes is a good idea. Then you have everything ready to start early in the spring.
But setting up your garden boxes is a good idea. Then you have everything ready to start early in the spring.
To sum it up
- It is never too late or too early to start a Makkelijke Moestuin.
- In spring, summer, and fall you get a lot from your garden boxes.
- You can also set up your vegetable garden in winter.
- Sowing and harvesting are possible for most of the year.
- You can also plant some ready-to-use (herb) plants in your garden box for a quick crop.
- You set up your Makkelijke Moestuin only once. And it's made to last for the coming years. So you skip most of the work you'd have to do in a regular vegetable garden.
Dat opzetten en vullen van je Makkelijke Moestuinbakken hoef je maar één keer te doen en heb je zo gedaan. Daarna zijn die meteen klaar om in te zaaien en planten: nu en voor de komende jaren.
Zonder al dat werk dat je in een gewone moestuin wel moet doen.
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Zaaien kan vanaf half februari tot eind oktober, en oogsten zelfs het hele jaar door.