The Makkelijke Moestuin in 3 minutes

The Makkelijke Moestuin in 3 minutes

Here you'll read how, with our system, you can harvest up to 5x more than from a regular vegetable garden. On just a few square meters, all natural, pesticide-free, and with almost no work.

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Makkelijke Moestuin vs traditional vegetable garden

1. Makkelijke Moestuin vs traditional vegetable garden

Giving each plant enough light, air, water, space, nutrients, and attention is pretty tricky. Not in a Makkelijke Moestuin: there, it happens all by itself.

 About us

2. About us

Why Jelle started Makkelijke Moestuin, how it grew into a movement, and why we work differently from most companies.

 The raised bed

3. The raised bed

The raised bed is the heart of the Makkelijke Moestuin system. Its smart setup gives your plants almost everything they need from the start.

 The soil mix

4. The soil mix

In a Makkelijke Moestuin, you don't use garden soil but a special growing mix in which all your plants thrive.

 The water reservoir

5. The water reservoir

Why a smart water reservoir helps your plants grow better while saving you time and effort: how it works, and how and when to water.

6. The sowing system

In a Makkelijke Moestuin, you sow in 30 x 30 cm squares instead of rows, placing each plant in the right position with the right spacing.

Heat Today will be hot in the south of the Netherlands: up to 33 degrees! Check whether your reservoir is still full, whether the mix is still moist, shade vulnerable plants around midday, and wait with sowing until it cools down.

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Bibb lettuce

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Description

This compact lettuce variety is perfect for your Planty Garden. You can make salads that serve 1-2 people from each head of lettuce. Delicious too.

Specifications

Sowing time: March - Sept
Height: 10-20 cm
Weight: 0.5 grams

In the app

Sowing: 1 March - 31 May , 1 August - 30 September

Level 1

seeds sown

Level 2

first seedlings

Level 3

thinned seedlings

Level 4

small plants

Level 5

first harvest

Level 6

harvesting continues

Level 7

large heads

  • Currently only shipping to the Netherlands and Belgium
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  • Sent by PostNL or Transmission
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  • The app helps you with almost everything you do in your vegetable garden: sowing, tending, and harvesting.
  • If something goes wrong, the app tells you what steps to take.
  • If that doesn’t work, you can ask us for advice.
  • If that still doesn’t help, we’ll look for other solutions together. Until we get it right.

Bibb lettuce

This compact lettuce variety is perfect for your Planty Garden. You can make salads that serve 1-2 people from each head. And kids love its mild taste.
  • Species name: Yellow Gotte
  • Family: leaf
  • Plants per square patch: 4
  • Height: 15 to 20 cm
  • Sowing time: March - May and August - September
  • Sowing depth: 0.5 to 1 cm
  • Germination: 5°C and 18°C in 2 to 14 days
  • Time to harvest: after 6-8 weeks
  • Sunlight: can grow in sun or shade
Want to buy Bibb lettuce seeds? We sell the bags separately and as part of our essential seed pack:

What’s so special about our Bibb lettuce?

Most head lettuce varieties get pretty big: only 1 would fit in your 30x30 cm patch. Our mini Bibb lettuce produces dense heads so you can let them grow and grow: 4 can fit in a single square patch.
 
This Bibb lettuce has a light yellow-green color and a mild, juicy taste. 

Sowing and growing

Growing this lettuce is simple: put a few seeds in a hole and keep the soil mix moist. After they come up, thin out the seedlings and leave just 1 plant per hole. Four plants fit in one square patch.

If you’re having a cold spring, you can cover the plants at night with some fleece or the MM-Muts cover to help them grow faster.

And watch out for snails: they love young lettuce.

Step-by-step sowing and growing instructions are included in the Planty Gardening app.

How do you use Bibb lettuce?

Lettuce leaves are great for salads. Also tasty in green smoothies.

When the plants bolt and start to flower, the leaves get tougher and a bit bitter. Use these older leaves in a stew, soup, stir fry, or with mashed potatoes: delicious.