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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Cos lettuce

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Description

Our cos lettuce - or Romaine lettuce - is tasty and crisp. Handles hot weather better than other lettuces. And even better for you!

Specifications

Sowing time: March - Sept
Height: 15-25 cm
Weight: 0.5 grams

In the app

Sowing: 1 March - 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 plants

  • Currently only shipping to the Netherlands and Belgium
  • Choose your preferred delivery date
  • 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.

Cos lettuce

Cos lettuce is a cross between romaine and head lettuce. The compact lettuce heads are a perfect fit for the 30x30 cm square patches in a Planty Garden. This lettuce can handle heat well, so it’s a good choice to grow in summer.
  • Species name: Little Gem - Sucrine
  • Family: leaf
  • Plants per square patch: 4
  • Height: 15 to 25 cm
  • Sowing time: March - September
  • Sowing depth: 0.5 to 1 cm
  • Germination time: 5 to 18°C in 2 to 14 days
  • Time to harvest: after 6-8 weeks
  • Sunlight: can grow in sun or shade
Want to buy cos lettuce seeds? We sell seed bags separately, or you can get them as part of a seed pack.

What's so special about our cos lettuce?

This tasty, crunchy variety doesn’t mind summer weather. It does much better in the heat than other lettuces.

Cos lettuce’s dense heads don’t take up much space. So you can fit 4 per square patch.

Sowing and growing

Growing cos lettuce is easy: put a few seeds in each hole and keep the soil mix moist. After they come up, thin out the seedlings and leave just 1 plant per hole. 

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 cos lettuce?

Cos lettuce leaves are great for salads. They’re also tasty in green smoothies.

Harvest the entire lettuce heads or pick the outer leaves and let the rest grow.

Once the plants start to flower, the leaves get tougher and a bit bitter. Cook the older leaves in a stew, soup, or stir fry: delicious.