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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Description

Our spinach produces big leaves fast. It takes a while to flower, so you can harvest the leaves for a long time. Grows well in cooler weather: great for spring or late-summer sowing.

Specifications

Sowing time: Mar - Apr and mid-Aug - Oct
Height: 5-25 cm
Weight: 2 grams

In the app

Sowing: 1 March - 30 April , 15 August - 31 October

Level 1

pre-soaking

Level 2

seeds sown

Level 3

some seedlings

Level 4

seedlings visible

Level 5

small plants

Level 6

first harvest

Level 7

harvesting

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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.

Vitamins and minerals in spinach

Spinach is rich in vitamin A, B11 (folic acid) C, and minerals like calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, and potassium. Spinach also contains a lot of vitamin K, which is good for your blood and bones.

Great for vegans and vegetarians, spinach contains a fair amount of protein too 😀
Vitamins and minerals in spinach
Vitamins and minerals in spinach

More about our spinach seeds

Our spinach develops beautiful large leaves and is slow to bolt, so you can keep picking it for a long time. It tolerates cold well but doesn't like heat.
  • Variety: Sunangel RZ
  • Plants per square: 9
  • Height: 5 to 20 cm
  • Sowing time: March to April and mid-August to mid-October
  • Sowing depth: 1 cm
  • Time to harvest: 6 to 8 weeks
  • Germination: 7 to 16 days at 10 to 16°C
  • Sunlight: grows in sun or shade
  • Packet contents: about 100 seeds, enough for more than 5 squares
We sell individual packets, and the seeds are also included in our Basic seed bundle.

What do you need to grow your own spinach?

Besides the seeds, you'll need:
Big spinach leaves
Big spinach leaves

How to sow and grow spinach?

This spinach is included in the free Makkelijke Moestuin app. Use it and you'll get step-by-step guidance from seed to harvest.

Each vegetable goes through a number of stages, which we call levels.

The app tells you exactly what to do at each level and regularly asks you to check whether your plants are ready to move on to the next one.

So you don't need to know how to grow spinach successfully before you start.

But if you'd like to read ahead, here's what the entire process looks like.
Nine evenly spaced sowing holes in one square for spinach

Level 1 and 2: Soaking and sowing the seeds

Levels 1 and 2: Soak and sow spinach seeds

To help the seeds germinate, place them in a cup of water and soak them for 24 hours.

The next day, loosen the MM-mix in a square at the front of the raised bed and sow as follows:

  1. make 9 holes in the square, no deeper than 1 cm

  2. place 2 to 3 seeds in each hole

  3. carefully close the holes

Depending on the weather and time of year, you'll see the first green shoots after about 10 days.

Spinach seedlings don't need thinning out
Spinach seedlings

Level 3: Spinach seedlings

Level 3: Spinach seedlings

As soon as the first seedlings appear, you'll know things are going well. They probably won't all emerge at once, but most should be up after another week.

Then it's time for the next level.

Small spinach plants growing strong in a Planty Garden
Small spinach plants

Level 4: Spinach plants don't need thinning

Level 4: You don't need to thin out spinach

Spinach plants are quite small and don't need to be thinned out. 

Sow some seeds on the spots where nothing came up. 

There's not much to do in the coming weeks: just give the plants water when the weather is dry. Easy 🙂

Level 5: Caring for your spinach plants

Level 5: Care for your spinach plants

After a week or 2, your seedlings will become small plants.

Just watch them grow for the next couple weeks. 
Growing spinach plants in the Planty Garden
Growing spinach plants

Level 6: Harvesting spinach

Level 6: When and how to harvest spinach

At this stage, about 6 to 8 weeks after sowing, the plants are ready for their first harvest.

You can harvest in two ways.

Option 1:

Cut or pick individual leaves. As long as you leave the centre of the plants intact, they'll keep producing new leaves. You can continue picking for several weeks.

Option 2:

Cut the plants off 2 cm above the ground. They'll regrow, and you can harvest again after about three weeks.

Spinach: ready to harvest in the Planty Garden
Spinach: ready to harvest

How do you use spinach?

Toss the raw leaves into a salad. Or cook them briefly and add them to your mashed potatoes. Also delicious in green smoothies, soups, stir fry dishes, and sauces.

The last levels

The next levels

During the next level, keep harvesting spinach until it's all gone.

The plants tolerate cold well, so you can leave them in place for a long time in autumn.

In spring, the plants will eventually bolt. The leaves then become much less tasty, so harvest everything as soon as possible.

At the final level, empty the square or your MM-Mini and prepare it for the next vegetable.
Spinach starting to bolt in the Planty Garden
Spinach starting to bolt

So: what's stopping you from growing your own spinach?

You can sow as early as February, and if you have a cold frame or a crop cover (like the MM-Muts) you can harvest extra early in the season.

Plus: with our app and materials, it's pretty much impossible to fail 🙂

Order your spinach seeds here or get started with a complete starter kit:
To all our grow-bags and boxes
Enjoy!