December in the Planty Garden
Winter: short days and not much green left in the garden boxes. You can't sow or plant now. But make plans and set up your garden now, and you'll be ready for an early start next spring.
Go to: Starting out | Already growing | What to sow now
Go to: Starting out | Already growing | What to sow now
December: starting in the winter
You can set up a Planty Garden pretty much anytime. Even in December. It's not the most obvious choice - you can't sow or plant anything.
But setting up your Planty Garden now gives you a head start in the spring. And you're not just ready for next season, but for years to come.
Starting a Planty Garden is super simple:
1. Set up your vegetable garden (say, with a starter kit)
2. Get step-by-step guidance from our free app
3. Garden for a few minutes a day
Want to know more? Read here how it works.
But setting up your Planty Garden now gives you a head start in the spring. And you're not just ready for next season, but for years to come.
Starting a Planty Garden is super simple:
1. Set up your vegetable garden (say, with a starter kit)
2. Get step-by-step guidance from our free app
3. Garden for a few minutes a day
Want to know more? Read here how it works.
2. Word overal bij geholpen door onze gratis app
3. Tuinier een paar minuutjes per dag
Meer weten? Lees hoe het werkt.
De Vroege vogel korting 🎉
Als dank voor het verlichten van de voorjaarsdrukte geven we de hele maand december korting op al onze spullen: bakken, mix, voeding en accessoires:
Already got a Planty Garden?
If you've got a Planty Garden, your garden boxes will be pretty empty this month. Just soil mix, not much else.
The winter vegetables you sowed can stick around: they won't mind cold weather. So you can harvest from them once in a while, but they won't grow much until spring.
December is also a great month to prepare your garden boxes for next year.
The winter vegetables you sowed can stick around: they won't mind cold weather. So you can harvest from them once in a while, but they won't grow much until spring.
December is also a great month to prepare your garden boxes for next year.
Tips for December
1. Harvest what you still can harvest. Usually, that's more than you think.
2. Remove old plants you're no longer harvesting from. Get rid of the big roots and remove any clinging vines and leaves from your trellis.
2. Remove old plants you're no longer harvesting from. Get rid of the big roots and remove any clinging vines and leaves from your trellis.
3. Make your vegetable garden completely weed-free. That's easy to do and saves you some work in early spring.
4. Collect all your plastic deli containers, pots, and labels and clean them off. The same goes for the grids on your empty garden boxes. It's really nice to start a new season with tidy materials.
5. Empty your buckets, watering cans, and garden hoses and store them for winter. When it gets really cold, water left in them could freeze and break them before you know it.
4. Collect all your plastic deli containers, pots, and labels and clean them off. The same goes for the grids on your empty garden boxes. It's really nice to start a new season with tidy materials.
5. Empty your buckets, watering cans, and garden hoses and store them for winter. When it gets really cold, water left in them could freeze and break them before you know it.
6. Protect the winter vegetables that you sowed earlier. They'll do fine in cold weather with a little extra protection. Use a crop cover, like our MM-Muts, for that:
7. If you use our electric fence against slugs, remove the boxes from your beds, remove the batteries, and store them until next spring.
What can you still sow now?
Nothing. Not even if it's a mild winter. The days are just too short. Your plants have a kind of internal clock and they know that now it's time for them to hibernate 🙂
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Want more?
That was December in a nutshell. It's the quietest month of the year for the garden, mostly keeping your plants protected from the cold and making plans for next year. If you're looking for some inspiration, here are a few extra articles for you:
