How to succeed with plant boxes
A plant box (also known as a "pallet collar") is a stackable frame available in two different sizes. The height you choose will depend on what you are planning to grow and the working height you prefer. For lettuce and other plants with small roots, a single collar is sufficient. For plants with a deeper root system such as potatoes, you will need two or three heights. By starting with growing in plant boxes, you can build knowledge and experience, allowing you to expand to a larger kitchen garden or a greenhouse later on. Additionally, plant boxes are easy to maintain. You can plant closer together, reducing space for weeds.
In the garden
Place the plant boxes in a sunny location, preferably near the house. This way, you have quick access to the harvest and also create a beautiful focal point.
Cover the bottom of the plant box with a fiber cloth, let it go up a bit on the inside of the edge and fasten it, or lay wet newspapers (without staples) at the bottom.
A plant box holds about 200 liters of soil. Make a soil mixture consisting of half organic fertilized soil and half compost. If you want, you can cover the bottom with plant residues and leaves.
Air between the boxes
Small space no obstacle
Early start
Tips on what you can grow
Choose what you actually like, both in type and quantity. There is no point in growing beans if no one in the family likes them. Also, think about how much time and energy you want to spend on cultivation. If you start with a project that is too big, it can ruin some of the joy.
Spices
Spices can be used for many things and are easy to cultivate. They are also beautiful and smell good. If you let some plants bloom, you attract butterflies, bees, bumblebees, and other beneficial insects to your garden. Otherwise, you get the best spices if you harvest regularly.
Grow in height
To make the most of the space, it's wise to mix tall plants with more low-growing plants. Examples of tall varieties are tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, and sugar snap peas.
Salad
As examples of salad, we can mention popular arugula, spinach, and lettuce. The leaves are harvested continuously throughout the season, giving you a fresh and tasty salad. Sow the seeds in rounds with a couple of weeks in between until August, then you have salad well into autumn. Make the soil surface smooth, make furrows with your hand, and sow - super easy. Decide for yourself whether you want to sow in rows, circles, or zigzags. The depth of the seed is indicated on each packet. Lettuce requires no hard pruning, as they are harvested as soon as they come up. Prune so that there is no crowding, but let them touch each other. Then you get good salad and nice boxes.
Not just vegetables
Plant boxes are usually associated with vegetables, but everything can be grown in a plant box. A flower meadow, berry bushes, rhubarb, apple trees, tulips, and summer flowers. Only imagination sets limits.