Growing Lettuce In A Gutter

You don t have to have a greenhouse to try this.

Growing lettuce in a gutter.

Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters. Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters. Cut them into appropriate lengths wearing safety glasses. You will need salad seeds lengths of guttering hand saw duct tape multi purpose peat free compost watering can with rose attachment.

Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments. A smart and inexpensive way to add some vertical growing space. Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.

A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1. Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season.

It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily. Common plants grown in gutters include the following. Lettuce salad greens asian greens spinach or mustard radishes carrots beets strawberries snap peas chives garlic cilantro bunching onions mint thyme marjoram succulents annual flowers. 8 scatter several lettuce seeds across the soil at a density of approximately one seed per inch of growing space.

Hanging vertical gutter garden. Paint gutters for a more colorful display. It s super easy i promise. Fill the gutter with fertile well drained potting medium to within 1 2 inch of the top edge.

Trust me if you want your kids to eat it call it dinosaur kale finally i planted the bottom gutter with romaine lettuce and a cut and come again salad mix. Learn how to build a rain gutter garden by spending less than 50 following this viral tutorial article available at the preparednessmama. This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage. Drill holes for wire if your garden will hang and add drainage holes unless the gutter garden will be at an angle where it can drain.

Slide metal end. Press the seeds about 1 4 inch deep into the soil with your finger or the eraser end of a pencil. Hang on a stand if desired. The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.

Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.