Growing Lettuce In Gutter

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

Growing lettuce in gutter.

Basic gutter garden tutorial. Paint gutters for a more colorful display. 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. Find tips for planting a second crop of lettuce here.

Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it. Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters. Leave to grow on for up to four weeks before planting out in the soil. 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.

8 scatter several lettuce seeds across the soil at a density of approximately one seed per inch of. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. Using a planter i made from a piece of rain. Salad seedlings growing in guttering seed should germinate within a few days.

This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage. Learn how to build a rain gutter garden by spending less than 50 following this viral tutorial article available at the preparednessmama. A smart and inexpensive way to add some vertical growing space. It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.

Cut them into appropriate lengths wearing safety glasses. If you d like to grow your lettuce inside your home check out these tips for growing lettuce indoors. Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale. Simply line your gutters with a wee bit of pea gravel add potting soil then add your seeds or lettuce starts and water as you normally would.

Fill the gutter with fertile well drained potting medium to within 1 2 inch of the top edge. Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season. Don t forget to keep plants well watered especially in hot weather. Hang on a stand if desired.

It s super easy i promise. The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds. Lettuce grows for many weeks in the mild weather of spring and fall. Hanging vertical gutter garden.

A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters. Leaf lettuce is easy to tuck in between and under taller vegetables and is perfect for containers. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.