As the new plant grows harvest the outer leaves for salads or cooking.
Growing salad leaves in guttering.
By bbc gardeners world magazine.
Here s a step by step guide on how to grow salad greens in containers for fresh young leaves in a matter of weeks.
How to sow salad seeds in guttering step 1.
Lettuce is a great crop through fall and container gardening works anywhere especially small spaces.
Suitable salad greens for cut and come again treatment include any of the looseleaf or mesclun blends which might contain salads such as lettuce endive and arugula or rocket.
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Find out how to grow salad leaves in guttering in our video guide.
Remove the largest outer leaves if any cut off about a third of the root and set the flat cut end in the bowl.
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Replace each end with a large piece of gaffa tape.
See our article with three simple steps accompanied with a video demonstration.
Leave the center leaves to grow.
Once each root grows a healthy set of roots and leaves plant it in a container of potting soil.
Fill the guttering with moist peat free multi purpose compost and gently firm down.
How to grow salad leaves in guttering.
A table displaying which months are best to sow plant and harvest.
To grow cut and come again salad greens you will need good quality potting soil some seeds and of course a container with drainage holes.
Salads start when the plants are 8 10cm 3 4in tall which could be in as little as six to eight weeks.
From now on keep the surface of the container moist.