Growing Lettuce In Gutters

You ll never have to go outside to collect foods from the garden again.

Growing lettuce in gutters.

Hang on a stand if desired. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. Paint gutters for a more colorful display. Scatter several lettuce seeds across the soil at a density of approximately one seed per inch of growing space.

Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale. Basic gutter garden tutorial. Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters. Press the seeds about 1 4 inch deep into the soil with your finger or the eraser end of a pencil.

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. Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it. Vertical gardening saves space while the convenient location means all you need to do is pick what you need when you need it. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.

See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse. 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. The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.

Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters. 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. 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. Indoors gutters work well for growing herbs lettuce spinach and other greens you use when cooking.

A smart and inexpensive way to add some vertical growing space. Using a planter i made from a piece of rain. How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1. It s super easy i promise.

Learn how to build a rain gutter garden by spending less than 50 following this viral tutorial article available at the preparednessmama. We are in nc and i like to plant lettuce in gutters around march. Slide metal end. Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.

Cut them into appropriate lengths wearing safety glasses. This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage.