Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters.
Growing lettuce in rain gutters.
Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.
Place end caps on gutters.
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.
Using a planter i made from a piece of rain.
Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.
It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.
Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.
A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters.
Using a tape measure space l brackets 3 apart centered on the wall where the gutter will be placed using 2 12x1 1 2 screws per bracket.
This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage.
How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1.
Cover the seeds with a light layer of soil lettuce seeds require sunlight to germinate.
Space gutters between 12 18 apart to allow plenty of room for lettuce seedlings to grow.
Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.
Thin out the plants as needed if they become crowded in the gutter after seeds germinate.
Slide metal end.
See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse.
We are in nc and i like to plant lettuce in gutters around march.
The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.
Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.
It s super easy i promise.