Growing Vegetables In Old Gutters

Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters.

Growing vegetables in old gutters.

Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full. Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters. Progress from seed to harvest is shown with tomatoes lettuce. Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil.

Gardening in the gutter literally. This will allow the excess water to be drained. Common plants grown in gutters include the following. Lettuces chard kale spinach arugula mache.

Grow shallow root plants such as radish spinach and strawberries. Don t forget to water them regularly. Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow. 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.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. Rotate your lettuce crops to keep an abundant supply of fresh lettuce producing during the growing season. The preferred location should receive at least four hours of sunlight as noted in the article gardening in the gutter literally by shilo urban with the urban authority. Chives parsley cilantro scallions.

Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping.