Growing Lettuce In A Gutter

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.

Growing lettuce in a gutter.

You don t have to have a greenhouse to try this. Learn how to build a rain gutter garden by spending less than 50 following this viral tutorial article available at the preparednessmama. 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. Hang on a stand if desired.

Press the seeds about 1 4 inch deep into the soil with your finger or the eraser end of a pencil. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments. You will need salad seeds lengths of guttering hand saw duct tape multi purpose peat free compost watering can with rose attachment. Paint gutters for a more colorful display.

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. Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season. How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1. Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.

Fill the gutter with fertile well drained potting medium to within 1 2 inch of the top edge. A smart and inexpensive way to add some vertical growing space. Common plants grown in gutters include the following. Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.

The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds. 8 scatter several lettuce seeds across the soil at a density of approximately one seed per inch of growing space. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.

Cut them into appropriate lengths wearing safety glasses. Hanging vertical gutter garden. Basic gutter garden tutorial. A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters.

It s super easy i promise. 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. This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage. It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.

Using a planter i made from a piece of rain.