How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1.
Growing lettuce in rain gutters.
Place end caps on gutters.
Press the seeds about 1 4 inch deep into the soil with your finger or the eraser end of a pencil.
Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.
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.
Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.
Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.
We are in nc and i like to plant lettuce in gutters around march.
Cover the seeds with a light layer of soil lettuce seeds require sunlight to germinate.
Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.
Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters.
It s super easy i promise.
Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season.
This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage.
The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.
It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.
A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters.
Slide metal end.
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.
See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse.
Using a planter i made from a piece of rain.
Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.