Growing Lettuce In Gutters

Cut them into appropriate lengths wearing safety glasses.

Growing lettuce in gutters.

Indoors gutters work well for growing herbs lettuce spinach and other greens you use when cooking. You ll never have to go outside to collect foods from the garden again. Basic gutter garden tutorial. Hang on a stand if desired.

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. Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters. Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.

Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil. Press the seeds about 1 4 inch deep into the soil with your finger or the eraser end of a pencil. Learn how to build a rain gutter garden by spending less than 50 following this viral tutorial article available at the preparednessmama. Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic 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. It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily. This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage. A smart and inexpensive way to add some vertical growing space.

Hanging vertical gutter garden. Using a planter i made from a piece of rain. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.

We are in nc and i like to plant lettuce in gutters around march. A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters. Cover the seeds with a light layer of soil lettuce seeds require sunlight to germinate. Vertical gardening saves space while the convenient location means all you need to do is pick what you need when you need it.

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. Slide metal end. Scatter several lettuce seeds across the soil at a density of approximately one seed per inch of growing space.

The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds. Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season.