Place end caps on gutters.
Growing lettuce in rain gutters.
Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.
Using a planter i made from a piece of rain.
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.
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.
Thin out the plants as needed if they become crowded in the gutter after seeds germinate.
The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.
Press the seeds about 1 4 inch deep into the soil with your finger or the eraser end of a pencil.
Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.
Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.
Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters.
See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse.
It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.
How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1.
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.
Space gutters between 12 18 apart to allow plenty of room for lettuce seedlings to grow.
We are in nc and i like to plant lettuce in gutters around march.
Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.
This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage.