Growing Lettuce In 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 gutter.

Salad seedlings growing in guttering seed should germinate within a few days. Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. 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.

In some regions it s possible to plant a second crop of lettuce in the fall or even early winter. 8 scatter several lettuce seeds across the soil at a density of approximately one seed per inch of. Paint gutters for a more colorful display. Cut them into appropriate lengths wearing safety glasses.

Fill the gutter with fertile well drained potting medium to within 1 2 inch of the top edge. You don t have to have a greenhouse to try this. Leave to grow on for up to four weeks before planting out in the soil. Growing lettuce is so easy takes up little space and you can even grow it among flowers.

Basic gutter garden tutorial. 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. Hanging vertical gutter garden.

Hang on a stand if desired. Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters. Learn how to build a rain gutter garden by spending less than 50 following this viral tutorial article available at the preparednessmama. Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.

It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily. Don t forget to keep plants well watered especially in hot weather. A smart and inexpensive way to add some vertical growing space. This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage.

Lettuce grows for many weeks in the mild weather of spring and fall. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments. They act as barrier plants for the lettuce. 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.

Using a planter i made from a piece of rain. It s super easy i promise. Leaf lettuce is easy to tuck in between and under taller vegetables and is perfect for containers.