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.
Lettuce in gutters.
Slide metal end.
Start to finish in the spring most lettuce varieties only take about 45 60 days to reach maturity.
They allow you to grow many plants and herbs and gardeners typically use them to grow annuals with shallow roots along with herbs greens and flowers.
Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.
How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1.
Growing lettuce in containers and gutters has got to be the easiest thing to grow on the planet.
Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.
Talk about instant gratification.
Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.
Slide metal end caps onto the.
Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.
Grow lettuce in a gutter 1.
The farmer s market blend from botanical interests is my favorite.
It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.
Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.
It s super easy i promise.
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.
Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season.
Common plants grown in gutters include the following.
Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters.