Growing Lettuce In Rain Gutters

Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season.

Growing lettuce in rain gutters.

This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage. A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters. How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1. Slide metal end.

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. The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds. Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.

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. Place end caps on 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.

It s super easy i promise. We are in nc and i like to plant lettuce in gutters around march. See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse. 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. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments. Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters. 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.