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.

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. Cover the seeds with a light layer of soil lettuce seeds require sunlight to germinate. Using a planter i made from a piece of rain. How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1.

Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters. Space gutters between 12 18 apart to allow plenty of room for lettuce seedlings to grow. A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters. See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse.

Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it. 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. 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.

The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds. Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale. Thin out the plants as needed if they become crowded in the gutter after seeds germinate. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.

Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil. It s super easy i promise. Slide metal end. 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.

Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters.