Growing Vegetables In A Gutter

9 gutter garden plants for indoor planting.

Growing vegetables in a gutter.

Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters. Common plants grown in gutters include the following. They can be planted vertically on the lines and you will be able to produce the lettuce right in the comfort of your home. Radishes beets and shallow carrot varieties.

Dress up your boring wooden fence or walls using aluminum gutters following this idea. Attach all the stop ends to the gutter lengths. First off you need a soil medium. The idea behind this was to be able to keep lettuce growing so i can actually have a complete salad from the garden when cucumbers and tomatoes are harvested.

Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow. You can use compost or buy the bagged potting soil. You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup. Don t forget to water them regularly.

Gardening in the gutter literally. Chives parsley cilantro scallions. 8 lettuce in rain gutter garden. Soak fresh picked lettuce leaves in ice water before placing them in a storage bag to keep the lettuce leaves fresh and.

Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping. Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters. Spray paint all the gutters with two coats of rust oleum plastic spray paint allowing for drying time between. Rotate your lettuce crops to keep an abundant supply of fresh lettuce producing during the growing season.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup. Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil. Plant in your gutter garden.

Lettuce salad greens asian greens spinach or mustard radishes carrots beets strawberries snap peas chives garlic cilantro bunching onions mint thyme marjoram succulents annual flowers. Lettuces chard kale spinach arugula mache. Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full. Progress from seed to harvest is shown with tomatoes lettuce.

You can now enjoy fresh lettuce salad every day.