Growing Lettuce In Rain Gutters

Thin out the plants as needed if they become crowded in the gutter after seeds germinate.

Growing lettuce in rain gutters.

Cover the seeds with a light layer of soil lettuce seeds require sunlight to germinate. Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters. 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. Press the seeds about 1 4 inch deep into the soil with your finger or the eraser end of a pencil.

A couple of tips for growing lettuce in 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. Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil. Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.

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. Slide metal end. We are in nc and i like to plant lettuce in gutters around march. How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1.

This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage. Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments. Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.

Using a planter i made from a piece of rain. It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily. See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse. The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.

Space gutters between 12 18 apart to allow plenty of room for lettuce seedlings to grow.