How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter.
Growing lettuce in gutters.
No one knows who originated the idea of growing shallow rooted plants in a prepared gutter but it is a worthwhile undertaking.
Ideal for growing shallow container plants like lettuce strawberries and scallions gutter gardens can be assembled in a few hours and enjoyed all summer long.
Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.
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Rain gutters are easy to find and come in a variety of shapes sizes and materials including plastic aluminum or copper.
The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.
Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season.
These days many containers are used to grow flowers herbs and vegetables including some for gutter garden ideas.
First find the gutters that you want to use.
Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters.
Home vegetable gardening saves money versus purchasing produce from a grocery store or farmers market but you can end up spending more money than you save if you purchase all new gardening equipment.
A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters.
Yesterday i spent the afternoon transplanting lettuce starts in the greenhouse.
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Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.
Home vegetable gardening saves money versus purchasing produce from a grocery store or farmers market but you can end up spending more money than you save if.
Growing lettuce in gutters.
Progress from seed to harvest is shown with tomatoes lettuce.
For the past two springs i have grown lettuce in my greenhouse gutters with great success so i figured hey.