Growing Lettuce In Gutter
The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.
Growing lettuce in gutter. First off you need a soil medium. Lettuce lactuca sativa a cool season crop hardy to u s. Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters. Lettuce lactuca sativa a cool season crop hardy to u s.
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. It s super easy i promise. You can cut much of the start up. You can cut much of the start up cost associated with lettuce production if you repurpose old rain gutters as planters for growing lettuce.
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. See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse. Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9 is frequently grown in shallow containers.
Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9 is frequently grown in shallow containers.