Lettuce lactuca sativa a cool season crop hardy to u s.
Growing lettuce in gutter.
Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9 is frequently grown in shallow containers.
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.
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.
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.
The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.
It s super easy i promise.
First off you need a soil medium.
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.
Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 9 is frequently grown in shallow containers.
Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters.