Growing Salad Leaves In Guttering

They are particularly well suited to growing in containers growbags or even in salad bowls.

Growing salad leaves in guttering.

Sow indoors from february. You can also sow salad leaves in the garden. Jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec. Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.

The result would be that the mixture composition will change over time where the leaves that remain will become unbalanced. These days many containers are used to grow flowers herbs and vegetables including some for gutter garden ideas. Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season. If you re growing larger leaves for use in a mixed salad.

Find out how to grow salad leaves in guttering in our video guide. Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil. Just make sure whatever you use has drainage holes. Even a 25cm 10in pot can give the equivalent of several supermarket bags of salad leaves.

A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters. In this way you can mix your own salad to your own preference without losing any additional crop. Use a separate pot for peas or sow small patches of each crop in large containers or growing bags. No one knows who originated the idea of growing shallow rooted plants in a prepared gutter but it is a worthwhile undertaking.

Sow outdoors from mid spring to late summer putting. Monday 27 may 2019 at 10 56 am. Grow salad leaves in full sun making sure the soil is well drained. A table displaying which months are best to sow plant and harvest.

It is best when growing mixes to find which salad leaves you like and then grow them individually in separate pots. When the salad seeds germinate simply grow them on for two to four weeks and then slide the plants into their final. Container or growing bag almost any container will do provided it is more than 15cm 6in deep and has good drainage holes. By bbc gardeners world magazine.

How to grow salad leaves in guttering. Space leaf lettuce every 4 inches loose headed varieties every 8 inches and firm headed. Sowing seed of salad leaves in lengths of guttering can help keep your seedlings safe from slugs and snails and enable you to transplant the whole row into the soil as and when soil space becomes available. Short 1m lengths of guttering are convenient and easy to handle.