Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters.
Rain gutter lettuce plantet.
Lettuce can be a great leafy vegetable to be grown in the rain gutter garden.
Attaching simple white rain gutters to a wooden pallet is a great way to make a sturdy vertical wall garden and it s great for raising lettuce as shown in the image below.
You can now enjoy fresh lettuce salad every day.
9 gutter garden plants for indoor planting.
A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters.
It s super easy i promise.
8 lettuce in rain gutter garden.
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.
They can be planted vertically on the lines and you will be able to produce the lettuce right in the comfort of your home.
See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse.
Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch.
Follow this exclusive guide here to build your very own hydroponic rain gutter garden with the 40 feet of vertical growing space and 50 gallon fish pond.
Slide metal end.
Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.
The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.
How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1.
Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.
This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage.
Using a planter i made from a piece of rain.
Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.
It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.
Check out the detailed diy post here.
Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.
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.