This is the way to grow lettuce without insect or slug damage.
Growing lettuce in rain gutters.
Space gutters between 12 18 apart to allow plenty of room for lettuce seedlings to grow.
Dinosaur lacinato kale and red russian kale.
Slide metal end.
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.
Being in a gutter the soil will dry out faster and the temperature will fluctuate in larger increments.
Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.
See how i installed gutters in my greenhouse.
Cover the seeds with a light layer of soil lettuce seeds require sunlight to germinate.
Grow the best lettuce ever you can do it.
We are in nc and i like to plant lettuce in gutters around march.
Place end caps on gutters.
Using a planter i made from a piece of rain.
Press the seeds about 1 4 inch deep into the soil with your finger or the eraser end of a pencil.
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.
It s super easy i promise.
The middle rail was planted with 2 types of kale seeds.
Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.
Thin out the plants as needed if they become crowded in the gutter after seeds germinate.
A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters.
Using a tape measure space l brackets 3 apart centered on the wall where the gutter will be placed using 2 12x1 1 2 screws per bracket.
Nope if you have a fence or some type of wall you can attach a gutter to you can grow lettuce in gutters.