You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup.
Growing vegetables in a gutter.
Attach all the stop ends to the gutter lengths.
This will allow the excess water to be drained.
Dress up your boring wooden fence or walls using aluminum gutters following this idea.
Common plants grown in gutters include the following.
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.
9 gutter garden plants for indoor planting.
Gardening in the gutter literally.
Lettuce salad greens asian greens spinach or mustard radishes carrots beets strawberries snap peas chives garlic cilantro bunching onions mint thyme marjoram succulents annual flowers.
You can now enjoy fresh lettuce salad every day.
Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full.
Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters.
Chives parsley cilantro scallions.
Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow.
Measure 45mm from the end of each gutter and drill a hole in the bottom 20mm in diameter with a hole saw.
Progress from seed to harvest is shown with tomatoes lettuce.
Lettuce can be a great leafy vegetable to be grown in the rain gutter garden.
You can use compost or buy the bagged potting soil.
Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil.
Besides the plants already mentioned you can try.
Lettuces chard kale spinach arugula mache.
You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup.
Radishes beets and shallow carrot varieties.
Rotate your lettuce crops to keep an abundant supply of fresh lettuce producing during the growing season.
8 lettuce in rain gutter garden.
They can be planted vertically on the lines and you will be able to produce the lettuce right in the comfort of your home.
Plant in your gutter garden.
First off you need a soil medium.
Soak fresh picked lettuce leaves in ice water before placing them in a storage bag to keep the lettuce leaves fresh and.
Spray paint all the gutters with two coats of rust oleum plastic spray paint allowing for drying time between.