Growing Vegetables In A Gutter

You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup.

Growing vegetables in a gutter.

Common plants grown in gutters include the following. They can be planted vertically on the lines and you will be able to produce the lettuce right in the comfort of your home. You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup. Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters.

Spray paint all the gutters with two coats of rust oleum plastic spray paint allowing for drying time between. Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters. 8 lettuce in rain gutter garden. Chives parsley cilantro scallions.

Dress up your boring wooden fence or walls using aluminum gutters following this idea. Lettuces chard kale spinach arugula mache. Plant in your gutter garden. Radishes beets and shallow carrot varieties.

Attach all the stop ends to the gutter lengths. 9 gutter garden plants for indoor planting. Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow. 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.

Don t forget to water them regularly. Rotate your lettuce crops to keep an abundant supply of fresh lettuce producing during the growing season. 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. Gardening in the gutter literally.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. First off you need a soil medium. Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil. Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full.

You can use compost or buy the bagged potting soil. Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping. 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.

This will allow the excess water to be drained.