Growing Vegetables In Old Gutters
The types of rain gutter most often used for gutter gardening are made of vinyl or aluminum.
Growing vegetables in old gutters. Gardening in the gutter literally. Common plants grown in gutters include the following. Lettuces chard kale spinach arugula mache. Chives parsley cilantro scallions.
Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters. Soak fresh picked lettuce leaves in ice water before placing them in a storage bag to keep the lettuce leaves fresh and. Grow shallow root plants such as radish spinach and strawberries. Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil.
This will allow the excess water to be drained. Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. Rotate your lettuce crops to keep an abundant supply of fresh lettuce producing during the growing season. The preferred location should receive at least four hours of sunlight as noted in the article gardening in the gutter literally by shilo urban with the urban authority.
Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow. Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters. 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. Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full.
Don t forget to water them regularly.