Growing Salad Leaves In Guttering

A couple of tips for growing lettuce in gutters.

Growing salad leaves in guttering.

How to grow salad leaves in guttering. Use a separate pot for peas or sow small patches of each crop in large containers or growing bags. Grow salad leaves in full sun making sure the soil is well drained. Monday 27 may 2019 at 10 56 am.

No one knows who originated the idea of growing shallow rooted plants in a prepared gutter but it is a worthwhile undertaking. Space leaf lettuce every 4 inches loose headed varieties every 8 inches and firm headed. In this way you can mix your own salad to your own preference without losing any additional crop. Just make sure whatever you use has drainage holes.

You can also sow salad leaves in the garden. Find out how to grow salad leaves in guttering in our video guide. If you re growing larger leaves for use in a mixed salad. A table displaying which months are best to sow plant and harvest.

Sow indoors from february. Short 1m lengths of guttering are convenient and easy to handle. These days many containers are used to grow flowers herbs and vegetables including some for gutter garden ideas. Jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec.

The result would be that the mixture composition will change over time where the leaves that remain will become unbalanced. Even a 25cm 10in pot can give the equivalent of several supermarket bags of salad leaves. By bbc gardeners world magazine. Make sure soil is at least 45 degrees and you have to keep the soil moist pretty much the entire growing season.

Sow outdoors from mid spring to late summer putting. Container or growing bag almost any container will do provided it is more than 15cm 6in deep and has good drainage holes. They are particularly well suited to growing in containers growbags or even in salad bowls. It is easier to take care of but you do need to look at it daily.

When the salad seeds germinate simply grow them on for two to four weeks and then slide the plants into their final. Watch our step by step video showing how to grow and harvest salad leaves with expert advice and top tips to help you complete the job with confidence. It is best when growing mixes to find which salad leaves you like and then grow them individually in separate pots. Sowing seed of salad leaves in lengths of guttering can help keep your seedlings safe from slugs and snails and enable you to transplant the whole row into the soil as and when soil space becomes available.