Compact veg garden

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grenfell
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I've just put up two sections of guttering in a greenhouse. No not been at the home brew , it's a space saving idea. Clearing a site recently I came across a length of deep plastic guttering which I've cut in half , cut some timber to block of the ends and fixed them on the inside of the greenhouse opposite the side that faces the sun at four to five feet high. I've filled them with compost and put some lettuce in and will probably add something else like radishs . Below them are cucumbers taking up the floor space so the "salad gutters" should be increasing output from the same space.
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grenfell wrote:I've just put up two sections of guttering in a greenhouse. No not been at the home brew , it's a space saving idea. Clearing a site recently I came across a length of deep plastic guttering which I've cut in half , cut some timber to block of the ends and fixed them on the inside of the greenhouse opposite the side that faces the sun at four to five feet high. I've filled them with compost and put some lettuce in and will probably add something else like radishs . Below them are cucumbers taking up the floor space so the "salad gutters" should be increasing output from the same space.
Makes perfect sense! As part of my shed top veg plot I have an 8m length of soil pipe with 2 inch holes cut in it every 6 inches hanging on the wall (at a slight angle to allow for self-irrigation) for this exact purpose. The pipe was originally going to form part of my hydroponics system that never quite got off the ground, but now is being put to use as a salad bar :D
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Not actually prepping but I've used drainage pipes too as an attempt to grow really large carrots. Pipe is filled with fine sieved soil with watering holes cut all the way down and the theory is to progressively water at a lower point to encourage the carrot downward to grow into a monster length . Well that was the theory and is the method used by those who enter veg shows for the biggest but it never really worked that well for me.
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^^LIKE^^ :D Looks good and healthy.
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Least I finally got the slug and snail community under control

Lettuce seems to be the biggest hit with the little one she's always pulling a leaf off and munching
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Yorkshire Andy wrote:Least I finally got the slug and snail community under control
Very impressive plot! Alas I have lost all my late planted carrots to the slimy ones.... :evil: Just one brave little fern of green left but I'm not holding out much hope :cry:
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