Here are the primary benefits of growing strawberry plants in gutters.
Gutter grow strawberries.
Rain gutters can be mounted to the side of decks or vertically to the side of your house or shed to create a strawberry wall a rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size.
They don t have woody stems so their growth is usually only.
This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs.
You can also plant in the autumn where winters are milder.
Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage.
In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing.
Strawberry plants are small.
Plant the strawberries in early spring.
Things you will need tape measure pencil tin snips hand or circular saw gutter end caps pliers silicone caulk pvc glue 1 4 inch drill bit power drill potting soil gardening trowel strawberry transplants scissors watering can fertilizer.
Strawberry plants do not set large nets of roots and growing them in a gutter should not be a problem as properly evidenced in many places do a google image search for strawberry tunnel cultivation.
Growing strawberries upside down things you ll need for growing strawberries in gutters.
Trim the roots of the strawberry transplant to 6 inches with scissors to make planting easier.
Since strawberry plants are short regular picking requires either a lot of.
Make strawberry picking easier.
In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system.
The gutter can now be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries.
These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.
Growing strawberries in gutters is the best way to use up your vertical space smartly.
Growing strawberries in a self irrigating gutter sig.
I got this idea from larry hall who made a video showing how he uses gutters as self watering containers.
In the first part of the video larry shows how to use a gutter to supply water to a row of pots.