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Strawberries grown in guttering.
In the first part of the video larry shows how to use a gutter to supply water to a row of pots.
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.
How to grow strawberries in rain gutters.
Fortunately you can convert a piece of rain gutter into a planter to grow your own strawberries.
Not to mention the flavor of home grown strawberries can never compare to store bought strawberries.
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.
Cut a piece of gutter 4 1 2 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular saw.
In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing.
In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety.
Like you mentioned having the strawberry plants raised off the ground helps keep them clean which is a major benefit.
Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage.
The flavor of a store bought strawberry can never compare to the flavor of a homegrown strawberry but not everyone has room to plant a garden.
These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.
Growing strawberries in a self irrigating gutter sig.
The gutter can now be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries.
There are definitely benefits to growing strawberries in gutters.
A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants.
I got this idea from larry hall who made a video showing how he uses gutters as self watering containers.
In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system.
Benefits of growing strawberry plants in gutters.
Strawberry plants are small.