Strawberry Rain Gutters

Fortunately you can convert a piece of rain gutter into a planter to grow your own strawberries.

Strawberry rain gutters.

Cut a piece of gutter 4 1 2 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular saw. In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety. Strawberries in rain gutters is becoming a popular idea. Here are the primary benefits of growing strawberry plants in gutters.

This past winter which was our strawberry plants first as new plants was particularly brutal. The great thing about some of these plants like strawberries is if you have them above they ll hand down and create a hanging garden you can pick from. Not just strawberries either but all kinds of fruits and vegetables can be grown in gutters. 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.

You can mount the gutters vertically or horizontally to save space. With some scrap wood i made a support system for the two gutters one gutter holds water and the other holds soil. Another great thing about this is saving space if you don t have the room for a crawling plant you might want to try using a rain gutter. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.

In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system. Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage. Strawberry plants are small. You can mount these planters on a.

A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants. Here s how i did it. In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.

Article by livie townsend. There are definitely benefits to growing strawberries in gutters. Another great thing about this is that your berries will be portable. 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.

A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size. Benefits of growing strawberry plants in gutters. Multiple blizzards and dangerously low temperatures. I decided to build hall s self irrigating gutter let s call it a sig to grow strawberries.