Growing Strawberries In Gutters

This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use.

Growing strawberries in gutters.

In the first part of the video larry shows how to use a gutter to supply water to a row of pots. Plant three strawberry transplants in the gutters using the three spacing marks as a guide. Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage. You can mount the gutters vertically or horizontally to save space.

For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket. Growing strawberries in gutters makes some maintenance easy. 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. Using it is simple.

In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system. I got this idea from larry hall who made a video showing how he uses gutters as self watering containers. In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety. We are busy this year already harvesting our spring strawberries.

You can also plant in autumn where winters are milder. A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size. In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing. We have tried growing strawberries out in our garden with all kinds of problems.

Another great thing about this is that your berries will be portable. Plant the strawberries in early spring. Growing strawberries in a self irrigating gutter sig. Just like picking is easier with most gutter systems growing strawberries in gutters allows for ease during certain maintenance tasks.

These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening. This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening. Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick.