Growing Strawberries Gutter System

I decided to build hall s self irrigating gutter let s call it a sig to grow strawberries.

Growing strawberries gutter system.

With some scrap wood i made a support system for the two gutters one gutter holds water and the other holds soil. The gutter can now be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your 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. To grow strawberries with this system you start with a mounded hill of soil about 8 inches high and 24 inches across.

They don t have woody stems so their growth is usually only. How to grow strawberries in rain gutters. Strawberry plants are small. Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage.

Here are the primary benefits of growing strawberry plants in gutters. This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs. The hill system also known as the mound system. Since strawberry plants are short regular picking requires either a lot of.

In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing. It saves space and helps you maximize your produce output. In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety. Extend this mound into a row as long as you like.

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. The hill system for growing strawberries is most commonly used for day neutral strawberries and everbearing strawberries. In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system. You can also use the same concept for growing lettuces and herbs.

Make strawberry picking easier. A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size.