Growing Strawberries 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.

Growing strawberries in gutters.

You buy the coir pith as a brick look up 5kg coir pith block machine on youtube to see how it is produced. This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening. Snipping first year blooms is easier snipping runners is easier and the renovation tasks that are still applicable for gutter systems are usually easier as well.

In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system. Using it is simple. I got this idea from larry hall who made a video showing how he uses gutters as self watering containers. Growing strawberries in a self irrigating gutter sig.

Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage. 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. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.

In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing. You can also plant in autumn where winters are milder. In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety. Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick.

In the first part of the video larry shows how to use a gutter to supply water to a row of pots. We are busy this year already harvesting our spring strawberries. Growing strawberries in gutters makes some maintenance easy. Just like picking is easier with most gutter systems growing strawberries in gutters allows for ease during certain maintenance tasks.

Plant the strawberries in early spring. A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size. Plant three strawberry transplants in the gutters using the three spacing marks as a guide. You can mount the gutters vertically or horizontally to save space.