How to grow strawberries in rain gutters.
Grow straberries in gutter.
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.
This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs.
This is my first summer growing strawberries in a rain gutter.
How did you keep the straw on top of the strawberries during the winter time from the wind blowing them out.
Regarding the truth of how people successfully grow strawberries in gutters i suggest reading the rest of the comments at that thread.
So it couldn t blow anywhere.
Growing strawberries in gutters is definitely a viable way to grow strawberries.
You can also use the same concept for growing lettuces and herbs.
There are a lot of people posting pictures of their gutter systems for growing strawberries on the internet.
Growing strawberries in gutters is the best way to use up your vertical space smartly.
October 16 2017 at 11 49 am.
A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size.
Personally our strawberry bed has a framed hardware cloth cover.
Diy strawberry gutter system easiest way to grow strawberries click show more for all the links and other info i mentioned in the video in today s vide.
Growing your own strawberries is easy there are varieties that can be grown in sunny spots as well as shady areas.
The gutter can now finally be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries.
How to grow strawberries in a small space.
There are several benefits to using gutters and several drawbacks.
These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.
You have probably seen some of these.
Strawberries are super easy fruits to grow in gutters it also saves them from diseases like crown rot and fruit rot.
We are busy this year already harvesting our spring strawberries.
We have tried growing strawberries out in our garden with all kinds of problems.
Things you ll need for growing strawberries in gutters.
There are specific challenges however.