You can also use the same concept for growing lettuces and herbs.
Raising strawberries in gutters.
Strawberries grown in gutters are easy to protect.
It is important however to keep this in mind when designing or choosing a gutter system.
A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size.
And let s face it.
This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs.
The gutter can now finally be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries.
We got ours from lowes but any big box hardware store will have them.
Growing strawberries upside down.
So growing strawberries in gutters is a great idea for people with back and knee problems.
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Growing your own strawberries is easy there are varieties that can be grown in sunny spots as well as shady areas.
These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.
Water the strawberry plants with a garden watering can.
And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail.
And while i m complaining i have to say i haven t loved this new experience of using the gutter system for growing strawberries either.
They are about 6 dollars for 120 inch.
I ve been feeling an urgency to get this blog post update out because i have been seeing ridiculous growing traffic on our strawberry planting in rain gutters post and i think we should let you all know that growing strawberry plants in rain gutters hasn t turned out so well for us.
So i transitioned out my lettuce and replanted the strawberries that i had dug up out of the garden.
How to grow strawberries in a small space.
Humans aren t the only creatures that love to nibble on strawberries.
Rabbits raccoons possums and.
I m trying to give it more time.
The gutters are simple and easy to install.
Strawberries are super easy fruits to grow in gutters it also saves them from diseases like crown rot and fruit rot.
Remove runners in gutter containers because the growing area is not large enough to support the additional plants.
How to grow strawberries in rain gutters.
While i love the lettuce i think i would much prefer growing strawberries in those gutters.
Things you ll need for growing strawberries in gutters.