Build Strawberry Rain Gutter

A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants.

Build strawberry rain gutter.

Here s how i did it. Gutter strawberries are very flexible systems. Yes and the answer is rain gutters by using rain gutters or some pvc pipe as your pot you can keep your strawberries fresh and clean and oh so delicious to eat. Cut a piece of gutter 4 1 2 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular saw.

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. You buy the coir pith as a brick look up 5kg coir pith block machine on youtube to see how it is produced. Experiment to grow strawberries in rain gutter planter in this video i show the beginning of my experiment in growing strawberries in a rain gutter pla. I decided to build hall s self irrigating gutter let s call it a sig to grow strawberries.

Just like picking is easier with most gutter systems growing strawberries in gutters allows for ease during certain maintenance tasks. Another great thing about this is saving space if you don t have the room for a crawling plant you might want to try using a rain gutter. For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.

I sealed the ends of the two gutters with silicon putty and secured the gutters to the wooden support with screws. 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. Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick. Bed gardens can get too wet for strawberries and strawberries can get packed too tight.

Using it is simple. In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system. 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 video. The benefits of the rain gutter gardens for strawberries are the same things as the trickiness of them.

With some scrap wood i made a support system for the two gutters one gutter holds water and the other holds soil. So the drainage and spaced out ness of the rain gutters is a plus so long as you keep them watered properly.