Growing Strawberries In Gutters

We have tried growing strawberries out in our garden with all kinds of problems.

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. In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety. Growing strawberries in a self irrigating gutter sig. Another great thing about this is that your berries will be portable.

Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage. Plant three strawberry transplants in the gutters using the three spacing marks as a guide. 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. This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs.

In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system. You can mount the gutters vertically or horizontally to save space. This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use. Just like picking is easier with most gutter systems growing strawberries in gutters allows for ease during certain maintenance tasks.

For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket. Using it is simple. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.

I got this idea from larry hall who made a video showing how he uses gutters as self watering containers. Plant the strawberries in early spring. You can also plant in autumn where winters are milder. Growing strawberries in gutters makes some maintenance easy.

A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size. In the first part of the video larry shows how to use a gutter to supply water to a row of pots. 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.