And so we decided to really change things up and start anew by planting and growing our new strawberry plants in rain gutters.
Budget101 gutter strawberries.
Strawberries grown in gutters are easy to protect.
While strawberry plants generally comes back and produce for 3 4 years before they are done we managed to squeeze one more year out of ours.
In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system.
So growing strawberries in gutters is a great idea for people with back and knee problems.
The gutter can now finally be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries.
A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants.
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With some scrap wood i made a support system for the two gutters one gutter holds water and the other holds soil.
Here s how i did it.
How to grow strawberries in a small space.
Most gutter systems place the height of the gutters to minimize the strain on the body during picking.
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I decided to build hall s self irrigating gutter let s call it a sig to grow strawberries.
This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs.
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This year however it was truly time to start over.
Growing your own strawberries is easy there are varieties that can be grown in sunny spots as well as shady areas.
Here s an interesting way to grow strawberries fill an old rain gutter with soil plant the berries harvest them as the overhang.
It is important however to keep this in mind when designing or choosing a gutter system.