Growing strawberries in gutters is the best way to use up your vertical space smartly.
Grow straberries in gutter.
There are specific challenges however.
This is my first summer growing strawberries in a rain gutter.
There are a lot of people posting pictures of their gutter systems for growing strawberries on the internet.
You have probably seen some of these.
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.
We are busy this year already harvesting our spring strawberries.
Strawberries are super easy fruits to grow in gutters it also saves them from diseases like crown rot and fruit rot.
This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs.
We have tried growing strawberries out in our garden with all kinds of problems.
How to grow strawberries in rain gutters.
October 16 2017 at 11 49 am.
The gutter can now finally be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries.
So it couldn t blow anywhere.
Regarding the truth of how people successfully grow strawberries in gutters i suggest reading the rest of the comments at that thread.
Our gutter strawberries failed because we too tried to grow them from the inspiration of a photo and didn t realize it was a whole system of which we were not using in a different climate than we were in.
How to grow strawberries in rain gutters.
A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size.
Growing strawberries in gutters is definitely a viable way to grow strawberries.
Growing strawberries upside down.
You can also use the same concept for growing lettuces and herbs.
Growing your own strawberries is easy there are varieties that can be grown in sunny spots as well as shady areas.
How to grow strawberries in a small space.
Things you ll need for growing strawberries in gutters.
There are several benefits to using gutters and several drawbacks.
Personally our strawberry bed has a framed hardware cloth cover.