Growing Plants In Rain Gutters

Not every plant is suitable for rain gutter gardening but plants that have shallow root systems and don t require much space do wonderfully in a rain gutter garden.

Growing plants in rain gutters.

If you have a long narrow garden space or a lot of vertical space to use rain gutter gardening is perfect for you. Don t forget to water them regularly. Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters. Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.

Vertical kitchen gutter garden. July 15 2014 at 3 07 pm work with day to day. Progress from seed to harvest is shown with tomatoes lettuce. Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping.

In summer it features white and brown flower spikes. And i think we should let you all know that growing strawberry plants in rain gutters reply. This will allow the excess water to be drained. Slide metal end.

Self watering rain gutter garden fish pond. Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick. Follow this exclusive guide here to build your very own hydroponic rain gutter garden with the 40 feet of vertical growing space and 50 gallon fish pond. Things you will need tape measure pencil tin snips hand or circular saw gutter end caps pliers silicone caulk pvc glue 1 4 inch drill bit power drill potting soil gardening trowel strawberry transplants scissors watering can fertilizer.

Using it is simple. Spike rush eleocharis palustris can grow in either standing water or in medium wet soil so it s right at home edging a pond by a gutter downspout or in a rain garden. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. Protecting the strawberries growing in gutters says.

It grows 2 to 4 feet tall and forms dense mats of grassy foliage. Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters. Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full. Besides the plants already mentioned you can try.

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. Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil. Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil. For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket.

Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow.