Growing Strawberries In Rain Gutters

Not just strawberries either but all kinds of fruits and vegetables can be grown in gutters.

Growing strawberries in rain gutters.

I ve been feeling an urgency to get this blog post update out because i have been seeing ridiculous growing traffic on our strawberry planting in rain gutters post and i think we should let you all know that growing strawberry plants in rain gutters hasn t turned out so well for us. Not to mention the flavor of home grown strawberries can never compare to store bought strawberries. Growing strawberries is easy but it is more convenient when you can do so in space saving rain gutter planters. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.

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. Strawberries in rain gutters is becoming a popular idea. You can also plant in the autumn where winters are milder.

Strawberries are delicious and as far as food goes they are one of the easiest to grow. You can mount the gutters vertically or horizontally to save space. Trim the roots of the strawberry transplant to 6 inches with scissors to make planting easier. In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety.

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. 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. Fill the gutter within a half inch of the top lip with potting soil scooping the soil into the gutter by hand or with a gardening trowel.

Just like picking is easier with most gutter systems growing strawberries in gutters allows for ease during certain maintenance tasks. 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. In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing. A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants.

Not to mention the flavor of home grown strawberries can never compare to store bought strawberries. Plant the strawberries in early spring.