Since strawberry plants are short regular picking requires either a lot of.
Growing strawberries gutter system.
I decided to build hall s self irrigating gutter let s call it a sig to grow strawberries.
It saves space and helps you maximize your produce output.
The gutter can now be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries.
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.
Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage.
Here s how i did it.
The hill system for growing strawberries is most commonly used for day neutral strawberries and everbearing strawberries.
With some scrap wood i made a support system for the two gutters one gutter holds water and the other holds soil.
These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.
In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing.
Strawberry plants are small.
Strawberry plants do not set large nets of roots and growing them in a gutter should not be a problem as properly evidenced in many places do a google image search for strawberry tunnel cultivation.
A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size.
In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system.
In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety.
Extend this mound into a row as long as you like.
The hill system also known as the mound system.
You can also use the same concept for growing lettuces and herbs.
They don t have woody stems so their growth is usually only.
A variety of people have devised their own ways to come up with their own rain gutter gardens.
Make strawberry picking easier.
How to grow strawberries in rain gutters.