Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage.
Growing strawberries in gutters.
Growing strawberries in a self irrigating gutter sig.
We have tried growing strawberries out in our garden with all kinds of problems.
A rain gutter about 4 and a half feet long is enough to grow 3 4 strawberry plants depending on plant size.
These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.
This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use.
In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety.
Plant the strawberries in early spring.
Plant three strawberry transplants in the gutters using the three spacing marks as a guide.
We are busy this year already harvesting our spring strawberries.
For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket.
Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick.
You can also plant in autumn where winters are milder.
These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.
You buy the coir pith as a brick look up 5kg coir pith block machine on youtube to see how it is produced.
Another great thing about this is that your berries will be portable.
Using it is simple.
This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs.
In the first part of the video larry shows how to use a gutter to supply water to a row of pots.
I got this idea from larry hall who made a video showing how he uses gutters as self watering containers.
Growing strawberries in gutters makes some maintenance easy.
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.
Just like picking is easier with most gutter systems growing strawberries in gutters allows for ease during certain maintenance tasks.
In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system.