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