Budget101 Gutter Strawberries

While strawberry plants generally comes back and produce for 3 4 years before they are done we managed to squeeze one more year out of ours.

Budget101 gutter strawberries.

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. A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants. This year however it was truly time to start over. With some scrap wood i made a support system for the two gutters one gutter holds water and the other holds soil.

Here s an interesting way to grow strawberries fill an old rain gutter with soil plant the berries harvest them as the overhang. So growing strawberries in gutters is a great idea for people with back and knee problems. Not to mention the flavor of home grown strawberries can never compare to store bought strawberries. It is important however to keep this in mind when designing or choosing a gutter system.

Most gutter systems place the height of the gutters to minimize the strain on the body during picking. And so we decided to really change things up and start anew by planting and growing our new strawberry plants in rain gutters. See more ideas about over the years clone recipe dirt cheap meals. Here s how i did it.

The gutter can now finally be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries. Strawberries grown in gutters are easy to protect. This type of growing gutter is also good for microgreens pea shoots and herbs. In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system.

Jan 5 2020 a huge collection of our favorite things shared through our facebook page over the years. Growing your own strawberries is easy there are varieties that can be grown in sunny spots as well as shady areas. How to grow strawberries in a small space.