Things you ll need for growing strawberries in gutters.
Hanging strawberries gutters.
Now that you have selected the correct varietal of suitable hanging strawberry plants it s time to choose a container for your hanging strawberry garden.
Growing strawberries in gutters is the best way to use up your vertical space smartly.
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.
To make two like we did just double the materials worksheet.
This year however it was truly time to start over.
Tips on how to grow hanging strawberry plants.
Most gutter systems place the height of the gutters to minimize the strain on the body during picking.
The planter often a wire basket should be 12 15 inches 30 38 cm from top to bottom deep enough for the roots.
Not just strawberries either but all kinds of fruits and vegetables can be grown in gutters.
We have two hanging rigs like the one we re going to show you how to make below.
There are a few benefits of growing strawberries in gutters so let s start with those reasons.
Strawberries are super easy fruits to grow in gutters it also saves them from diseases like crown rot and fruit rot.
So growing strawberries in gutters is a great idea for people with back and knee problems.
And so we decided to really change things up and start anew by planting and growing our new strawberry plants in rain gutters.
Place the gutter in a location that provides at least 6 hours of full sun per day before filling the gutter with soil and planting the strawberries.
Strawberries in rain gutters is becoming a popular idea.
Strawberries grown in gutters are easy to protect.
The great thing about some of these plants like strawberries is if you have them above they ll hand down and create a hanging garden you can pick from.
By planting and hanging in gutters the berries are not as susceptible to ground dwelling animals.
And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail.
It is important however to keep this in mind when designing or choosing a gutter system.
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.
Growing strawberries upside down.