Rain Gutter Strawberry Planter

Diy strawberry gutter system easiest way to grow strawberries click show more for all the links and other info i mentioned in the video in today s vide.

Rain gutter strawberry planter.

Strawberries are delicious and as far as food goes they are one of the easiest to grow. Here s how i did it. You can mount the gutters vertically or horizontally to save space. You buy the coir pith as a brick look up 5kg coir pith block machine on youtube to see how it is produced.

Just make sure to secure the gutters well so you don t end up losing your crop. Yes and the answer is rain gutters by using rain gutters or some pvc pipe as your pot you can keep your strawberries fresh and clean and oh so delicious to eat. How to grow strawberries in rain gutter planters video. 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.

And so we decided to really change things up and start anew by planting and growing our new strawberry plants in rain gutters. Cut a piece of gutter 4 1 2 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular saw. We have tried our space saving idea to grow strawberries vertically using pvc pipes tutorial here. Check it out and i thank ya for watching.

These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening. I decided to build hall s self irrigating gutter let s call it a sig to grow strawberries. In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system. Using it is simple.

This year however it was truly time to start over. Another great thing about this is saving space if you don t have the room for a crawling plant you might want to try using a rain gutter. Elevated rain gutters make for great diy strawberry planters. Aight y all i today s video we re building a true diy strawberry planter using a re purposed rain gutter.

A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants. With some scrap wood i made a support system for the two gutters one gutter holds water and the other holds soil. Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick. For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket.