Rain Gutter Strawberry Beds

Easy and neat rain gutter garden ideas indoor and outdoor design shasta goode backyard.

Rain gutter strawberry beds.

Growing strawberries in raised beds here i ll cover all the basics of growing strawberries in raised beds. Measure and mark 27 inches from either end of the gutter to find. Apr 20 2013 explore pattie giedd s board strawberry beds followed by 108 people on pinterest. A section of rain gutter about 120cm long is enough to grow four strawberry plants.

Strawberry beds strawberry planters diy strawberry garden strawberry plants planting raised garden beds garden soil edible garden vegetable garden gardening. Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick. Rain gutter strawberry beds. Cut a piece of gutter 120cm long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular saw for pvc rain gutters.

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. In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing. Cut a piece of gutter 4 1 2 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular saw for pvc rain gutters.

Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage. See more ideas about strawberry beds raised garden beds garden beds. Just like picking is easier with most gutter systems growing strawberries in gutters allows for ease during certain maintenance tasks. 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.

Like any plant give strawberry plants what they like and you will reap a good harvest. 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. Gutter gardens are great because they keep the berry plants up off the ground no canopy to hide creepy crawly things and the berries are at a convenient height for picking. In the past in our strawberry bed we grew berries of the june bearing and ever bearing variety.

This is very important and the first thing you need to consider when growing strawberries in a raised bed. You can convert a piece of rain gutter into a container to grow strawberries. Using it is simple. This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use.

Gutters also make very cost effective garden beds we used 10 foot long plastic gutters and they only cost about 4 each. Measure and mark 15cm from the end of the gutter as a margin.