How To Grow Strawberries In Gutters

So keeping the roots cool enough to produce a good crop of strawberries can pose a problem for strawberries planted in gutters.

How to grow strawberries in gutters.

In time we decided we just preferred the june bearing so we ripped out all of the ever bearing. Fill the gutter within a half inch of the top lip with potting soil scooping the soil into the gutter by hand or with a gardening trowel. Plant the strawberries in early spring. I stapled the vinyl to the wooden gutter support and stretched it over the top of the soil.

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. Then clog pipe from both sides. Trim the roots of the strawberry transplant to 6 inches with scissors to make planting easier. Now fill up the soil in the holes you made and plant strawberry plants carefully in each hole.

You ll also need to make a few hole for drainage on the bottom. Take care that the crown of strawberry plants should not be covered in soil. Plant the strawberries in early spring. I cut holes and planted my strawberries about 8 inches apart.

The float valve is connected to a rainwater barrel. These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening. Consequently the soil can get too hot in the summer in many places and too cold in the winter. Use hole saw to make holes.

Gutter planted strawberries have no such natural insulation. Trim the roots of the strawberry transplant to 6 inches with scissors to make planting easier. Michael drilled holes in the gutter towards the bottom every 1 1 2 or so for proper drainage. You can also plant in the autumn where winters are milder.