Growing Plants In Rain Gutters

And while i m complaining i have to say i haven t loved this new experience of using the gutter system for growing strawberries either.

Growing plants in rain gutters.

Using it is simple. Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters. Follow this exclusive guide here to build your very own hydroponic rain gutter garden with the 40 feet of vertical growing space and 50 gallon fish pond. July 15 2014 at 3 07 pm work with day to day.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters. You buy the coir pith as a brick look up 5kg coir pith block machine on youtube to see how it is produced. Not every plant is suitable for rain gutter gardening but plants that have shallow root systems and don t require much space do wonderfully in a rain gutter garden.

Things you will need tape measure pencil tin snips hand or circular saw gutter end caps pliers silicone caulk pvc glue 1 4 inch drill bit power drill potting soil gardening trowel strawberry transplants scissors watering can fertilizer. Spike rush eleocharis palustris can grow in either standing water or in medium wet soil so it s right at home edging a pond by a gutter downspout or in a rain garden. Don t forget to water them regularly. For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket.

Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters. Vertical kitchen gutter garden. This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use. Self watering rain gutter garden fish pond.

Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil. Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping. Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow.

How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1. Slide metal end. Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full. Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick.

This will allow the excess water to be drained. Protecting the strawberries growing in gutters says. If you have a long narrow garden space or a lot of vertical space to use rain gutter gardening is perfect for you. Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil.

In summer it features white and brown flower spikes.