First find the gutters that you want to use.
Growing plants in gutters.
Since strawberry plants are short regular picking requires either a lot of.
The most important thing you can do for your gutters is to clean them regularly.
Rain gutters are easy to find and come in a variety of shapes sizes and materials including plastic aluminum or copper.
Ideal for growing shallow container plants like lettuce strawberries and scallions gutter gardens can be assembled in a few hours and enjoyed all summer long.
How to keep plants from growing in your gutters clean gutters regularly.
When you water the plants make sure to only water the gutters and not the siding.
This template for a vertical gutter garden provides you with a solution.
Water only as much to keep the seeds wet but don t go overboard.
Lettuce salad greens asian greens spinach or mustard radishes carrots beets strawberries snap peas chives garlic cilantro bunching onions mint thyme marjoram succulents annual flowers.
Whether you are a total novice or a veteran gardener looking to shake things up this vertical garden design is going to create a unique cultivation space.
Common plants grown in gutters include the following.
They don t have woody stems so their growth is usually only.
Dress up your boring wooden fence or walls using aluminum gutters following this idea.
Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping.
Strawberry plants are small.
Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil.
Finding a gardening method that is low maintenance and low cost is important when you are just beginning.
Make strawberry picking easier.
Besides the plants already mentioned you can try.
Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow.
Don t forget to water them regularly.
Rain gutters as fence decoration.
The downspouts can become clogged as well pushing water up and into the gutters or under the roof.