Growing Plants In Rain Gutters

Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.

Growing plants in rain gutters.

Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil. Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow. 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. Protecting the strawberries growing in gutters says.

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. It grows 2 to 4 feet tall and forms dense mats of grassy foliage. You buy the coir pith as a brick look up 5kg coir pith block machine on youtube to see how it is produced. Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick.

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. Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil. How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1. Don t forget to water them regularly.

Using it is simple. Progress from seed to harvest is shown with tomatoes lettuce. July 15 2014 at 3 07 pm work with day to day. This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use.

Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters. Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters. And i think we should let you all know that growing strawberry plants in rain gutters reply. Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. This will allow the excess water to be drained. For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket.

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. Slide metal end. In summer it features white and brown flower spikes. Self watering rain gutter garden fish pond.

Vertical kitchen gutter garden.