Growing Plants In Rain Gutters

If you have a long narrow garden space or a lot of vertical space to use rain gutter gardening is perfect for you.

Growing plants in rain gutters.

Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters. In summer it features white and brown flower spikes. Slide metal end. Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.

Add some fertilizer and fill the rest of the gutter with soil. 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. Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow. 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. Self watering rain gutter garden fish pond. 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. Besides the plants already mentioned you can try.

It grows 2 to 4 feet tall and forms dense mats of grassy foliage. Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping. Don t forget to water them regularly. Progress from seed to harvest is shown with tomatoes lettuce.

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. Protecting the strawberries growing in gutters says. Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full. For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket.

And i think we should let you all know that growing strawberry plants in rain gutters reply. This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use. Vertical kitchen gutter garden. Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters.

How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1. July 15 2014 at 3 07 pm work with day to day. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch. Using it is simple.

You buy the coir pith as a brick look up 5kg coir pith block machine on youtube to see how it is produced.