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Category: > Environment > How to Grow Strawberries in Rain Gutters

How to Grow Strawberries in Rain Gutters

Apr 11, 2014 Carly Fraser Save For Later Print

Last Updated: Jun 15, 2020

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woman picking strawberries from raingutter strawberry garden

Fresh strawberries are one of If you want to learn how to grow strawberries in rain gutters, then you’ve come to the right place. Growing strawberries in pots are easy, but it is more convenient when you can do so in space-saving rain gutter planters! Not to mention, the flavor of home-grown strawberries can never compare to store-bought strawberries.

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.

These rain gutters not only keep pests away, but they make for much easier gardening!

How to Grow Strawberries in Rain Gutters

You can also use the same concept for growing lettuces and herbs. It saves space, and helps you maximize your produce output.

A variety of people have devised their own ways to come up with their own rain gutter gardens. You can read all about them with the provided links below:

Let me know in the comments below if you will be exploring these methods of growing bush fruit, herbs, and lettuces this summer! I may just try it out myself, as it seems simple enough, and I love a good homegrown strawberry!

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Carly Fraser has her BSc (Hons.) Degree in Neuroscience, and is the owner and founder at Live Love Fruit. She currently lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with a determined life mission to help inspire and motivate individuals to critically think about what they put in their bodies and to find balance through nutrition and lifestyle. She has helped hundreds of thousands of individuals to re-connect with their bodies and learn self-love through proper eating habits and natural living. She loves to do yoga, dance, and immerse herself in nature.

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  1. Trisha says

    Feb 26, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    There's another blog where someone tried to do strawberry gutters… it didn't turn out well. There's some info about the original pic posted here as well, hope this helps everyone if they try out this method!

    http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/strawberry-planting-in-rain-gutters/

    http://houseofjoyfulnoise.com/gardening-fail-growing-strawberry-plants-in-rain-gutters/

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  2. florida gardener says

    Mar 2, 2016 at 7:32 am

    I have done this with lettuce and strawberries. I am in Florida, and my issue has had been has been the torrential rains we have. Raindrops sometimes as big as my fist! The plants can usually take the beating, but the soil in this shallow gutter is another thing…soil pushed out, roots exposed… the only solution I have found is moving the gutters in my barn. Has anyone devised some sort of shelter for theirs? Maybe a greenhouse type? I have to find a answer this season, because it's a great idea otherwise! My plants have grown beautifully.

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  3. yoda1310 says

    Mar 6, 2016 at 1:16 pm

    will the strawberries in the gutters grow back the next year? i'm in zone 7 area

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    • Carly Fraser says

      Mar 7, 2016 at 9:35 am

      They should, if taken care of properly to ensure they don't totally die in winter

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  4. Betty Rubble the Anti-Feminist says

    Jun 22, 2018 at 9:31 pm

    Zone 4, nothing survives a winter in any raised container garden with a width or length of less than 4', including rain gutters. Zone 4, If you have a rain gutter 4' x 4' and on the ground, then you might get the one plant in the very middle to survive, that's if you put several inches of mulch on top of it for protection! LOL Frost heaves kills the roots and the cold winds desiccate all exposed tissues!

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