If you want to learn how to grow strawberries in rain gutters, then you’ve come to the right place. Growing strawberries in pots is easy, but it is more convenient when you can do so in space-saving rain gutter planters! Not to mention, the flavour 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!
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:
http://www.simplifylivelove.com/2012/03/my-gutter-salad-garden.html
http://homeguides.sfgate.com/grow-strawberries-rain-gutters-25601.html
http://www.rootsimple.com/2013/03/growing-strawberries-in-a-self-watering-gutter/
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!
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/
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.
will the strawberries in the gutters grow back the next year? i'm in zone 7 area
They should, if taken care of properly to ensure they don't totally die in winter
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!