Growing Plants In Rain Gutters

Measure and mark for plant spacing from either end of the gutter with a tape measure and pencil.

Growing plants in rain gutters.

Vertical kitchen gutter garden. Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping. Using it is simple. Progress from seed to harvest is shown with tomatoes lettuce.

Don t forget to water them regularly. 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. 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. For instance in a wheelbarrow or in a large bucket.

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. Self watering rain gutter garden fish pond. It grows 2 to 4 feet tall and forms dense mats of grassy foliage. Slide metal end.

Cut a section of gutter 4 to 6 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw for plastic gutters. Protecting the strawberries growing in gutters says. And i think we should let you all know that growing strawberry plants in rain gutters reply. Grow lettuce spinach or any of your favorite greens in this vertical patch.

Add organic fertilizer to about 20 liters of water and add that to the brick. How to grow lettuce in a rain gutter 1. If you have a long narrow garden space or a lot of vertical space to use rain gutter gardening is perfect for you. Drill small holes in the bottom of the gutters.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. Your friends gardener greg and floraformer fred show you progress on growing in rain gutters. July 15 2014 at 3 07 pm work with day to day. This will yield about 70 liter of coir pith ready to use.

In summer it features white and brown flower spikes. Pack the soil firmly because your plants won t have a lot of soil to grow. You buy the coir pith as a brick look up 5kg coir pith block machine on youtube to see how it is produced. 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.

Fill the gutters with soil to be about half full.