Plant strawberries in sandy loamy soil with a ph between 5 0 7 0.
Raising strawberries in gutters.
I ve been feeling an urgency to get this blog post update out because i have been seeing ridiculous growing traffic on our strawberry planting in rain gutters post and i think we should let you all know that growing strawberry plants in rain gutters hasn t turned out so well for us.
Gutters can be nailed to sunny side barn walls built into vertical or a frames or almost anywhere else.
We ve have grown strawberries in our gardens going for five seasons now and we have thoroughly enjoyed it.
How to grow strawberries in rain gutters.
Otherwise they wouldn t do it.
While strawberry plants generally comes back and produce for 3 4 years before they are done we managed to squeeze one more year out of ours.
These rain gutters not only keep pests away but they make for much easier gardening.
And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail.
While they thrive in warm weather these perennials easily survive the winter with plants spreading each year they return.
A variety of people have devised their own ways to come up with their own rain gutter gardens.
Obviously growing strawberries in gutters is a great option for a lot of people.
How to grow strawberries in rain gutters.
Soil should drain well and not become waterlogged after rain.
Growing strawberries in gutters.
You can also use the same concept for growing lettuces and herbs.
The flavor of a store bought strawberry can never compare to the flavor of a homegrown strawberry but not everyone has room to plant a garden.