Outdoor Gutter Growing

This was a very simple project.

Outdoor gutter growing.

Lettuces chard kale spinach arugula mache. The concept is simple. The possibilities for your garden are endless. Thanks to their elevated existence gutter gardens resist rabbits bugs slugs and other pests that troll the ground for food.

Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping. They can even help you adequately water your garden with less effort. Perfect for small spaces you can also use them to create privacy or for decoration. We just bought 3 10 sections of gutter at our local home improvement store along with right and left end caps and special screws for mounting.

You just use the gutter as a long planter. You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup. Rain gutter grow systems rggs are self watering containers on steroids and they are new ways to grow plants that reduce watering and reduce weeding. These flowers are small and may bloom beautifully in their seasons.

See more ideas about grow system rain gutters gutter. I have not done a direct comparison but soilless seems to be the way to go when growing in gutters and coir pith coco peat is a choice that is growing in popularity. Rain gutters as fence decoration. Home gardeners should have enough insight regarding the properties of plants as they grow.

It has a spongy structure moisture retention qualities and it does not compact easily but will allow for oxygen for the plant underground to help the cells in the plant root to take up water and nutrients. Sep 13 2012 explore susan smith s board gardening rain gutter grow system followed by 185 people on pinterest. Radishes beets and shallow carrot varieties. We screwed it all to the wall at a slight angle so that the water would drain and we drilled some drainage holes on the low side of each gutter.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. In short gutter gardening is a term that implies growing a vertical garden in a rain gutter. These create suitable growing spaces for smaller plants like strawberries herbs and lettuces. The bright colors and the lovely smell can be an excellent decoration for the exterior of the house.