Rain Gutter Grow System Soil

Rain gutter grow systems are a new way to grow plants that reduce watering and reduce weeding.

Rain gutter grow system soil.

Two 2 4 wood pieces 5 feet long. And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail. Gutter systems have proliferated in urban settings rooftop gardens and deck patio porch gardens all over the world. This is an introduction to the rggs.

This system is relatively inexpensive and easy to build. At the core the rain gutter grow system is a self watering container gardening method. The same hardware that you use to attach rain gutters to a roof can be used to attach your rain gutter garden containers to a vertical surface. The containers soak up water from the rain gutter using a net cup on the bottom of each container.

It is a low maintenance mass growing system that can grow many large and small crops at once. Regardless of the title i successfully used this system from 2014 to 2017. If you ve got old gutters you don t have to throw them out. I built my first rain gutter grow system in 2014.

Plants are grown inside of large or small containers and fed water and nutrients from the rain gutter which is maintained by a float valve and connected to a well rain barrel garden hose water tap etc. You can use plastic buckets barrels or grow bags for containers. No comments on starting over with my ibc aquaponics system after a few months of good rainfall which filled up my ibc tank with rainwater i decided it was time to start up my aquaponics system. You can make a self watering rain gutter grow system from a variety of gutter styles.

Before filling you can cover the drain holes with mesh or small pieces of window screen to keep soil from falling through. This is a self watering bucket on steroids so naturally i had to try it. As mentioned above growing strawberries in gutters is a great option for people with limited space or no available soil. 10 foot gutter or two 5 foot gutters.

It was actually considered a hybrid rain gutter grow system because i used a 3 pvc pipe instead of a rain gutter. Use a basic potting soil in the rain gutters. The rain gutter grow system takes container gardening to a whole new level. Flexibility of gutter strawberry systems.

Your friends greg and fred show you how they mix soil for use when growing in rain gutters and when transplanting plants from the hydroponic systems. Literally the locations for gutter gardens are almost limitless.