Move them as needed to areas where aphids are attacking new growth.
Gutter planting strawberries.
We are busy this year already harvesting our spring strawberries.
Consequently the soil can get too hot in the summer in many places and too cold in the winter.
I ended up planting 65 strawberry plants in 40 of galvanized gutters.
Strawberry planting in rain gutters may 22 2014 by laura 18 comments we ve have grown strawberries in our gardens going for five seasons now and we have thoroughly enjoyed it.
Elevate gutters on flat stones bricks or.
The gutter can now be filled with compost leave a small space below the rim for watering and you can plant your strawberries.
Strawberry plants do not set large nets of roots and growing them in a gutter should not be a problem as properly evidenced in many places do a google image search for strawberry tunnel cultivation.
Then i added moistened potting soil.
After the gutters were in place i filled them with 1 4 of pea gravel.
Plant nasturtiums into smaller pieces of gutter along with chives dill or lemon balm.
So keeping the roots cool enough to produce a good crop of strawberries can pose a problem for strawberries planted in gutters.
We have tried growing strawberries out in our garden with all kinds of problems.
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.
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.
Gutter planted strawberries have no such natural insulation.
Move them as needed to areas where aphids are attacking new growth.