We have featured several vertical rain gutter gardens in previous posts as gutters make very convenient planters that can easily be attached to a wall or hung from a balcony or overhang for instant garden containers that can be stacked one on top of another.
Rain gutter grow system fence.
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Dec 17 2019 this board is all about rain gutter grow systems developed originally by larry hall.
It s a rain gutter designed to hold your choice of plants and decorate a wall fence porch railing or other area.
And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail.
Use your creativity to put a gutter garden in some of your free space.
Ok so you want to build a rain gutter grow system.
This system is relatively inexpensive and easy to build.
Rain gutter grow systems are a new way to grow plants that reduce watering and reduce weeding.
Consider these uses for gutter gardens.
I ve seen others that run back and forth diagonally to create an easy watering system.
2 10 ft treated 2x4 s 1 10 ft rain gutter and 2 end caps i prefer the u snap b.
This is a self watering bucket on steroids so naturally i had to try it.
Of course some people also have plants growing out of their rain gutters that have gotten clogged with debris ok that s a joke.
At the core the rain gutter grow system is a self watering container gardening method.
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.
If you need inspiration take a look here.
Rain gutters as fence decoration dress up your boring wooden fence or walls using aluminum gutters following this idea.
It can be placed against the side of a house shed or fence as an alternative to growing food in the ground.
Here is what you will need.
The containers soak up water from the rain gutter using a net cup on the bottom of each container.
You can grow shallow rooted annuals greens herbs and plants nasturtiums in this setup.