Rain Gutter Grow System Problems

Dec 17 2019 this board is all about rain gutter grow systems developed originally by larry hall.

Rain gutter grow system problems.

The containers soak up water from the rain gutter using a net cup on the bottom of each container. See more ideas about grow system rain gutters gutter. The heart of the system is to have a water supply either as a rain gutter or a kiddie pool that has a constant level of water controlled by a float so that the plants in a soil less peat based mix can take up as much of the water as they need when they need it. This system is relatively inexpensive and easy to build.

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. 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. The rggs rain gutter grow system is the brain child of larry hall. You can use plastic buckets barrels or grow bags for containers.

It is a low maintenance mass growing system that can grow many large and small crops at once. And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail. The rain gutter grow system takes container gardening to a whole new level. The natural instinct for many homeowners is to install gutter guards.

Rain gutter grow systems are a new way to grow plants that reduce watering and reduce weeding. This is a self watering bucket on steroids so naturally i had to try it. This is an introduction to the rggs. And in theory the idea is perfect.

They are specially designed to cover up the gutter and allow the drainage system to flow freely. At the core the rain gutter grow system is a self watering container gardening method. Upgrading the existing system and annual maintenance.