Outdoor Gutter Growing

These flowers are small and may bloom beautifully in their seasons.

Outdoor gutter growing.

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. The bright colors and the lovely smell can be an excellent decoration for the exterior of the house. One of the cutest small gutter garden ideas includes planting different flowers especially the seasonal ones such as marigolds violas and pansies. Sep 13 2012 explore susan smith s board gardening rain gutter grow system followed by 185 people on pinterest.

The concept is simple. The possibilities for your garden are endless. 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. 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.

While the design possibilities are limitless depending on the crafting skill and resources not all plants can grow in gutter. This was a very simple project. These create suitable growing spaces for smaller plants like strawberries herbs and lettuces. Strawberries greens lettuce spinach and colorful salad greens snap peas radish mint basil rosemary pothos jade plants sedum many varieties both upright and creeping.

Home gardeners should have enough insight regarding the properties of plants as they grow. 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. Perfect for small spaces you can also use them to create privacy or for decoration.

Besides the plants already mentioned you can try. Dress up your boring wooden fence or walls using aluminum gutters following this idea. Lettuces chard kale spinach arugula mache. See more ideas about grow system rain gutters gutter.

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. You just use the gutter as a long planter. Rain gutters as fence decoration. Thanks to their elevated existence gutter gardens resist rabbits bugs slugs and other pests that troll the ground for food.