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Gutter gardening
Does anyone have experience planting vegetables and herbs in a rain gutter? If so, can you tell me what plants did well and what ones did not? I am a container gardener and I am looking to expand vertically so I can save my real estate for the tomatoes, cukes, squash, potatoes etc that need space for buckets and pails.
Thank you
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I’ve read that strawberries do well.
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I worked with Larry Hall and working on his “Rain Gutter Grow system”. for several years.
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If you are on facebook I imagine that group would still be very active.
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The only thing I do in gutters is peas. Lettuce would work too. If you have limited space (or good soil) you could grow things in straw bales, that you can put anywhere, like tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes too.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZKkpyJLf0
This is an overview of the system, I like the kiddie pool method the best from the RGGS.
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Just found this guy and am going to try this myself because I have a very limited space for container gardening.
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Thanks everyone!
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I have 12 of the 10 foot down spouts holds 29 plants in each spout in a hydroponic water solution used past 3 years. Peppers do well<div> Okra does well, cantaloupe has 3 plants last year got 12 of them. Basil any herb should do well. I use a fence to support the plants I have 5 gallon tubs with lids hold 4 plants each tomatoes, peppers, and orha in them basil did well water solution 5 gallons of water, 10 g of fertilizer, 10 g of calcium Nitrate and 5 g Epson salt.</div>
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