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Cheap strawberry planter alternative

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  • shopaholic2006
    shopaholic2006 Posts: 274 Forumite
    ooh great, will make a trip to see if there are any in my local :beer:
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 35,304 Forumite
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    An OP on here has three ordinary plant pots, each smaller than the other, stacked as a strawberry container.
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • betterlife
    betterlife Posts: 897 Forumite
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    i was planning to grow my strawberries in guttering along my fences, hopefully will deter slugs!
    One day I will live in a cabin in the woods
  • nickbrat
    nickbrat Posts: 132 Forumite
    Guttering for Strawberries sounds like a good idea. Just a couple of questions from a novice for you.

    Would guttering be deep enough to grow strawberries or do they need more depth?

    I also assume that one would need to drill holes in the bottom of the guttering for drainage.
  • angelavdavis
    angelavdavis Posts: 4,714 Forumite
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    RAS wrote: »
    An OP on here has three ordinary plant pots, each smaller than the other, stacked as a strawberry container.

    Nodwah's original post is here. I was really impressed and have created my own version this weekend:
    nodwah wrote: »
    Well I made my own strawb tower by stacking pots inside each other and using bricks to stand the inner ones on iyswim.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/32201574@N00/2564444820/
    :D Thanks to MSE, I am mortgage free!:D
  • Prudent
    Prudent Posts: 11,629 Forumite
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    I was lucky enough to win gardening vouchers just before Christmas.

    Today I went to buy some pots to grow potatoes. I came across these bags in Dobbies:

    http://www.haxnicks.co.uk/direct/products.asp?CategoryID=21

    I bought the pack of three potato bags and the pack of two herb bags.
    They also do strawberry bags - which look the same as the herb bag.

    I am going to use one of the herb bags for stawberries.

    I have a small garden with quite a bit of it wasted in driveway (I have one small car). So I have decided to put some of the driveway to use to grwo veg as it gets the sun.
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