Strawberries in gutter?

invisiblecabbage

I still have 2 dozen strawbs that I cultivated from last year that need planting somewhere, but I need them above floor level so dog doesn't 'water' them:rotfl:. How much depth do they need for roots? Would a row of guttering fixed to fence be deep enough?
Thanks

lisa26_2

I've grown them successfully in grow bags before and they aren't very deep so it might be worth a try!

savemoney

Dont think they need much depth I got some in a strawberry planter and is not very deep about 2"

Its in full flower now, its first year

toni_

yea they should be fine, ive seen them growing in pieces of gutter before my friends seem to do pretty well

Wookey

I've mine in 6" guttering (3" at its deepest) the severe winter killed 2 plants out of 24, the ones that are left are thriving, use a good mix of stuff to fill them out and top up with compost after a few months. If your fixing the gutter to a fence its dead easy to get netting draped over it to keep any birds of and if your for growing runners then simply peg the runner into a 3" pot thats hung of the guttering using a bit of bent wire (i use copper wire that had been stripped out of a 6mm earth cable cutting) A few holes drilled into the bottom of the gutter will help with drainage.

invisiblecabbage

thanks so much for the advice, weekend job for hubbie sorted.:j

cootambear

I have about 30 plants in guttering, the winter only killed about 4. Strawbs are shallow rooters. Only problem with guttering is of course in heavy rain they get flooded, and overwatering is about the only thing that is bad for strawbs. That means you have to have drainage holes, which means some of the nutrients get washed away. Therefore they need a little tomato feed from time to time to replace them.