Rain Gutter Grow System

The containers soak up water from the rain gutter using a net cup on the bottom of each container.

Rain gutter grow system.

I built my first rain gutter grow system in 2014. It was actually considered a hybrid rain gutter grow system because i used a 3 pvc pipe instead of a rain gutter. At the core the rain gutter grow system is a self watering container gardening method. See more ideas about grow system rain gutters gutter.

You can use plastic buckets barrels or grow bags for containers. 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. It is a low maintenance mass growing system that can grow many large and small crops at once. This system is relatively inexpensive and easy to build.

Check out rain gutter grow system magazine by larry hall see lots od cutting edge container gardening http flip it fzi8uk also our face book rain gutter gr. Rain gutter grow systems are a new way to grow plants that reduce watering and reduce weeding. The largest selection of root pouch grow bags pond liners net cups kerick float valves and. Regardless of the title i successfully used this system from 2014 to 2017.

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. Amazon s choice for rain gutter grow system kerick valve ma052 pvc mini float valve tank mount adjustable arm 1 5 gpm at 60 psi 1 2 npt male 4 3 out of 5 stars 877. Grow bag garden systems has what you need to get started today. This is a self watering bucket on steroids so naturally i had to try it.

And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail. The grow medium used in this example system is a 3 to 1 ratio of coconut fiber and biochar though just about any lightweight medium suitable for aquaponic growing will work. Next the plants can be planted in the pots in the grow medium and placed into the gutters. This is an introduction to the rggs.