Arizona Gutter System For Greenhouse Strawberry

I bought aluminum gutter sections for 3 00 each and attached them to the walls of my greenhouse and made styrofoam rafts to grow my strawberries hydroponically for about 7 00 per 10 foot section and repaid myself in production two years after installation.

Arizona gutter system for greenhouse strawberry.

Mike evans at university of arkansas. University of arizona collaborates with dr. Strawberries grown in gutters are easy to protect. Cut a piece of gutter 4 1 2 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular.

Mike evans for developing series of educational videos to learn. In this video we discuss a gutter system that may be used for greenhouse strawberry production. Arizona gutter system for greenhouse strawberry production arizona greenhouse strawberry bucket system and arizona fertilizer a and b stock formulations videos produced by dr. We discuss the system its components and planting of strawb.

Most gutter systems place the height of the gutters to minimize the strain on the body during picking. 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. A hypothetical existing greenhouse with 10 000 sq foot floor area located in tucson arizona was considered. We discuss the system its components and plantin.

Available water source is municipal water due to its semi urban location. So growing strawberries in gutters is a great idea for people with back and knee problems. The first rule of profitable hydroponic greenhouse production of strawberries is start where you are. So how many years does it take in strawberry production to even begin to pay back the costs for that one gutter.

And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail. A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants. It is important however to keep this in mind when designing or choosing a gutter system. The greenhouse is equipped with twin wall acrylic glazing pad and fan cooling system and overhead natural gas heating system.