Arizona Gutter System For Greenhouse Strawberry

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Arizona gutter system for greenhouse strawberry.

In this video we discuss a gutter system that may be used for greenhouse strawberry production. 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. Cut a piece of gutter 4 1 2 feet long using tin snips for metal gutters and a pvc handsaw or circular. University of arizona collaborates with dr.

So growing strawberries in gutters is a great idea for people with back and knee problems. In this video we discuss a strawberry bucket system that may be used for greenhouse strawberry production. The first rule of profitable hydroponic greenhouse production of strawberries is start where you are. Mike evans for developing series of educational videos to learn.

We discuss the system its components and plantin. Mike evans at university of arkansas. And by that i mean well they are all dead big gardening fail. It is important however to keep this in mind when designing or choosing a gutter system.

Available water source is municipal water due to its semi urban location. Strawberries grown in gutters are easy to protect. A section of rain gutter about 4 1 2 feet long is enough to grow three strawberry plants. Most growers of strawberries in greenhouse will use buckets or a gutter system specifically designed for strawberry production but strawberries don t require containers specifically designed for them.

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. A hypothetical existing greenhouse with 10 000 sq foot floor area located in tucson arizona was considered. The greenhouse is equipped with twin wall acrylic glazing pad and fan cooling system and overhead natural gas heating system. So how many years does it take in strawberry production to even begin to pay back the costs for that one gutter.