Larry Hall Self Watering Rain Gutter Grow System

Whether you re a farmer truck driver or business owner who travels a lot larry hall says with his rain gutter garden system there are no excuses not to grow a vegetable garden.

Larry hall self watering rain gutter grow system.

Container gardens are less time consuming for those who have limited space and time. You can use plastic buckets barrels or grow bags for containers. Posted on december 4 2011 december 5 2011 author willem van cotthem categories irrigation selfwatering water moisture post navigation previous previous post. Make your choice.

In the first part of the video larry shows how to use a gutter to supply water to a row of pots. Designed and sold by grow bag expert larry hall inventor of the rain gutter grow system complete self watering sub irrigation system simply plant it and forget it free dvd shows step by step how to set up system worlds only plant it and forget it sub irrigated gardening system no weeding no watering perfect for the disabled or handicapped. At the core the rain gutter grow system is a self watering container gardening method. We have had ours set up for 4 years and still are using the same potting mix.

In the second part he shows a two gutter strawberry growing system. Rather than the two bucket system we ve blogged about in the past see a roundup of our sip resources here hall uses one long rain gutter to supply water. A word of caution here is to cut back on the peat moss as here in coastal texas where temps are in the upper 90 s and low 100 s in the summer will result. Credit for this container garden goes to larry hall from minnesota and it is a great idea for those who like to container gardening.

Larry hall developed the rggs after he used his garden to grow tobacco and as he looked for different ways to grow vegetables in self watering containers. A very cool improvement on the self irrigating pot sip idea from larry hall of minnesota. Mobile technology or food production techniques willem van cotthem. He got tired of constantly watering these containers in our hot minnesota summers and developed the system through trial and error.

Growing strawberries in a self irrigating gutter sig. This system is relatively inexpensive and easy to build. You don t have to weed or water for 4 1 2 months and the plant decides when it wants water. Plant it and forget it he says.

I got this idea from larry hall who made a video showing how he uses gutters as self watering containers.