The rain gutter grow system takes container gardening to a whole new level.
Rain gutter grow system mosquitoes.
When it comes to pros and cons of rain gutter guards this is one that s often overlooked as a benefit.
Let s see how i added landscaping material to my rggs to stop those nasty mosquitoes.
Keep your gutters clean.
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 and connected to a well rain.
Read on to learn how to mosquito proof your rain tanks or barrels.
Clean gutters eliminate standing water which means mosquitoes don t have the water they need for their larvae to grow.
This system is relatively inexpensive and easy to build.
Mosquitoes need water to lay eggs and grow.
Finally keep an eye out for any signs of mosquito activity such as stings or swarms.
Check after every rainstom to make sure there s no standing water in your gutters.
At the core the rain gutter grow system is a self watering container gardening method.
You can use plastic buckets barrels or grow bags for containers.
I could ve used mosquito dunks but i wanted to devise a system that was.
It is a low maintenance mass growing system that can grow many large and small crops at once.
You may need to make it a two inch slope to get the best possible results.
Luckily there are easy ways to keep mosquitos out of rain barrels.
The containers soak up water from the rain gutter using a net cup on the bottom of each container.
They should be running one to two inches in slope for every forty feet of gutters.
Without proper prevention measures rain barrels can become a breeding ground so can kids pools buckets and puddles by the way.