Thanks everyone! I will be taking pictures once a week as things progress.
I have grown hundreds of different peppers in the rain gutters. All of them do really well. In fact, I have grown just about every type of "non root" vegetable or green in them. Last year was mu fist attempt at melons and they came out quite spectacular. The "super hots" did exceptionally well in the gutters last year and were so prolific, I actually made more money(on a plant per plant basis) off of them than I did on tomatoes. Of course, I can't sell nearly as many of them as I do tomatoes but they definitely are worth growing.
I have never liked any type of melon but my wife does so I grew them for her. I tasted them and for the first time ever actually liked a couple of the varieties. Arava and Tasty Bites were so sweet I was amazed. I even grew a watermelon for her and was really skeptical how it would taste but I even liked it.
I plant them on the bottom row and just let the vines run down the floor along the side wall.
The gutters are using what would otherwise be unused space in the greenhouse and can generate enough over the year to cover all the operating expense so they are well worth the effort to install and operate.
Ron
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