Recycling guttering (end sealing & more Qs)

[Rabidbun]

Hi,

I've got some old guttering after replacing the whole of the front of the house, and I also have some guttering clips (though not hugely strong). The current plan is to use the guttering clips (and possibly some other type of fixing) to put the gutters up on the fences around my greenhouse and grow as much as I can in them!

I'm a bit stuck though on how I can seal the ends so the soil doesn't fall out and also how I can make sure they are attached more strongly to the fence - am thinking perhaps galvanised wire somehow, but can't work out how this would work.

Admittedly end caps would be useful here, but I don't know where to find them for this type of guttering, as it's quite an old make. I do, however, have silicon if there are any suggestions on anything else I could seal onto the ends?

[Claire72]

If you have silicon, then why not just silicon some plastic to the ends? something like a plastic tray should be ok????

[Glutton4...]

Find a flowerpot the right size, and push the end of the pipe in.

[Bigmallly]

Going off at a slight tangent, guttering fastened around raised beds & filled with water apparently deters slugs but then you would need 90 degree elbows.......Just thought I would throw it in the mix.........

[Rabidbun]

Actually grateful to a spammer - I hadn't had the notifications of replies to my post, and had forgotten to check back on the post without them! And then "pow" a notification popped through suggesting a brand of jeans to plug the ends of the pipe!

Thanks to all who have replied, will have a rummage in the garage and see what I can find for this when the weather improves.