Propagation: Where are the inexpensive grow lights?, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
I bought all my chrome shelves (18 or so - 8 for plants, the rest for storage) at Sam's and BJ's. The shelves are 6' tall by 4' wide and 18" deep. There are six shelves per unit which is too many for plants (4 or 5 is plenty). They come with casters which is a great addition. The cost is roughly $75. You can buy extra legs on-line for any spare shelves but if you bought legs and casters, then you may as well buy a new unit since you will pay as much or more for legs and casters.

You can buy similar shelves at the home building stores but there will be less shelves which is a good thing and they may be only 3 foot wide which is a bad thing.

You can also build wood shelves for roughly $50. The wood shelves would consist of one sheet of plywood and 10 - 2"x4". The finished product would be two shelves - 6' tall by 8' wide and 2' deep. Glue and screws and one metal brace is enough to put it all together. Here are some pictures of my wood shelves (3 of 5) and 2 chrome shelves I built in the fall of 2005.