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

MollyMc wrote:
Good Morning Yall,

I was looking to find the seed starting forum, but I guess propagation is the forum we want.

Ran across this and wanted to share the cheap thing I have done on a small scale. When Darius was here last winter she brought HD plastic shelving. To help her cut down on moving space, I took the shelving off her hands. The cost of the shelving is between $40 and $50. Have some in the pumphouse and I put this one in my work out room with grow lights. These herb seeds in the 3 open trays were put in 2 weeks ago tomorrow. I am using the surge protector power track from a broken computer. It has a rocker switch so I just reach in the room and turn it on/off. Not counting the power cord, I probably have $100 into this one unit. There is a cheap timer in the house that I should use since I keep forgetting to turn the lights off.

The unit has 5 shelves on it. I don't know the weight capacity, but seems to be quite strong since I have power tools etc stored on them in my pumphouse.

The lights were purchased at Walmart and are actual plant grow lights.

When stringing the wires, I kept the aquarium mentality in effect. The cords are hanging in such a way if there is a water leak, it will not drip back into the light fixture nor into the outlet track, but drip down the dip/curve of the cords.

Molly
:^)))