African Violets and Gesneriads: Wish me luck!, 1 by plantladylin

plantladylin wrote:
Alright Begoniadude! Way to go! You will love these Gessie plants! And, like Cedarnest said .... you will become addicted. There are a lot of enablers on this forum too! I know .... they all made me start collecting these plants. :)

Now, about light stands! You can buy those real expensive jobs for @$500, maybe more or you can do like I did and go to Wal-Mart or Target and buy those black iron shelves - I found them in the hardware department at Wal-Mart - 4 shelf stands were $29.99. I got a couple at target that were on sale for $15.99. Then I just bought the lights in the lighting department in Wal-Mart (near the hardware area where they sell light bulbs). My husband just used some thin wire to wire the lights on for me. I took someone else's idea and put some old floor tiles on the shelves which makes it sturdier for the reservoir pots. It works great. Here's a pic of one of my stands:

Welcome to the AV/Gessie Forum! You will love it here! And ... I bet in another month your plants will have doubled or maybe even tripled in numbers!