PVC growlight stand plans?

Allen Park, MI(Zone 6a)

They are called ratchet shears or PVC cutters.
They resemble a pair of tin snips; cost $10-$12.

Cleburne, TX(Zone 8a)

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Built the PVC stand this weekend and will use it inside our house. Will have two 2-tube flourescent shop lights for each shelf. Any problem with using these 3-piece greenhouse kits for seed starting under lights? http://www.novoselenterprises.com/products/single.asp?ID=5726

Will the clear propagation dome be useful to use with the light right down close to it? I don't mean actually resting on it but maybe one inch away. I have not done this before, so have a lot to figure out. My thought was the propagation dome would be helpful indoors because our central heat creates a much drier environment than would ordinarily be in a greenhouse.

Thanks.

Yorba Linda, CA

I love making stuff myself, and to be honest I did consider building plant stands out of PVC at one time, but decided against it because the smaller size pipe like 3/4 and 1" are just too flimsy for my liking. I use that stuff for air, water and filtration lines in our aquarium systems, and it just gives way to much for 'heavy' liner trays.

Also, the cost, as I see pointed out above is higher than just going to Costco and buying the chrome racks, which is what I ended up doing. Although if you don't have a costco near you, that isn't much help.

regarding lights, I bought the Home Depot shop lights that were 19.95. Virtually no reflector at all on them, but I haven't really noticed that as a problem. The space I'm using is well heated, and the lights are much higher above the trays than I have seen depicted here. I have a full spread of light, and I haven't noticed any problems with any of the species I'm propagating.

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