How Do You Build A Tiered & Lighted Plant Shelf?
Tiered shelving for plants can be a very useful way to grow a large number of plants in a small space. Even in the brightest window, however, upper shelves will block the light from getting to plants on lower shelves. One way to mitigate this effect is to build plant shelves with built-in lighting. Commercial lighted plant shelves can cost hundreds of dollars, but you can build your own cheaply and easily using PVC pipe as the framework, and installing the lights yourself. Cut eight 48-inch lengths of pipe, using the hack saw. Cut eight 21 1/16-inch lengths of pipe. Cut eight 12 3/4-inch lengths. Cut eight 15 1/2-inch lengths. Cut 16 lengths that are 1 3/8-inch. Glue tee connectors to both ends of each of the 48-inch lengths using the PVC adhesive. The middle branch of the tee connector should be glued to the end of the 48-inch pipe so that the tee connectors on both ends of each pipe are parallel. Glue tee connectors to both ends of each of the 21 1/16-inch pipes. Ensure that the conn
