Running out of room... what do you do?

[orchidbingo]

Originally Posted by Raihana

Oh my! Yes, vertical is good! I will do a search when I am not heading to work but would you happen to have made a how to post on your setup?

I put together an inexpensive metal shelf system using 2 sets of 5 tier wire shelfing similar to Ramon's shelves. The shelves are adjustable in 1 inch increments and assemble without tools
I assembled the 2 tiers of shelves but I linked them together by using some of the wire shelves as a bridge between the 2 tiers. It now looks like 3 tiers of shelves but using only 8 poles instead of 12. Putting it together in this manner means the shelves are staggered at different levels and I can easily grow different heights of plants.

I'm still having trouble uploading jpegs from home but I will try to upload a photo of my setup tomorrow.
The shelves sold for $37/ set on sale at K-Mart last week-- might still be on sale in the "dorm" section.
I hung banks of T5 shoplights from the top shelves and put the plants on different shelves depending on light requirements-- I measure light exposure on each shelf.

Goodluck

bingo