Get Growing with a Seed Starter

Reader Contribution by Paul Gardener
Published on March 6, 2009
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Tonight I finally got around to bringing my newly designed and built seed starter down into the basement where I’ll have it set up until I’m done getting starts going; probably until mid May at least. I’m going to just put up a bunch of pictures (since that’s really the best way to explain it don’t you think?) and explain myself as I go.

The main requirement for this project, outside of the obvious functionality of the starter, was that I could disassemble and store it with relative ease in a minimum amount of space. Above is the framework of the starter minus the lights. The trays are roughly two feet wide by 4 feet long, and the long boards that make up the legs are just shy of six feet long. The leg boards are “L” shaped and nest inside each other.

Here they are all laid out just before my wife and I assembled it. The process is simple, attach the bottom shelf loosely to all four legs and then move your way up. It’s a two person job, but in a pinch a single person could do it.

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