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I just found the photos yesterday of my old grow rack… About 15 - 16 years ago I made a cheap microgreen growing rack. It was basically a 6-foot-tall chrome wire shelf unit and 2 fluorescent fixtures per shelf. I used it for a few years then gave it up. I used it for microgreens, lettuce, sprouting plants for my garden, sunflower sprouts for eating and for wheat grass. The grow racks they sell are crazy $$. Screenshot 02-05-2026 08.02.001565×732 128 KB Screenshot 02-05-2026 08.03.491329×869 244 KB Screenshot 02-05-2026 08.04.081329×869 193 KB Screenshot 02-05-2026 08.04.471497×790 132 KB This Spider Farmer is cheap, but don’t know anything about them. Screenshot 02-05-2026 08.05.481260×916 223 KB Screenshot 02-05-2026 08.06.471161×472 113 KB Everything is LED now. Back then it was fluorescent. I used daylight temperature bulbs in it, I think. I researched what is the best K temp to use at the time. I would run it from 5 AM to 1 AM. Since I had regular bulbs instead of grow lights, I gave the plants more light exposure. I just put it on a timer and didn’t worry about it. grow rack for microgreens 2008- 2009 (1)1536×2048 720 KB I had the lights on chains and hooks. I could raise or lower the lights. I used 4 plastic trays per shelf. grow rack for microgreens 2008- 2009 (2)1536×2048 715 KB I had some gnat issues, so started to use fly tape. 101_4371900×1200 233 KB grow rack for microgreens 2008- 2009 (4)1536×2048 841 KB grow rack for microgreens 2008- 2009 (3)1920×1440 534 KB indoor sprouts 2008-2009 (6)1200×900 267 KB I tried eating pea greens but didn’t like them. grow rack for microgreens 2008- 2009 (6)1920×1440 645 KB The stand cost about $89 at Sams. I used garden dirt for most of the trays. I eventually sold the grow stand for about what it cost to build to a Hare Krishna family. If I had the room, I probably would have kept it in storage. But nowadays, space = $$, and no room for it all.