my husband and I are putting together my new greenhouse and I'm looking for recommendations on suitable shelving. I am leaning towards a metal mesh but would be interested to hear recommendations. It would be mounted on wooden framing.

I bought Dura-bench Plastic Benchtop panels this year and am very pleased with them. https://www.greenhousemegastor...

I purchased some metal benches from ACF Greenhouses for my greenhouse about 2 years ago and have been very happy with them.

Probably my favorite thing about them is being able to change the heights of the shelves as my plants grow or need for them changes.

Yes! "Unfixed" shelving is the way to go, in my opinion. It makes you able to quickly adapt to your plant's needs.

MoonShadows said:I bought Dura-bench Plastic Benchtop panels this year and am very pleased with them. https://www.greenhousemegastor...

I am not going to comment on shelving options - other to say that I bought mine second hand through Leboncoin; the french equivalent (sort of) of Craig's List.

What I WANT to comment on is the greenhouse envy that I am now experiencing having looked at MoonShadows photos. That is some spacious set up!

We use the 2×4 fence wire stapled to 2×4 wood frame , set up on one block sideways and one standing up , the width of the bench its determined by the flats with the front of some flats hanging a little off the table but be mindful of how you face the wire rails so that the flats will slide say from aile to other side of table , this is because we have a tram car hanging from the rafters with shelves rolling on rollers hooked to pipe rails so a track goes eighter through the middle or around the green house out the door to outside tables .

This is a commercial set up , pipe rollers can be bought from suppliers , and you just lift the shelfs from one rail to another rail which goes between green houses , or outside , great to move plants around . Out to load a truck .

JBarstool said:
I am not going to comment on shelving options - other to say that I bought mine second hand through Leboncoin; the french equivalent (sort of) of Craig's List.

What I WANT to comment on is the greenhouse envy that I am now experiencing having looked at MoonShadows photos. That is some spacious set up!

@JBarstool

The pics in that post are not from my greenhouse. I just was using them as an example of that type of shelving...although, I wouldn't mind having a very spacious greenhouse!

Here is a pic of my greenhouse from a couple of weeks ago.

Sweetgreen said:We use the 2×4 fence wire stapled to 2×4 wood frame , set up on one block sideways and one standing up , the width of the bench its determined by the flats with the front of some flats hanging a little off the table but be mindful of how you face the wire rails so that the flats will slide say from aile to other side of table , this is because we have a tram car hanging from the rafters with shelves rolling on rollers hooked to pipe rails so a track goes eighter through the middle or around the green house out the door to outside tables .

I would love to see this set up. Do you have any pics you can post?

MoonShadows said:

I would love to see this set up. Do you have any pics you can post?

Me too! Pictures, please.
All of you are far too fancy for me...I just have a basic glasshouse allowing me to propagate, keep seedlings growing from germination until outdoor planting. I do vow to make better use of it during winter...it pretty much sits empty for all but three months each year.
And, for the record, if you open the first picture and concentrate on the pile of stone in the background. That is NOT building debris (well, mostly not), that is what the soil is like here. Seriously. Most of us have a pile like that...pieces too large to work around get hoiked from the soil and moved to a pile somewhere.
From my garden I can see the roof of a now long-abandoned clay roof-tile manufacturer and around the corner Les Lapidiales; a sculpture project making use of the 'native' limestone (I'll put a link for those interested). Maybe these should have served as a hint to what my growing conditions would be - heavy clay atop limestone. Digging is an adventure. In some places I have devolved to essentially 'carving' a limestone pot in the soil in which to plant...oddly, pretty good drainage though. I knew I could turn this into a rant if I tried hard enough.






https://www.lapidiales.org/lid...

Thanks for the pics, @JBarstool. You're soil sounds like a nightmare, but your countryside looks nice. Here in Pennsylvania, I like to say rocks in the soil is our number 1 crop.

@MoonShadows

I can't tell from your picture. Are those bench panels just being supported by the cinder blocks, or do you have some supports running under them the length of the greenhouse?

@NCgardening I have 2 x 4's on top of the front and back cinder blocks running the length of the green house.

i installed an 8ft wire mesh shelf at eye level from Home depot
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Cl...

here is the only image i can find of my installation

I almost went with this kind of wire shelving, Dick, before I found the ones I have now.