- Building microgreens racks can be a little bit tricky,
especially with only one person,
but I've developed some unique techniques and tricks
that you can use to set these up fast and easy
right in your microgreens farm.
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I now have over 20 microgreens racks here in my farm,
so I've built a ton of these things
and actually, come to think of it,
I've moved my farm two or three times,
so I've actually built and rebuilt well over 20
of these racks.
Every time I would build one of these microgreens racks,
I would try to improve my process.
I've learned what works and what doesn't work
and at this point, I've created a really dialed-in system
for building these racks really quickly,
really easily, even with one person,
and I'm super excited to share with you right here
in this video my unique methods of doing so.
First, you're gonna wanna open up your box
and see what's inside.
I actually don't have a fresh rack in a box,
so you're not gonna see me do any unboxing.
I'm actually gonna break one of my racks down
and then build it back up so you can see.
If you see any zip ties within the box
like holding things together,
you can actually just give those a snip right now
and get rid of those.
I also throw away any paperwork that comes with the rack
at this point, although you may prefer to hold onto them.
I think one of those papers is like descriptive
and then the other one is probably a warranty.
I don't know, check those out.
I'm here really just to show you how to build this rack.
Because of the way that these shelves fasten
to the poles of the rack,
you're actually gonna have to build these things bottom up.
The clamps that come with the rack snap into the tick marks
on the poles, and then when you add the shelf on top,
it secures it in place.
Getting the rack started is typically
the trickiest part, especially if you only have one person,
but I figured out a really easy way to do this
and I'll share it with you right now in this video.
Before I do so, just comment below and let me know
if you're typically working in your farm alone
or if you're working with a business partner
or friend or an employee.
I'd love to know if you're typically building these racks
alone or with somebody else.
To start the rack, take out one of the shelves
and place it upside down on something
where the ends of the shelves are gonna hang over the edge.
And the thing that you put this shelf on
also needs to be tall enough
where you can insert the bottom halves of these poles
without them touching the ground.
You will know that the shelf is upside down
if the part of the shelf that has the taller ridge
is on the top and the flatter part of the shelf
is actually facedown.
Next, take out all four of the bottom poles,
along with the clamps that come with this rack system.
You should know that the poles are the bottom poles
because they typically have like a label.
But if it didn't come with that for whatever reason
or it got torn up in the mail,
you'll know that they're the bottom poles
because they'll either have the feet screwed in
or they'll have holes in the bottom
where those feet or the wheels would be screwed in.
Take one of those bottom poles
and hold it upside down and then you're gonna take one
of those clamps and you're gonna snap it onto the pole,
also upside down, right, so then when you flip it over,
it'll be right side up.
And you wanna make sure that there's four tick marks
between the bottom of that pole and the clamp.
So there's gonna be four tick marks visible.
Now this pole is ready to slide into the shelf
that you've already set up upside down.
This is also a good time to choose between using the feet
or using the wheels.
Once you have all four of these poles
put into that first shelf,
you're gonna wanna make sure that either your wheels
or your feet are screwed in.
These poles should slide in nicely and lock in place.
Once they're in there and either your feet or wheels
are in there, you're gonna take this shelf and the poles
and flip it upside down so now it'll be right side up.
The rest is super simple.
You're just gonna add clamps and add shelves
as you work your way up the rack.
And you're gonna wanna make sure that there's 12 tick marks
visible between each of the shelves.
Now after you add your third shelf onto this rack,
you're gonna take the top halves of the poles
and simply screw them together right into the bottom half
of the poles.
So again, you're just gonna keep on working your way up
to the top, and once you attach that top shelf,
you're done, your rack is fully built.
At this point, you'll know if you did the correct spacing
because that top shelf will be flush with the top
of the poles.
Now you know exactly how to build these racks fast and easy,
but what if you have questions about other topics
that I haven't covered in my YouTube videos?
You're definitely gonna wanna go follow me on Instagram
because I post different information on there.
And you could also DM me right on Instagram
with any questions you may have,
and I always try to answer all my DMs.
Watch the videos below if you wanna learn
how to set this rack up with everything you need
to grow microgreens, or watch the other video
if you wanna learn two other ways
you could use this rack in your microgreens farm.
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