DIY Drying Rack for Hydroponics Herbs
By Brandon Pillon
With your harvest ready it is time to think about drying your crop of hydroponics herbs or cut flowers. Today, in DIY Drying Rack for Hydroponics Herbs I’ll show you how to make a simple drying rack.
The DIY Drying Rack for Hydroponics Herbs and cut flowers only about 30 minutes to put together, and is under $30 to build in most places.
Materials
5 – 2x4s 8 feet long
3 inch long screws
Nylon string
12 – ½ inch eyehooks
Measuring tape
Pencil
Scissors
A circular saw
Carpenters Square
A drill and bit that fits the screws you are going to use
Step 1
With your saw cut 3 feet off of four 2x4s leaving you with four 5 foot pieces that you will use next, and cut two 3 foot pieces off of the fifth 2×4. Or you can do like I did and go to the Home Depot to buy your supplies and have them cut your 2x4s for you, saving you some time.
Step 2
With the drill screw the four 5 foot 2x4s together to make a square frame, make sure your 2x4s are straight and square.
Step 3
Next you will screw two 3 foot 2x4s on the base of the square frame. With your tape measure mark the middle of the 3 foot 2×4 and find the middle of the 2×4 that you will screw the 3 foot 2×4. Repeat this step on the other side of the frame.
Step 4
Now that the base is done, its time to screw the other 3 foot 2x4s to the frame. Again find the middle of the 2x4s and screw the 2x4s to the frame. Measure 2 ½ feet up from the base of the frame, screw the 3 foot 2×4 to the inside of the frame. Next screw another 3 foot 2×4 under the top 2×4 of the frame. Repeat this step on the other side of the frame.
Step 5
Now it is time to add the eye hooks. On the 3 foot 2x4s screw in the eye hooks 1 foot apart, leaving space for air to circulate between your crop to dry evenly. Next string the nylon string on to the eye hooks, and pull tight and tie onto the hooks.
Step 6
You have now completed building your own DIY drying rack; it is now ready to place your crop on for drying. Many growers like to hang their crop, after putting the most into their crops it saves the esthetics of the plants keeping the plant material as beautiful as the day it was harvested.
About the Author
Brandon Pillon grow up with a love of nature.
Always asking the Why and the How. After high school and working for a few years, Brandon felt the need to itch his inquisitive mind and enrolled in the millwright program at the local college to learn how machines work and how to build, and repair them. Graduating with honors, but into a recession and a none existent job market, he decided to ride out the recession by re-enrolling in the horticulture program at the local college, to turn his favourite past time into a career. Learning the science and technology behind growing is a passion that continue through Brandon’s continued interest and work in the field of horticulture can
