r/IkeaGreenhouseClub

Hi everyone!

Just finished my first set up in a Fabrikor tall unit…

I’m in the UK and struggling to find any shelving for a good price, so currently I’m sticking with the glass. Does anyone have any recommendations that are UK based?

And looking at the set up, is there anything you’d do differently?

Thanks in advance!

UK cabinet lovers talk to me... Where can I find wire shelving for the milsbo tall? I've just acquired two of them but I really hate glass shelves (and acrylic for that matter)

I really lucked out with my rudsta shelving and found the perfect depth for them but the milsbo is proving to be haaaaaard.

My first cabinet and I am really surprised either how easily it went together. I still have to add some more plants, but for now it’s good. It’s partially for the heat and humidity, but also to keep my cats put of the plants. The rest are on high shelves mounted around the room.

I kept the metal shelving and added some additional holes that allow a small fans on each shelf. I may get wire shelves at some point, but I like this at the moment.

Inspiration from u/qweenkrisp & u/stayluckyren 🖤

This project has been a labor of love that I’ve been working on throughout the last month. I used the incredible guide posted by u/qweenkrisp with my own modifications and improvisations. It has been lovingly named the ✨Murda Milsbo✨** **because it houses all carnivorous plants.

I am going to eventually add waterproof fairy lights around the pots and in the moss. I am happy to post again when the fairy lights are added for any folx interested in seeing it.

I worked with several incredible ethically sourced carnivorous plant cultivators who helped make this beautiful project come true. I am including the seller’s shop links below. They were all lovely to work with.

Pitcheresque (eBay)
Pitcheresque
Florae Collaborative
Carnivero
Mingu-1157 (eBay)
Carnicopia (eBay)
Jordan’s Jungle

I’ve been a long time lurker in this community and have been in awe of so many of the gorgeous cabinet creations. I started off making a terrarium table (inspired by the beautiful post from u/roranting ) and I am so excited to share my gorgeous ✨Murda Milsbo✨ with all of you 🖤🖤

I've got a curio cabinet that I'm trying to use as a humidity cabinet. I've weather stripped it and everything, but It won't hold humidity. Any ideas/suggestions?

Hi everybody. My place is in shambles and I’ve had brand new grow lights sitting in boxes yet to be used for months now, and this holiday weekend my goal is to set everything up! I have this huge glass display box as my cabinet that I want to one day turn into a huge terrarium. It only came with 2 glass shelves and no top. My dilemma is that if I want to be able to put stuff (more plants) on top of it, I need to use one of the 2 shelves it came with as the top, leaving me with only one shelf, 2 (very tall) levels and am concerned with lighting not being able to reach the plants if I were to keep the shelves around the same height as they are now. To solve this, I planned on having one very short shelf and one taller shelf, but am afraid the light would still be too far away from the plants at the very bottom of the taller shelf no matter what I do. I have purchased little acrylic suction-cup shelves (meant for windows) to put along the sides of the glass in the taller shelf space so I can have some plants closer to the light and to have more space in general.

Shelf dimensions: 60inches tall, 24 inches wide and 24 inches deep.

I have an assortment of grow lights including the ones in the shelves currently (which will be removed), some barinna t5 lights (4 1ft strips), some vivosun strips (4 24inch long strips and 8 1ft long strips), and the light in the third picture (100watts, but dimmable). I originally purchased the 24inch vivosun lights for this cabinet, so I would have 2 strips per shelf, but unless I position them diagonally, they will not fit. I also highly doubt that those 4 lights are powerful enough for 2 shelves where they currently sit or not powerful enough for the taller shelf if I were to make one shorter/1taller. Plus, I since then have purchased the 100watt MetryGrow light so I was thinking I could use that light for the taller shelf and the 4 1ft barrina strips for the shorter shelf in this cabinet? I’ve never used a 100 watt grow light before but I purchased it for 50% off and it was highly recommended so I wanted to take advantage of the deal. I grow a lot of begonias and would probably put them on the shelf with the t5’s and not the MetryLight. I would put on the taller shelf with the MetryGrow light plants like philos on moss poles, Hoya props on the suction cup acrylic shelves, etc. I also was hoping I could use the MetryGrow light as the light for the entire cabinet (top to bottom) when I am ready to turn it into a terrarium, hoping the output would be strong enough even for 4ft below it.

Thoughts? Concerns? Suggestions for both shelf heights paired with which grow lights for each shelf?

be careful how you set up your cords.

i have my barina t5s wired through the front corners of the milsbo tall, because i did not have the tools to drill a huge hole in the bottom of the cabinet.

all was well until today when i opened the cabinet and POOF. big spark went off. glad i didnt even get to try and turn it on yet!!! i used one of my nine lives today lol.

wire got stuck in the corner of the door, so when i opened it it nicked the whole cord.

this was definitely on me and not paying attention to how i had it set up, but just wanted people to be aware!!! :) happy growing!

meter reading lower humidity bc i had the doors open. i’m usually getting 76 degrees f and 68-75% humidity

I took my risk buying this off AliExpress for $98 (with discount/coupons or whatever). All sides are metal except the door. 4 Metal shelves. I am using only one. Unicoly has glass sides, I think? Size is the same but the design is different. So I dont think I can buy acrylic shelves for Unicoly to use with this. My husband just drilled a bunch of holes on the metal shelf.

So far so good. Nothing die yet 🥶 🤞🏻

Two Rudsta wide, both from local marketplace for total of 85€, that I turned into one double-wide cabinet for mature Alocasias.
Lights are Spider Farmer SF1000D. I reverse-engineered the dimming and I now have an ESP32 wired to them, and Home Assistant running a morning ramp up and evening ramp down.
Zigbee sensors report humidity and temperature. From those, HA does a VPD calculation. Based on VPD, humidifier is on proportional control. I hacked a regular large tank humidifier to sit outside the cabinet with a pool hose delivering moist air.
Fans are just regular Arctic pwm PC fans, chained together, with ESP32 brains attached. They’re so powerful that I only run them at 20% most of the time, and 30% when the humidifier is on.
Evening ambient lighting provided by an Aqara T1 strip with individually programmable segments. That one was just plug-n-play, in other words so easy it felt like cheating.

Actually my first post here, though I'd share some inspiration from my milsbo project. :) Used Plantscraper acryllic shelves (full, U, diagonal) paired with Barrina LED Bars and Orb lights.

Don't mind tips for any improvements or if you guys could give me hints for more plant headroom (literally, I like big alocasias and large form monsteras, afraid they'll grow out of it pretty soon).

I am so excited to finally have my cabinet up and running! I’m just waiting on fan mounts but it’s basically done! It’s not perfect but I love it so much.