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Egg crate would be in the lighting section of home depot? I looked but couldn't find any. Should I look somewhere specific?
egg crate is the (usually) white plastic sheet used as a diffuser for 4' fluorescent lights; about 1/2" thick, solid-looking on edge, a grid of ~1/2" squares when looking at the face. usually by the fluorescent fixtures in 2' x 4' sheets, along with the other kinds of diffusers you can put in a 4' fixture.
practice the lash-batting to cover the first couple of weeks until the plants grow in and the water cycles
practice the lash-batting to cover the first couple of weeks until the plants grow in and the water cycles
On top of the false bottom you can try styrofoam as the land portion. You can make it rocky by spraying it with Krylon foam.
Do you buy a bunch of sheets and build up to the level you want? Or do you use four and form a cube shape?
you need to rough out the design of the "box" you're going to built; .i doubt that you would need more than 2 2'x4' sheets in a 55. you're just building a box with a top and side and back (and maybe front) walls held together for instance with zip ties. you don't need to build a solid mound
eggcrate is always, at every home depot or lowes I've been to, on a low shelf at ankle level. Not sure why, but it is. It's usually in the precut sheet goods isle, not with lighting.
I would imagine you'll only need a single sheet... building a box with it is the way to go.
and here's the secret to working with it: cut it with a screwdriver. You can use snips to break the pieces, but if you need to cut a straight line, the easiest, fastest way is to stand the sheet on end and push a screw driver down real hard, breaking the bits between the piece you want and the piece you don't want. it takes so much work out of it.
I would imagine you'll only need a single sheet... building a box with it is the way to go.
and here's the secret to working with it: cut it with a screwdriver. You can use snips to break the pieces, but if you need to cut a straight line, the easiest, fastest way is to stand the sheet on end and push a screw driver down real hard, breaking the bits between the piece you want and the piece you don't want. it takes so much work out of it.
Mine was in the aisle with the lighting fixtures although I had to grab individual "sheets" out of a box so I missed them the first time...I cut mine with kitchen scissors although it wasn't the cleanest cuts and lots of shards to pick up. Was quick though!
