I bought a timer strip at a hydro shop in Berkeley. It has eight sockets with four of them on the timer. Each of the four on the timer can be set to different times. Cost about $25. I don't like having lots of timers in the room either.
Sweet, I found timers with multiple plugs, but never with mult timers per plug, and separate timer settings for each receptacle. Which a timer with multiple receptacles would work for say just lights, but if you wanted to run water pumps, and other shit like that, that type of timer would not work. But home depot has an outdoor type timer with 6 3-way receptacles for under $20. Hope that helps, I also use the power strip method hooked to the timer, mine is digital. I also had to buy and use an adapter as my timer plug had only a two prong female connector.