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UNDERGROUND GROW BOX

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medi-useA

If this is to be a serious project then you need to decide
Dimensions
Method of construction
I suggest, once you've dig the hole/tunnel/accesspoint, that you raise the actual 'growcave' with timber and board and leave the area underneath as a sump area for if/when rain/snow gets in there...water runs downward man...
digging out the bottom and backfilling with coarse gravel would give you some leeway with drainage during ...inclement weather :)
Will you be venting directly to the surface? or perhaps by pipe to another 'Cave' and then to the surface?
Will you need 2 chambers? 1 to grow in and 1 as an air/light lock so you can open when lights are on and do you biz. with the girls?

just spitballin'

muA

EDIT: just had an idea....build and bury a fridge:)
mua
 
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medi-useA

Gravel pit for drainage...spray the chest freezer to rustproof it...perhaps coat it in that liquid rubber stuff...vent through the lid of the freezer...light/s on a removeable frame to access plants below...a custom made Plug/Pot to sit on the lid of the freezer with local plants growing in it...pull the 'plug' to access the freezer...
:)

muA
 
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Owl Mirror

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medi-useA said:
Gravel pit for drainage...spray the chest freezer to rustproof it...perhaps coat it in that liquid rubber stuff...vent through the lid of the freezer...light/s on a removeable frame to access plants below...a custom made Plug/Pot to sit on the lid of the freezer with local plants growing in it...pull the 'plug' to access the freezer...
:)

muA
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Build a small wooden deck that is hinged?
Raise the deck platform, enter/exit, set up the BBQ and enjoy :joint:
 
sito007

sito007

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blazing420 said:
Hello everyone! i am excited to start my own grow soon. i decided, why not put together a wooden box, weather/water proof it and stick it in the ground and grow in it? I have found a small heater, wood, the perfect spot near an outlet, and more. i am fairly convinced it will work, but still need to figure out a little more. i am planning on a 2 by 2 by 4 box or something of similar dimensions. I plan on ScrOG-ing, using a 100-150 watt hps light, as 250 would need greater space. i am planning on soil for medium but undecided on other growing specs. am still doing research and hope to put in within the next month

any and all criticisms, queries, ideas, suggestions, etc are very welcome.
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now now ppl lets give him support he needs to make this happen, if he got ball of steel and can take a chances of being caught then be it ...lol , we want a show!! j/k
Get the build started with the box and where everything is going to be in place, make it so you can take it apart for easy stealth installation. in my opinion you should make an outside retaining wall around the box and between the wall and box have insulation to help keep the condensation out in the morning time . use a solar panel two batteries so you can at least run ventilation:2cents:
 
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medi-useA

Owl Mirror said:
Build a small wooden deck that is hinged?
Raise the deck platform, enter/exit, set up the BBQ and enjoy :joint:
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If you build a concrete plinth for a BBQ and have power run out to it, you would have a reason to get an electrician put it in for you.
Then replace it with an access plinth and splice the power off to ya growcave!

muA
 
sito007

sito007

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blazing420 said:
i hear everybodies criticisms, but i view it as a fun project as well and being a hassle to get to (its about 30 seconds from where im at) is not a problem at all. the hole would be time consuming but i have a friend who could help me out. the drainage system is good nothing to worry about. people can walk over it with no problem because the earth underneath is dense enough. and the extension cord will go to a outdoor outlet that is partially underground so keeping it secret will not be too much of a stretch.
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take the outlet cover off and hook it up direct and run the wire inside pvc or electric enclose tube along the wall underground to the box:2cents:
 
FreezerBoy

FreezerBoy

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sito007 said:
now now ppl lets give him support he needs to make this happen,
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Uh .... no, he needs no such thing. It's a dangerously stupid idea and we should be doing everything we can to dissuade him.

Dude, rob a bank, steal a car, throw a rock through the mayors window ... there are easier, safer ways to be arrested.
 
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