Broke my back while working for the state last year and got fired for it, so I am going whole hog into growing. I have an opportunity to sell my house in town and buy 20 or 40 acres in the forest somewhere in Montana. The weather here is some of the coldest in the nation. So my plan to combat that is to get 3 – 20′ conexs and bury them into the side of a slope. The reason for this is in the ground the conex’s will be better insulated, for cold and heat, and easier to maintain a constant temperature via heaters. And three of them because I want a veg, bloom boom room and one for messing around with genetics and keeping the boys isolated. So my questions are, has anyone done this and what issues did you have? I was figuring blue foam boards and spray insulation to mellow the chill from the earth, likely at about 48-55 degrees year round. I can seal it with something or other (gotta research that unless someone has ideas). Probably 3 vents outside on each, but I am open to having more if there is a reason I am not seeing. I can set it so I essentially have a huge french drain under each one so I can just install drains to the floor. As far as heaters I am on the fence about using 1000w hps’s that I have, plus LEC’s or go to LED and get some heaters that can produce CO2, I do have CO2 tanks as well so there will be CO2 one way or the other, just wonder what would be more efficient. I will likely be on a solar and generator set-up for power. I am looking at investing $30,000 to $40,000 on this, and doing most of the work myself will save me a ton of money. What else am I missing? Other than switching out the square metal doors for round wood ones so I can have some hobbit holes! Thanks, and I really appreciate the show and am a Proud Patron! See you in July!!!
Groovy idea. Good luck man! That is awesome! Maybe you can get some that are already spray foamed inside.
Nice, didn’t think about that! I’ll definitely post some pics here when I start it up.
I think it sounds great but what is the plan for selling all that?
Selling?
They really went back to the good old boy network here and cut off the ability to get new licenses here in Montana to grow, have dispensaries, or make concentrates. They did that with liquor licenses, as well, so you have to buy someone’s liquor license in order to open a place that sells booze. So a lot of these dispensaries are run by trust fund kids that never smoked weed till it became profitable. And having a 20% tax is making the elicited trade a good option.
before spending $30k + on this idea, I would look into what sort of building you could have built for that same money. I havent checked prices in a long time… but used to be $30-40K could buy you a pretty nice prefab building.
a 2-3 car garage sized out building would likely be a lot easier to convert into a grow, and would also add to the value of your property.
Problem is getting things to where I am planning on building my house. That 30-40k would be for lights, fans, heaters, solar, etc. And the weather is just plain evil here, heating and cooling would be easier to control and cheaper with underground temps being fairly constant. The place is the kind of outback where if it snows, no one is getting in or out. Gunna call it the Hempstead. 😁