The good old Tennessee Pot Cave. I love that thing. I don't necisarily agree with the people that ran the opperation though. Stealing power, bussing in immigrants from colorado, blindfolding them. Two of them ended up dead, plus a neighbor. The rest of it is awesome though.

As far as underground grow ops go, from what I've heard discussed on here it's easier to do it in a previously established underground place than it is to dig your own hole. Like a basement or a crawl space. digging that stuff out just attracts too much attention.

Oh, and if you are a fan of the Tennessee pot cave, check this one out:

Blaine WA Real Estate Listings - One of a kind house for sale

Man dug out four stories underground by hand. Simply amazing.

something like this ..?


The Root Cellar Home Page

Root Cellar Grow

I had a similar idea. It all fell through when I realized that doing it by hand was impossible, and renting a back hoe attracts way too much attention. That and I got a little worried about foundations, support, collapse possibilities, ect.

back home we found abondoned underground bomb shelters but we never tried growing in them. so you can search the internet for underground bomb shelters or bunkers and how to make them and you'll get alota info that will help you out.

where's "back home," if you don't mind me asking? i want a bomb shelter. that would be so cool, even if i didn't plan on growing pot in it (which i do plan on doing).

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but seriously, i know a guy (we'll call him sidekick) that knew a guy. sidekick was this guy's neighbor. sidekick had no idea that this guy was a stoner or a grower or anything like that. he didn't even really know him, he just lived across the street. then one day sidekick sees that the cops are over there and they start bringing out plant, after plant, after plant, etc. come to find out, this neighbor that nobody knew had a huge underground growroom. he was the first resident in that area, and he built the growroom by burying a shipping container underground before anybody else lived there, so nobody knew about it. and it had fully functional intake and exhaust, and i'm not sure, but i think it may have been climate controlled, but i can't really remember all the details that sidekick gave me.

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Just curious, how did they get busted. Must of been a rat basterd narkin?

Generally speaking, i prefer to take advice from those who havn't gotten caught. But whatever. In that root cellar thread above a guy put a link in there to a company that sells storm shelters. Kinda like tornado shelters that are pre-assembled and can be either built into the side of the house, or installed into the backyard or something. It's been a while since I saw the website, but I know that they make a variety of different types, sizes, shapes, ect. I also believe that they install it for you if you pay for it. Not a bad deal, except for the price. Gives a good excuse to your neighbors about why a company is there digging up your back yard.

He said he new a guy that new a guy that lived across the street, not him personally! I for one think there is wisdom to be learned from others mistakes. Just my opinion!