20,000 Watt Medical Grow Op Construction

wanabe said:

im from nor cali where the bud is better

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Thanks for stopping by. It would be great if we could keep this thread on a positive vibe without any hate or geographical bud quality competition. Thanks.

Air Rover said:

Your setup looks awesome man. But like someone already said "security, security, security." Other than locking doors do have any other security measures?

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Thank you. We put in the gate, and I have a guy coming by to wire the place up with cameras, motion sensors, text message alarms...the whole deal. My wet dream would be a way to actuall trap intruders inside until me and Helper D could get there to deal with them. "it puts the lotion on its skin"

Wood. said:

awesome man. i wish i had this much space.

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Thanks, man. Didn't I see a monster garage grow you did?...or am I high?

SCCA said:

Very nice set-up collective gardener, your plants are looking great! im definitely following this one!

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Thank you much. Stay onboard and we'll all see together what this thing can do.

Gopedxr said:

Anyone see my post? lol This is a great thread you guys. But as mentioned before he almost got ripped off. I dont know how much money he put into this already but sounds like a lot and if that stuff got tooken some one would be out a lot of money.

So just keep thinking security security security. Keep things safe and everyone be happy. Cant Wait to see more pics!

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We're at about $40,000 including all labor, equipment, power, lease, and insurance

nice security gate gardener! i like the pump for draining the buckets, but why don't you plumb the buckets together sort of like a dwc. and drain them out with the pump. it would eliminate alot of physical labor.

SCCA said:

nice security gate gardener! i like the pump for draining the buckets, but why don't you plumb the buckets together sort of like a dwc. and drain them out with the pump. it would eliminate alot of physical labor.

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I'm glad you dig the gate. We call it the polar bear cage. I like to move the plants around all the time. That becomes difficult with tubing going everywhere. It's the same reason I don't use a hydro system. Everyday I have a few plants pulled out and I'm bending and tying and cutting and shit. I also rotate all of the plants 9o degrees each day. Everytime I've linked buckets with tubing it's been a big hassle. So, we do it old school. It gives Helper D a job, and it makes us get down and actually look at every plant very carefully every day. No to jinx myself or brag, but I haven't had an insect or powdery mildew problem in the last 10 years of growing. I believe that's from lots of contact with the plants. If there is a problem developing, I can see it right away and deal with it before it becomes a major issue. I feel like if I make watering too easy, we won't have the close plant contact that we do now.

Diggin this grow. I can't wait until I get a chance to do something like this legally. I've seen large grows use coasters with wheels on them to maneuver plants easily. Just an idea.

Subbed, best regards from Texas.

collective gardener said:

Holy shit...wish I had it last night. We were broke into. Nothing stolen, though. Bastards pried open a door, opened the door to the room, opened the door to bloom room, and then left. Guess we're lucky we're not to far along. Mostly pissed that they left the flower room door open. Lots of light.

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Sounds like they opened the door, saw the plants had no value yet and left.

You need to be super duper careful now that someone has broken in, and seen your plants and how far along they are.

I'm sure you know it's not uncommon for someone to find a grow op, leave, then return around harvest time to steal all your plants.


Just be really careful man! You can't invest too much in security!

Loving the measures you are taking right now though, I would LOVE a tour of such a setup! I'd love to turn a place like that into a bud factory

CallmeTex said:

Diggin this grow. I can't wait until I get a chance to do something like this legally. I've seen large grows use coasters with wheels on them to maneuver plants easily. Just an idea.

Subbed, best regards from Texas.

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Tex, you're reading my mind. I was searching Ebay last night for some bulk castors. They want like 3 bucks per wheel at Home depot. We would need around 300 wheels! I found em on Ebay for under a buck/wheel. I'll order them straight away so Helper D can start building little carts for his babies. I'm glad you're digging the op. We feel like we're not just doing this for us. We are also checking out some cancer and AIDS outreach programs to donate some herb to. It's the right thing to do and helps us legally. Every successful grow op should try to help out people who are terminally sick. I would challenge other medium/large ops to do the same.

Sr. Verde said:

Sounds like they opened the door, saw the plants had no value yet and left.

You need to be super duper careful now that someone has broken in, and seen your plants and how far along they are.

I'm sure you know it's not uncommon for someone to find a grow op, leave, then return around harvest time to steal all your plants.


Just be really careful man! You can't invest too much in security!

Loving the measures you are taking right now though, I would LOVE a tour of such a setup! I'd love to turn a place like that into a bud factory

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Verde, we thought the same thing. But why oh why didn't they at least try to cover up the fact that they had been here? I mean, shit, the front door was left wide open. It would have been very easy to just close the doors. If they did, They wouldn't have to deal with the polar bear cage when they return. Anyways, I'm thinking of manning the op 24/7 once there's heavy finished product here. We are also considering drying, curing, packaging, and storing offsite. Since our 3 core members all have 4lb recs, we could legally store 12lbs between all of us.
Keep on me about the security in case I start slacking. Any suggestions from anyone is welcome. When calling the cops or an alarm company is not an option, we're limitted on what measures we can take.

collective gardener said:

Thanks, man. Didn't I see a monster garage grow you did?...or am I high?

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yeah i only have 100 amps though!!! and like 2000 sq ft MAYBE. im on the market for a warehouse, we just have such a narrow "legal" nursery zoning area its hard finding one. hence me being in this house kinda half assin' it.

your op is amazing. wish i had that kinda money to work with too! congrats my friend, the plants look absolutely beautiful.

collective gardener said:

Verde, we thought the same thing. But why oh why didn't they at least try to cover up the fact that they had been here? I mean, shit, the front door was left wide open. It would have been very easy to just close the doors. If they did, They wouldn't have to deal with the polar bear cage when they return. Anyways, I'm thinking of manning the op 24/7 once there's heavy finished product here. We are also considering drying, curing, packaging, and storing offsite. Since our 3 core members all have 4lb recs, we could legally store 12lbs between all of us.
Keep on me about the security in case I start slacking. Any suggestions from anyone is welcome. When calling the cops or an alarm company is not an option, we're limitted on what measures we can take.

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we have an alarm on our club and @ our old facility and had the alarm go off a few times, the cops never went inside. they always would say go in and if anyone is in there then let them know. it was strange. they would just walk around and check for signs of forced entry if there was they would just hang out till we got there. (had someone chop through a bay door with a axe and steal a bag of trim)

if your permitted i would at least get an alarm that calls you and has a loud siren. maybe not one that calls the police...

Im on the Central Coast.. I'll make the drive south for that anytime...there is insurance ...seen it in High times..dont know how good it is but ..just an idea

Wood. said:

yeah i only have 100 amps though!!! and like 2000 sq ft MAYBE. im on the market for a warehouse, we just have such a narrow "legal" nursery zoning area its hard finding one. hence me being in this house kinda half assin' it.

your op is amazing. wish i had that kinda money to work with too! congrats my friend, the plants look absolutely beautiful.

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I knew I remembered you. According to our lawyer, the growing location just needs to be zoned either M-1 or M-2. We're in an M-1 space...lots of machine shops and carpentry shops. I'm not sure what the gig is with a "nursery" zone...although I'm sure you've done your homework.

Yeah...100 amps is alot, but that would just tease you after a while. 200 is pretty much a must, and 300 is where you want to be. My commercial growing buddy has 2 x 300amp panels and 500+ plants. To be honest, it would be too big for me. They have 4 people working it and none of them has a life besides working the grow. They pull in around 25 lbs per month with 2 rooms on a flip, each room running 25 - 600 watt lights. It sounds like alot, but with 4 people working it, you're better off with around 20 lights and 2 people. Anyways, good luck on finding a space...god knows, with this economy, they're out there.

Wood. said:

we have an alarm on our club and @ our old facility and had the alarm go off a few times, the cops never went inside. they always would say go in and if anyone is in there then let them know. it was strange. they would just walk around and check for signs of forced entry if there was they would just hang out till we got there. (had someone chop through a bay door with a axe and steal a bag of trim)

if your permitted i would at least get an alarm that calls you and has a loud siren. maybe not one that calls the police...

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Through the door with an axe?

collective gardener said:

Through the door with an axe?

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yeah, you can see where they were bashing away at it before it finally pealed open like a sardine can. definitely an axe though.

thats totally what we said too, like "really?"

You know how mad people get when they are high on their reefer


But seriously, people are crazy...


I mean who steals weed? Come on... I don't even think I would get high if I knew the weed was stolen.

adamhew77 said:

Im on the Central Coast.. I'll make the drive south for that anytime...there is insurance ...seen it in High times..dont know how good it is but ..just an idea

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Your drive would be about 45 miunutes...lol

I'm game in about 3 months or so....just starting to flower