hiding your greenhouse from helicopters?

i'm not sure how paranoid about this i should be. i live in an illegal state, and i want to start an outdoor greenhouse grow. i'm looking to use a 20'x10' space for the greenhouse. it's location would be within a dense forest that i plan on clearing out to the point where i can have a comfortable space for my operation.

the problem is, i don't know how much cover i'm going to need. i was even wondering if it were possible to put some sort of camouflage material over the canopy above my greenhouse. i'm trying to figure out what i can get away with without shielding my plants from the amount of sun they need.

any ideas?

i was thinking maybe i could build two things running down the side of the greenhouse that would hold the little trees i can collect while clearing out the plot in the forest. i can saw all of them to the same height then hold them in something at an angle so they cover my greenhouse with a small amount of leaves. i doubt the canopy from this would be too much for the sun to come through.

here's my novice attempt at a diagram. what do you guys think about this idea?

Better off just planting on the tree line with the southern exposure.. You are not going to get enough sun in the forest and kill a bunch of trees for nothing.

Camouflage netting might be an answer for you? Most military surplus carry them.

Your setup would stand out to to the very helicopters you're trying to hide from. Better to look like a legit greenhouse running veggies and flowers- and be sure to run a layer of petunias on top for the cameras lol

Corso312 said:

Better off just planting on the tree line with the southern exposure.. You are not going to get enough sun in the forest and kill a bunch of trees for nothing.

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that's suicide. people run large scale operations inside of forests. why do you say i will not get enough sun inside a forest?

budlover13 said:

Camouflage netting might be an answer for you? Most military surplus carry them.

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that looks very nice. the site i found it on even sells a 10'x20' size haha.

ttystikk said:

Your setup would stand out to to the very helicopters you're trying to hide from. Better to look like a legit greenhouse running veggies and flowers- and be sure to run a layer of petunias on top for the cameras lol

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why do you think it would stand out? i figured since it was the same trees as the forest it'd blend in. making it look legit? lol. why would a legit greenhouse be in a forest? granted it is a forest attached to a neighborhood, but i still don't think allowing it to be visible and making it look legit is the best route to take.

what does everyone think about budlover's camo netting idea?

i'd like for us to come up with something great. whatever idea seems the best i'm going to implement it then use a drone with a camera attached to it to fly above my spot so i know how it looks from above. if i can't see anything suspicious with a drone, then no helicopter will either.

and i'd like a few more opinions on the idea depicted by the diagram.

@ttystikk
i found a post you liked from 2013 on another forum on this exact topic lmao.

I haven't done it myself, but I've read about other people using white fiberglass corrugated roofing. It still transmits enough light to grow plants inside but from outside doesn't look like greenhouse material. Use standard solid walls so the building looks like a small barn or work shed. A barn style roof would probably be optimal. The building I intend to build out back will probably have a lean-to roof sloping towards the south.

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here it is. sounds like a bad ass idea. wonder how it'd look to the drone.

I say it because greenhouses are on open ground for full sun, having one in the woods is kinda dumb... Unless you cleared the trees 100 yards on all sides... And that would look exactly like what you're worried about.. A greenhouse in the woods.

You'd be better off having a greenhouse like everyone else in the open to blend in.. Just having a greenhouse isn't anything that draws the attention from cops on the ground or in the air..but one tucked away in the woods would stand out.

Corso312 said:

I say it because greenhouses are on open ground for full sun, having one in the woods is kinda dumb... Unless you cleared the trees 100 yards on all sides... And that would look exactly like what you're worried about.. A greenhouse in the woods.

You'd be better off having a greenhouse like everyone else in the open to blend in.. Just having a greenhouse isn't anything that draws the attention from cops on the ground or in the air..but one tucked away in the woods would stand out.

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i completely hear what you're saying. i have 3 months to plan this. i am not just trying to rush and do this half-assed. you guys are making me wonder if this is even a viable method, whether i hide it or not.

the idea for the greenhouse in a forest seemed plausible to me because there are countless reports of large-scale growing operations being found in dense forests. some of these operations lasted years. that's how you get caught, never stopping, and i know that. i want to run only one season in the spot i create then maybe by then i'll be in a legal state...

http://www.koaa.com/story/30006641/illegal-grow-operation-busted-12000-marijuana-plants-destroyed
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-marijuana-grow-ventura-county-20140528-story.html
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_26649472/marijuana-grow-worth-up-8-million-found-forest
http://kval.com/news/local/sheriff-thousands-of-pot-plants-found-in-forest-11-12-2015


look at the google maps for one of the locations where a grow op was found. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bear+Swamp+State+Forest,+Sempronius,+NY+13077/@42.7471932,-76.2969453,2072m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89da0e13df951655:0xe28e8f968ec02c1e

it really blows my mind that everyone is brushing this idea off as impossible and stupid...how are these guys doing it if there isn't enough sun in a forest? look how dense the forest is in that google maps link!

i posted on several other communities to get some opinions. they all think it's a bad idea. i've decided that this is not a viable idea...even if i hide it from helicopters (which i can, much to everyone's disbelief) i cannot be 100% sure no one will venture into this forest and stumble upon my operation...then maybe call leo or raid it or whatever...just not going to work. i was just blinded by the fact that i need money to pay for an unfortunate event that happened to a love one. i thought i could make enough money to bring them home but not this way.

My uncle had a big operation growing in a greenhouse a big green house and he never had any problems at all. He grew forever 30 years and I was around for 9 years. He was in a bad car accident where he flipped over crash landed upside down in a ditch he was stuck for 24 hours before he was found well after that his head was pretty f***** up and he started talking to people about growing and before you know it the DEA knocking on his door. If you don't have a lot of neighbors and they are at a distance and you can can control smell I don't think you have a problem just use the cloudy plastic or paneling versus the crystal clear see thru stuff we are also illegal state illegal everything

CCCmints said:

i posted on several other communities to get some opinions. they all think it's a bad idea. i've decided that this is not a viable idea...even if i hide it from helicopters (which i can, much to everyone's disbelief) i cannot be 100% sure no one will venture into this forest and stumble upon my operation...then maybe call leo or raid it or whatever...just not going to work. i was just blinded by the fact that i need money to pay for an unfortunate event that happened to a love one. i thought i could make enough money to bring them home but not this way.

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Good call. By the time you make a gh invisible from the air you have rendered it unusable.

I remember a a friend of mine who had a decent amount of plants (+/-50) scattered around his land in the forest in packs of 2-4 plants, he actually cut out SMALL openings in the wood just enough to get direct sunlight. He Claimed that even if helicopters see few plants, they wouldn't come because they always see big plantations to bother with.

CCCmints said:

i posted on several other communities to get some opinions. they all think it's a bad idea. i've decided that this is not a viable idea...even if i hide it from helicopters (which i can, much to everyone's disbelief) i cannot be 100% sure no one will venture into this forest and stumble upon my operation...then maybe call leo or raid it or whatever...just not going to work. i was just blinded by the fact that i need money to pay for an unfortunate event that happened to a love one. i thought i could make enough money to bring them home but not this way.

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A change of mind perhaps ..?

Good For You

often guys that run these forest take annual footage to note the performance of their stock trees

and spend months comparing growth activity

just like us

any strange shit going on they check it out or call the cops

a green house is best used ..

as a greenhouse close to the owners own house, with all their shit about

looks normal, and no big deal

Brave of you to post on other forums, but dissing members here

at riu, on there advice to you, ain't gonna go well for you?

stay with them other forums

good luck