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tomsawyer · 11-14-2009, 01:50 AM

I found these plans while searching online about a year ago looking for DIY greenhouse information.

Basically these guys devised a method to build a greenhouse underground that would be able to produce vegetables year round. It was designed to be cheap and simple, and able to be built by a couple of guys with minimal tools, and cost very little. The plan was to show poor people in Bolivia how to build these, and hopefully help them to not starve to death and stuff. Obviously if you have a mini excavator or bobcat, you could get this built a lot quicker.

I have never actually built one myself, but have saved the plans on my computer and plan to build one someday. I recently bought 5 acres in the woods, and me and the wife plan on building a house there eventually. Hopefully I will be able to build one of these greenhouses as well.

I actually eat a lot of vegetables, and this would save me a lot of money. Plus I really like gardening in general, although I have never actually grown any MJ.

Anyways, I thought I would post this here, and possibly some of you guys would be able to use it. I am not sure if it would even be effective for MJ year round, but I am sure that some of you guys with a lot more knowledge than I have would know.

https://bensoninstitute.org/Publicati...s/Walipini.pdf

dominicangreen · 11-14-2009, 02:14 AM

dude i dont know your point keep shit like this to yourself

GardenDude · 11-14-2009, 02:22 AM

I like it; thanks for sharing...

keeper · 11-14-2009, 02:23 AM

Seems like an ok idea to me

year round with extra lighting maybe ?
When you do it, come back and post pictures for us

facelift · 11-14-2009, 08:58 AM

Unless you're doing this as a guerilla grow, you may need a permit from the city. Seems like a lot of work, but I enjoyed reading the instructions. Hay bails can be had for real cheap a few of those reinforced with rebar would hold up some plexiglass.

RoomRaider · 11-14-2009, 10:07 AM

might want to look into shipping containers also. easy to bury, as well as cut off the roof, and put in green house glass/plastic or whatever. Can be placed side by side, welded together. Walls are also easy enough to cut, making any footprint you need.

Another thought, if you are in a hot area like me, you can trench next the greenhouse and put in some passive solar cooling. 15"+ diameter metal pipe. One end of pipe going into your green house, the under end 15'+ away underground. Have the pipe come to the surface to draw fresh air. The earth naturally cools the air. (think why a dog digs a hole and lays in it).

You want that on one end of the greenhouse, then on the other end, have a metal chimney type thing on the roof. Allow the sun to heat that sucker up. Hot air rises, drawing cool air from your piping. You can now grow plants that would otherwise die or go to seed.

Lots of other fun stuff to do with containers, car tires and other "trash". Be sure to get some worms and turn green waste, cardboard and other materials into some nice rich vermicompost.

PnkFloydianSlip · 11-14-2009, 11:00 AM

I really dig it.

ChaosCatalunya · 11-14-2009, 11:00 AM

Interesting ideas here, could well work nicely here in Spain....

h.h. · 11-14-2009, 12:45 PM

Lots of shadows. I'm dug in 2' and have to deal with them. No biggy, just less space. As far as codes the IBC allows ag buildings under 500 sq.'without a permit though it probably would only be a problem when selling unless neighbors complained.

11-14-2009, 03:13 PM

yeah this is tight, whats up with that first response?

11-14-2009, 01:50 AM	#1
tomsawyer Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 71	Underground Greenhouse I found these plans while searching online about a year ago looking for DIY greenhouse information. Basically these guys devised a method to build a greenhouse underground that would be able to produce vegetables year round. It was designed to be cheap and simple, and able to be built by a couple of guys with minimal tools, and cost very little. The plan was to show poor people in Bolivia how to build these, and hopefully help them to not starve to death and stuff. Obviously if you have a mini excavator or bobcat, you could get this built a lot quicker. I have never actually built one myself, but have saved the plans on my computer and plan to build one someday. I recently bought 5 acres in the woods, and me and the wife plan on building a house there eventually. Hopefully I will be able to build one of these greenhouses as well. I actually eat a lot of vegetables, and this would save me a lot of money. Plus I really like gardening in general, although I have never actually grown any MJ. Anyways, I thought I would post this here, and possibly some of you guys would be able to use it. I am not sure if it would even be effective for MJ year round, but I am sure that some of you guys with a lot more knowledge than I have would know. https://bensoninstitute.org/Publicati...s/Walipini.pdf
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11-14-2009, 02:14 AM	#2
dominicangreen ------- GOD'S SON ------- Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: above soil level Posts: 1,996	dude i dont know your point keep shit like this to yourself
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11-14-2009, 02:22 AM	#3
GardenDude New Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 6	I like it; thanks for sharing...
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11-14-2009, 02:23 AM	#4
keeper Guest Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: The foothills of the headlands. Posts: 439	Seems like an ok idea to me year round with extra lighting maybe ? When you do it, come back and post pictures for us
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11-14-2009, 08:58 AM	#5
facelift This is the money you could be saving if you grow your own weed Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: At Home Posts: 1,560	Unless you're doing this as a guerilla grow, you may need a permit from the city. Seems like a lot of work, but I enjoyed reading the instructions. Hay bails can be had for real cheap a few of those reinforced with rebar would hold up some plexiglass.
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11-14-2009, 10:07 AM	#6
RoomRaider Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 260	might want to look into shipping containers also. easy to bury, as well as cut off the roof, and put in green house glass/plastic or whatever. Can be placed side by side, welded together. Walls are also easy enough to cut, making any footprint you need. Another thought, if you are in a hot area like me, you can trench next the greenhouse and put in some passive solar cooling. 15"+ diameter metal pipe. One end of pipe going into your green house, the under end 15'+ away underground. Have the pipe come to the surface to draw fresh air. The earth naturally cools the air. (think why a dog digs a hole and lays in it). You want that on one end of the greenhouse, then on the other end, have a metal chimney type thing on the roof. Allow the sun to heat that sucker up. Hot air rises, drawing cool air from your piping. You can now grow plants that would otherwise die or go to seed. Lots of other fun stuff to do with containers, car tires and other "trash". Be sure to get some worms and turn green waste, cardboard and other materials into some nice rich vermicompost.
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11-14-2009, 11:00 AM	#7
PnkFloydianSlip Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 122	I really dig it.
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11-14-2009, 11:00 AM	#8
ChaosCatalunya 5.2 club is now 8.1 club... Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Nr Barcelona Posts: 4,039	Interesting ideas here, could well work nicely here in Spain.... __________________ .....
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11-14-2009, 12:45 PM	#9
h.h. Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: desert Posts: 1,955	Lots of shadows. I'm dug in 2' and have to deal with them. No biggy, just less space. As far as codes the IBC allows ag buildings under 500 sq.'without a permit though it probably would only be a problem when selling unless neighbors complained.
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11-14-2009, 03:13 PM	#10
theJointedOne Guest Posts: n/a	yeah this is tight, whats up with that first response?
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