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Hey all-
I'm running a legal MMMP grow in my basement. A/C Mini Split installed in that room, but nowhere else in the house has A/C. I know that FHA/HUD guidelines mean that there cannot be an active grow in the house when the appraiser comes through so this brings to me some difficulties. I was hoping someone here has had an appraisal before and can offer some tips on what to do.
My plan is to remove the two grow tents in this room, pull down the poly covering the walls and window. Sweep up, mop. Pull out the extra plug that I installed just so there is no questions. I will remove the water res and my lighting controller plugs into the dryer plug so that is gone as easy as unplugging a fan. So basically aside from the A/C installed in this room, it will look like a normal basement area with the home's power box/service coming into it. Box up all the grow equipment, nutes, ect. Move anything hose related to the garage. Hide the soil in the basement, I'm not moving that stuff too heavy. This was the way it was before, except for the A/C.
Question here: Will this be a problem with the room having an a/c wont it be somewhat apparent what was going on?
Now.. I have these phenos of Jawa Pie and Girl Scout Candy I cannot get rid of. I have them vegged to 2ft tall ready to start the next grow of 6 plants, along with a bay area blue dream teen (hard to get in michigan) and a few strains that I need to test. I cannot loose these genetics entirely, that would be tragic. But there cannot be plants in the house.
Which would you do??
A: -I can rent a van and put the plants temporarily into that van for a few hours running the a/c. I could even drive around town with the plants if need be. The cost would be probably less than the power needed to grow the plants to their current size; but there is that chance that I will end up with plants too big if I don't just bloom them as is within two weeks.. This is the risky option that costs more but keeps the grow going at its current pace with the least interruption.
-Or.. B: I could bite the bullet and cut down all the veg plants, clone them off and move around a small box of plants. There would be less smell this way; less chance of being noticed as a grow house. This way the plants are just a clone tray or two and would be able to be driven around in a car for an hour, no problem. this options is the biggest waste of energy as I have already spent time growing these teens out instead of a mom operation for clones; and I would of course have to start all over again once the appraisal is done.
The appraisal isn't scheduled yet so I have time to plan out all these logistics. I was going to redo the room anyways so this isn't that big a deal. getting a tent back up for vegging the same day will be however; but as you can see pretty simple to accomplish. No plants HAVE to die for this to happen I just wonder what you think I should do; or if you had this happen what you did; or expose holes in my plan; stop me from making a mistake. This thread could really help someone in the future as there are NO threads on any boards about grow ops and FHA/HUD loans.
I'm running a legal MMMP grow in my basement. A/C Mini Split installed in that room, but nowhere else in the house has A/C. I know that FHA/HUD guidelines mean that there cannot be an active grow in the house when the appraiser comes through so this brings to me some difficulties. I was hoping someone here has had an appraisal before and can offer some tips on what to do.
My plan is to remove the two grow tents in this room, pull down the poly covering the walls and window. Sweep up, mop. Pull out the extra plug that I installed just so there is no questions. I will remove the water res and my lighting controller plugs into the dryer plug so that is gone as easy as unplugging a fan. So basically aside from the A/C installed in this room, it will look like a normal basement area with the home's power box/service coming into it. Box up all the grow equipment, nutes, ect. Move anything hose related to the garage. Hide the soil in the basement, I'm not moving that stuff too heavy. This was the way it was before, except for the A/C.
Question here: Will this be a problem with the room having an a/c wont it be somewhat apparent what was going on?
Now.. I have these phenos of Jawa Pie and Girl Scout Candy I cannot get rid of. I have them vegged to 2ft tall ready to start the next grow of 6 plants, along with a bay area blue dream teen (hard to get in michigan) and a few strains that I need to test. I cannot loose these genetics entirely, that would be tragic. But there cannot be plants in the house.
Which would you do??
A: -I can rent a van and put the plants temporarily into that van for a few hours running the a/c. I could even drive around town with the plants if need be. The cost would be probably less than the power needed to grow the plants to their current size; but there is that chance that I will end up with plants too big if I don't just bloom them as is within two weeks.. This is the risky option that costs more but keeps the grow going at its current pace with the least interruption.
-Or.. B: I could bite the bullet and cut down all the veg plants, clone them off and move around a small box of plants. There would be less smell this way; less chance of being noticed as a grow house. This way the plants are just a clone tray or two and would be able to be driven around in a car for an hour, no problem. this options is the biggest waste of energy as I have already spent time growing these teens out instead of a mom operation for clones; and I would of course have to start all over again once the appraisal is done.
The appraisal isn't scheduled yet so I have time to plan out all these logistics. I was going to redo the room anyways so this isn't that big a deal. getting a tent back up for vegging the same day will be however; but as you can see pretty simple to accomplish. No plants HAVE to die for this to happen I just wonder what you think I should do; or if you had this happen what you did; or expose holes in my plan; stop me from making a mistake. This thread could really help someone in the future as there are NO threads on any boards about grow ops and FHA/HUD loans.