DankShasta
Active Member
I've done these for 8 years now, and I think I've harvested around 30 to 40 plants, some of which that have been over 8 feet tall, and I've only had one found. This is what I look for, and others have also mentioned it. Creeks on property lines. In a rural area there are usually briars surrounding creeks too, as people don't clear them at the property lines. Creek beds are infested with mosquitoes and these areas are at the "edges" of tracts people would normally walk, or maintain, so they're perfect . If you get the right creek the soil immediately around the creek can have a tiny little flood basin with amazing soil quality. Presently my favorite spot actually boasts a 3 to 4in layer of black, spongy, loam like, and nutrient rich soil that grows weed like crazy! The other great thing about property line creek beds is you can take a black bucket, put a rock in it and submerge it in the creek, or hide it. Never carry weed stuff back, and forth from a site any more than you absolutely have to. Either way I'd leave a bucket, and some sealed up fertilizer/nute mix. Take enough nute mix to do any feedings you feel you might need for the whole year based primarily on the soil quality of the spot. Seal the fertilizer, or nutes up in a water tight bag, and hide them in the creek with the bucket. If the substrate quality is inherently amazing, you'll need very little ferts, and you got water right next to it. Personally I won't even try a spot without water present. It just offers too many advantages. I'm at the outskirts of a VERY populated metro area as well, so these spots are not unique to my circumstances. My advice is to look long, and hard until you find a spot like the above mentioned. When you find it, CHERISH IT. I still use the same spots, more or less, although I often skip a year or two at each location. Oh, and last thing. Clean up after harvest. DO NOT LEAVE EITHER A HOLE IN THE GROUND, OR A HUGE HACKED OFF STEM!! People can spot these things anytime of year, and from then on they will always, year after year check your spot for plants.