Carl Spackler
Well-Known Member
I recently went out to my guerilla grow patch(s) to do some early season prep work. I typically do this every year to remove unnecessary growth surrounding my sites that ultimately rob sunlight from my plants. Last year, I put out 8 plots of 3-4 plants each and had very good success with each plot yielding 1.4 to 2.6 lb/ plot. One of the plots became relatively inaccessible due to a wash out in a nearby creek making it almost impossible to reach or manage. I had abandoned the plot in late June as the other plots were doing so well and didn't feel it practical to cross a creek 60' wide and chest-deep at it's shallowest point.
Since the creek was frozen nearly solid last week, I decided to find the plot and see how it had done untended. After searching for almost an hour, I finally found the plot. Judging by their size, the plants had been stressed by our late-July drought. Unlike my others, they were unsupported/staked so the stalks had snapped on 2 plants. At any rate, the plot was no great loss and it had me wondering. If I had to search for as long as I did when the surrounding undergrowth was dormant, what chance would others (or even myself) have of finding the plot when everything is green and vigorously growing?
I've seen others go to extraordinary lengths to hide their grows with camouflage, look-a-like plants and untold other means to keep their grows undetected. Maybe I am lucky with the areas I grow in but I have never had the first problem with others bothering my plots except the occasional rabbit taking down young plants. I suppose the old rules regarding site selection still ring true. When you think you've gone far enough out, keeping walking, you haven't got there yet..
Since the creek was frozen nearly solid last week, I decided to find the plot and see how it had done untended. After searching for almost an hour, I finally found the plot. Judging by their size, the plants had been stressed by our late-July drought. Unlike my others, they were unsupported/staked so the stalks had snapped on 2 plants. At any rate, the plot was no great loss and it had me wondering. If I had to search for as long as I did when the surrounding undergrowth was dormant, what chance would others (or even myself) have of finding the plot when everything is green and vigorously growing?
I've seen others go to extraordinary lengths to hide their grows with camouflage, look-a-like plants and untold other means to keep their grows undetected. Maybe I am lucky with the areas I grow in but I have never had the first problem with others bothering my plots except the occasional rabbit taking down young plants. I suppose the old rules regarding site selection still ring true. When you think you've gone far enough out, keeping walking, you haven't got there yet..