how do you choose your spot

[littlegrow]

so next year i wanna try an outdoor grow but i was wondering for you experienced outdoor growers what do you look for i have been trying to find a place that is away from people but will be good for me to get to, my brother put a plant out this year behind our house up on an old railway and it vanished within 2 days lol someone nicked it so i want to find a good spot for next year but just want a few ideas

 

[Ickis]

It was dug up and stolen. A small non flowering plant that disappears was probably eaten by a critter.

It is a lot of trial and error. If you think you have a secluded spot take a tomato cage and put it in the ground and tie a dollar bill to it so it is easily seen. If it is still there in the spring chances are nobody goes there.

Wherever you choose try not to make a path to it.

I like walking creeks and hoping up the bank and planting. No trail in the water.

 

[hush]

Has a lot to do with where you live, the geography, etc. Do you live in swampy area? Desert? Mountainous? All those things matter. If you are in densely populated area, your best bet is to go with the "hiding in plain sight" method, camouflaging with similar-looking wild bushes. Then there's also the idea of planting up high, above people's heads, like in trees, guerilla-style. Then there's also the idea of planting in the middle of thorny thickets, by hacking out a little crawl space and hollowing out the center of a big thicket of brambles.

There are lots of options. You can narrow it down based on your local conditions and circumstances.

 

[Ickis]

The biggest problem is the parameter of "good for me to get to"

Sometimes the right in your face spot works out.

Here is one I did a couple years ago. Not recommended for the faint of heart.

BAM!!!



I think there was 5 ounces of SSHxPTK, 2 ounces The White and 1.5 ounces Chem D.

It was a cemetary I knew very well. These graves were neglected and I never saw anything done to them for the 50 + years I went there with my mom since I was 8.

When I harvested I planted bulb flowers and a peony so something will always come up.

Some don't like I did this grow. I did respect the site and I did just plant flowers.

I left it better than I found it.

 

[Marcellas]

WOW Ickis, never in this world would I think that I'd see somebody grow some nugs right ontop of a cemetery's grave plot!! Wow!! Amazing...

I'm almost speechless.. I bet that (uhmm... "decomposing matter") under that ground might actually help feed the plants! Can't believe that lmao

 

[soil margin]

Very nice Ickis. I'm feeling like a huge pussy, looking at those pics and thinking of how many spots I could probably get away with no one noticing. You have inspired me to get a lot more creative with this shit I think.

 

[Adze]

One of the most secure places I ever tried was in the middle of a giant black berry patch. I had a leather jacket and heavy pants and gloves stashed that I used to craw under about 20 feet of thorn covered berry bushes. No deer or human ever entered. It also had a high water table, 4 feet down and I had a well.

 

[moondawg]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=93233&highlight=Site+selection:+primer

wrote this some years ago. Grew my first outdoor in 69. Good luck buddy.

 

[Ickis]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=93233&highlight=Site+selection:+primer

wrote this some years ago. Grew my first outdoor in 69. Good luck buddy.

You are silverback? I thought you died? Seriously what am I missing?

Thanks for the comments guys. I am a firm believer that sometimes right out in the open is the most hidden from whoever is searching for your patch. They just are not searching when near these spots. It doesn't register all the time. Sometimes they get found but many times they make it.

 

[Rory Borealis]

Take your time when choosing a site. Visit the site at 3 different times in a day, spread out over a week. Dawn, NOON, 2 hours after SUNSET.

LIGHT - Pay attention the the direction the site is facing. A hillside that faces south(toward th equator) is ideal. The area should receive a MINIMUM of 5 hours of constant direct sunlight. Are there any streetlights that may delay the onset of flowering and harvest?

HUMAN TRAFFIC - How many people pass by the site via car or/and on foot? will passers by smell the ripe plants?

MOISTURE - Is it near a river or lake? This will cause a problem with humidity (ie: bud mold, powdery mildew). Is it in a floodplain, does water pool up in that area during heavy rains?

 

[Red Fang]

wow Ickis, I admit at first it seemed disrespectful but then I read your post. How did you pull that off? The lawn was obviously maintained, the guy who rode a mower past there 50 times or so didn't notice or didn't know what it was?! Hard to believe. Nice plants though!

 

[Ickis]

The one guy was in his 50s and the other guy was in his 70s. I didn't think they new about cannabis the few times I had spoke with them. But you never know. I think it was just a matter of jumping on a big riding mower and getting locked into cutting all the grass over and over again. Plus people plant so many different kinds of plants on graves now a days there is something new all the time.

It was the "In Plain Sight" method and it worked.

 

[bottomland]

Ickis, u should name the pot after the people who helped u grow it. (in the ground)

 

[Ickis]

Sorry deleted pics. Preparing for the worst.

 

[slartibartfast4]

I always figure if getting to my grow spot leaves me bleeding from several parts of my body then there is a good chance others will not want to get there either. If you have the seeds or plants i would suggest trying several different locations and seeing what happens and just accept that you will loose some plants. Try not to leave paths or anything that might lead others to your spot and tell no one. Best of luck

 

[Ickis]

Goodbye Guys. This account will implode very soon. It has been a fun ride.