Not having a life due to the dedication to growing cannabis? (Staying Low Key)

[Closet Funk]

The best way to stay safe and avoid problems is to stay low key. Growing cannabis takes alot of time. Most of us are fine with tending the plants and enjoy the passion of growing your own smoke. How do you feel about having to avoid people to do what you love?

 

[Guest]

I live very low key and love it that way.

 

[GOATNUTS]

out of sight out of mind...

 

[Space Ghost]

hey, I still have a life.... well, maybe not... I have a job, a girlfriend, I go to school, several good friends.... and a dog.

 

[Closet Funk]

hey, I still have a life.... well, maybe not... I have a job, a girlfriend, I go to school, several good friends.... and a dog.

Sounds like a nice life to me. I got somewhat of life but not really. I have a feeling it's going to get alot better though.

 

[cadillachydro]

When i really think about it, i think growing isnt that big of a deal at all. I keep it light and friendly with the neighbors, they keep it light and friendly with me. That doesnt mean they're growing meds, so why would it mean i am. I dont act much different than the "typical" california neighbor, where most dont even talk to the other across the street. In fact, i might be a bit nicer.

As far as inside goes, I keep things tidy and stay well informed. In most cases, anyone unwanted like lanlords, repairmen or whatever usually call and make a time for their arrival. I had the landlord inside like two weeks ago, dope growin, fans a blowin...lights off of course, had a movie on in surround sound. We sat down for a few minutes, went over the new lease and signed. He would trip yeah, but what people dont know wont hurt em'.

I see cultivation like business, theres risk in almost anything profitable. And yes, anything not bought, but gained is profit. Homegrown included. Either you gain by making smart decisions or you can lose by making bad ones. IMO, you have to be pretty fucking sloppy to draw attention to yourself. How much do you know about your neighbor? No one knows how many times you have sex or eat in your house, or anything else you might do, so how the hell would they know you grow?

To me, low key is normal. Normal is fitting in and adapting to ones environment. Dont think that playing anti-social hermit ensures your safety. Looking secretive, sneaky and quiet are anything but low key. Just my 2cents. Stay sharp out there and keep it easy ~caddy

 

[I.M. Boggled]

"out of sight out of mind..."

Out of mind and out of sight works too.

 

[Guest]

i dunno, we have lots of weed smokers as well as non smoking weed company over every now and then,
they dont smell shit (at least, they dont say so)

out of sight, out of mind exactly, theres a lock on my basement door for a reason


and i ALWAYS have mids to smoke up with company.. its not good, its not bad, and no ones the wiser

 

[chepnut]

This is what happens when you act all paranoid and black out all your windows, and act all sketch, your neighbors will get suspiscous and call LEO

one of the many recent busts in nor cal

During police surveillance, detectives and federal agents saw two men come out of one house, washing mud from their arms. At some of the houses, they also noticed the target homes didn't pull garbage cans to the curb as every other neighbor did on trash day. Agents said it is common for drug makers to collect their trash and dump it elsewhere to avoid leaving incriminating evidence nearby.

 

[Blackstone]

Very good advice here

I made the mistake of telling a few people about my plans, so I'm trying to undo that mistake now. Fortunately, that was before I actually started my project and I think they didn't really take me seriously anyway or they've forgotten about it by now.

My other problem is that I'm not doing this profit - the whole point is to just have good bud and smoke myself and my best friends up. I do work and live in 2 different cities, so I guess I could tell them I scored a good deal at work.

It must be very hard to have such a wonderful talent and keep it a secret.

 

[Guest]

I live my life as if I would if I were not growing. I tend to my home and am sociable to my neighbors. In fact, there are some renters next door to me whom are not sociable and have all the surrounding neighbors suspicious of them. A couple days ago, I was asked by one neighbor about them, if I noticed all the 24 hour traffic going to that house, etc.. If I had ever spoken to them and what "I" had noticed.

Me, I'm growing and yet there is no suspicion towards me. I keep gardens all around my house, so anything horticultural I bring in, isn't even given a second look. Granted, many of the plants I grow around the house are strategically planted in certain spots for odor control (Lavenders, Mints, Honeysuckle). However, if the neighbors are seen hauling in bags of soil, etc - having no plants, flowers, don't even mow the lawn until it's knee deep - everyone notices, "why are they bringing in bags of soil, they don't even have any plants nor even take care of their yard."

Secrective, nonsociables become targets of suspicion. Everyday, average Joe's draw none. Be yourself, be happy - use commonsense and you're safe.

 

[litebuzz]

while i have been very much to myself this summer due to my first outdoor grow, i'm not totally anti-social. i will go off my property, i'm just not into hosting backyard pool parties this year. plus i've been very busy on top of the growing aspect. we're not the hot spot to party at...never have been...never will be. i have no problem inviting someone over in the evenings now that its getting dark earlier and we are staying inside more. anyone that knows me knows i'm a very busy business person. it would be very unusual for someone to just stop by unannounced...so maybe i do have an air of privacy. but they would just fall off their chairs if they knew why i've been soooo busy!! lol!
yep i'm definitely not the average grower probably, but then again...what is?

i love indoor growing...which i'm sure i'll do again this winter. i go up there for hours in the evening and pamper my gals. i love marijuana and watching it grow! its spiritually uplifting for me. i believe i am a calmer, happier person when i am growing....ya know as long as there's no problems.lol

 

[Old Man Time]

Everyone I know is cool with growing. Most of my friends grow. I have a great life and a great growroom. No need to sacrifice one for the other in alaska. Its tolerated here. That doesnt mean I am going to send pics of my crop to the police...but after 8 years of growing 365/24/7 loose lips do not sink ships. Be careful who you tell though.

 

[Guest]

^^^OMT i'm alaskan to, but stuck in colorado right now...thank god I live in the high country tho.....I'll be back in AK soon.


I live in a small ass cabin, so I really cant have peeps over whn I have plants in flower.

I dont like many people anyway, so it works.

I only have a couple of neighbors, and none are close at all...like 1/4 mile away for each, through the forest, and they dont talk to anyone either....so were all on the same page.

(2 I know do grow, because I was looking to buy a house recently, and they showed me their grow spaces...not in operation tho) ((both very very stealth tho))

I guess it depends on the person if it causes a problem..I have always prefered to do things on my own, and peeps know that I dont like to hang out much.

I'm always polite, and I dont do anything to stand out, just quiet, polite, and isolated....thats how everyone is in these parts wether they grow or not.

-yukon

 

[Closet Funk]

I'm not anti-social but I do tend to keep to myself most of the time when I'm growing. I got alot of fam and close friends that know I grow and I smoke with. I hate that some of them know but most it doesn't bother me. I'm never paranoid about growing. I feel comfortable all the time, but the moment I feel uncomfortable I won't grow in that situation. Hopefully that doesnt' happen. I can see myself staying low key during the work week and then maybe chilling on the weekends. Come summer time I can take off from indoors and just chill and relax and enojoy my harvests.

 

[treehuggers]

It also depends on the size of the grow. I know the difference of having a private small cabby grow or a big room grow. Things change drasticly. Only now i really understand those paranoid users

 

[Guest]

i get lots of atention from my ladies. i dont like humans much...but thats just me.

 

[naga_sadu]

The best way to stay safe and avoid problems is to stay low key. Growing cannabis takes alot of time. Most of us are fine with tending the plants and enjoy the passion of growing your own smoke. How do you feel about having to avoid people to do what you love?

Whether I'm growing or not, I prefer being low key. Prob today is that way too many dudes/ dudettes are uber materialistic and tend to be shallower than the kuvam river during drought. So I really see no point in having a large circle of crappy quality people. I'd rather just have 1-2 people 'round me I can really trust and connect with.

And more than anything, lotsa people tend to have loose tongues and way too many cultivators were bought down by this. A loose tongue is something a grower in any part of the world don't need. To put things in perspective I'd rather have an 1/8th of good cronic rather than half a pound of crappy schwag.

 

[Closet Funk]

I'd rather have an 1/8th of good cronic rather than half a pound of crappy schwag.

yes indeed!

 

[DimeBag65]

other circumstances led to my hermiting out... its been a blessing in that my grow has been kept rather low key.. but i sacrificed keeping in contact with alotta rather good friends.. i think isolation is bad for the head.. being stuck alone with your thought not including paranoia.. solitary confinement is a punishment for a reason.. insanity or feeling insane is led on alot by isolation is seems to be to me.. but all and all.. less ppl that know the better.. specially if they have NO IDEA where your grow is in its stage.. lotta sacrafice for growin but worth it in the end usually.. hmm my .2 Dime