Share Your 2022 Guerilla Plans, Strains and Tips.

[Funkalicious]

Sorry to hear man.

Ticks are nasty, I've had my pants tucked into my socks, and my shirt tucked into my pants for months now. Have been the woods quite a bit, cutting wood etc. and I haven't seen many this year, perhaps I should not have just said so. As a near by neighbor said they got 18 in one outing.

As far as only a dozen plants, that's plenty for a "hobby", growing more is fun, but a lot of work too, esp. if one is going to give most of it away. I have far more than I need too. With the roof top grow I can't even get one single day off in the hot months, July, August as they need daily water. Kind of silly in a way as I'm not a big smoker either, I guess it's because it is just about my last hobby.

That says a lot about how satisfying it is to grow these plants! Wonderful to spend time with them when they're alive and showing off their gifts.. Not sure how many vegetables I have also given away in my life.. The joy of growing!

 

[TychoMonolyth]

Sorry to hear man.

Ticks are nasty, I've had my pants tucked into my socks, and my shirt tucked into my pants for months now. Have been the woods quite a bit, cutting wood etc. and I haven't seen many this year, perhaps I should not have just said so. As a near by neighbor said they got 18 in one outing.

As far as only a dozen plants, that's plenty for a "hobby", growing more is fun, but a lot of work too, esp. if one is going to give most of it away. I have far more than I need too. With the roof top grow I can't even get one single day off in the hot months, July, August as they need daily water. Kind of silly in a way as I'm not a big smoker either, I guess it's because it is just about my last hobby.

Yeah. I got bit 20 times last year but came up clean. My wife got bit only a couple time and got Lymes. She caught it really early so she's good now. The only time I never I never got bit was when I heavily sprayed my pant legs.

 

[Petrochemical]

Will juglone inhibit cannabis?

 

[dirty-joe]

Yeah. I got bit 20 times last year but came up clean. My wife got bit only a couple time and got Lymes.

I got bit 3 or 4 times last year, but one, on the back of my head I shamefully did not catch for a couple of days I'm guessing. I could feel a bump, and got someone to take a macro picture of it.

Warning, disgusting picture,

I went to the doctor, because frankly I was a little worried. The doctor didn't seem too concerned and gave me a "broad spectrum" (I think, large pill) antibiotic.
I said earlier ticks are nasty, if you know their life cycle, you know they have already had two blood meals to become an adult, no doubt at least one (maybe both) of which came from a rodent, a rat, mouse, mole...It's no wonder they carry disease. They make me sick to think about.

With their cross species blood sucking, Lyme will probably become more common. I feel especially sorry for the poor forest animals that may have many (up to hundreds) of ticks sucking on them at once.

 

[xet]

A tip for ticks:

A pile of woodchips.

The bigger pile the better like from your local green waste woodchipper or tree trimmer will make a nice home and shelter full of moisture and food for millions of fire-ants who will devour ticks in their surrounding area.

It is easy to spot live ticks being carried off to their death by the ants while the other ants chomp at them. This also helps with Scorpions, slugs, mosquito larvae, and every other annoying bug.

Wild game will always bring in more ticks but those will be low number transients quickly intercepted by the ants.

I recommend seeding the woodchip pile with hundreds or thousands of fire-ants you source from somewhere else to expedite the process.

 

[dirty-joe]

A tip for ticks:

will make a nice home and shelter full of moisture and food for millions of fire-ants who will devour ticks in their surrounding area.

While I admit I'd love to watch an ant "devour" a tick, I'm not sure I like your trade off.

Funny I was just thinking the other day how "tough" ants are, then I saw one in similarly sized spider's web...no match. haha. Sorry I'm a bit of a sadist when it comes to insects, I have no feeling for them, or at least the ones that "bug" me, or come in ridiculous numbers, Earwigs, ticks, mosquitoes, black flies, houseflies, etc. Innocent bugs, that are not overly abundant I don't mind so much, and have taken these little hard shelled bugs I sometimes find, outdoors, and let go. They don't bug me, I don't bug them.

 

[Switcher56]

While I admit I'd love to watch an ant "devour" a tick, I'm not sure I like your trade off.

Funny I was just thinking the other day how "tough" ants are, then I saw one in similarly sized spider's web...no match. haha. Sorry I'm a bit of a sadist when it comes to insects, I have no feeling for them, or at least the ones that "bug" me, or come in ridiculous numbers, Earwigs, ticks, mosquitoes, black flies, houseflies, etc. Innocent bugs, that are not overly abundant I don't mind so much, and have taken these little hard shelled bugs I sometimes find, outdoors, and let go. They don't bug me, I don't bug them.

^^ what he said ^^

 

[xet]

While I admit I'd love to watch an ant "devour" a tick, I'm not sure I like your trade off.

As long as the woodchips are off the walking path the bulk of the ants will stay there while the rest are out scavenging in evenly spread out and negligible concentrations. It is a pretty nice setup and the woodchips liquid feed compost tea directly to surrounding soils every time it rains.

 

[DuskrayTroubador]

I get bit by ticks all the time.

From what I understand, it takes them a full blood meal, meaning they have to bite, become engorged, then leave on their own for them to transmit lyme to humans.

I usually find a few (sometimes a dozen) crawling on me when I go to check on my plants.

I habitually check myself for ticks everyday, throughout the day. It's almost like how monkeys groom each other for bugs... I just rub my head and myself down every now and then, look myself over.

If I get bit and pull one off, I always put tea tree oil on the bite.

I keep lots of garlic around, I'll eat a couple cloves a day for a few days.

Never noticed any rash or lyme symptoms.

 

[laszlokovacs]

Fucking ticks man. Never gotten bit in my life but those fuckers are sneaky and have me paranoid checking myself every half hour. Found a few crawling around on my self this year but its gonna get much worse. Last year i went with my dog for all of 15 minutes in the forest and counted at least 35 ticks crawling on him when we got inside- must've taken a good 45 minutes and one stuck in his head too.

I only go out to look at my plants with my pants tucked into my socks now but hell some of the grass comes up to my ribs. Ended up just having to just mow down a path 3/4 of the way there but it makes bringing water and walking 10x easier.

I guess they're just going to get worse in the coming years. I think the red-dot deer ticks are the absolute worst and more likely to carry diseases. Perhaps as high as 1 in 5 carry lymes disease although they have lots of other crap that can get you sick. I guess its not that terrible if you just are vigilant and find them quickly but still not a whole lot of fun. Pretty sure it takes a good 48 hours+ minimum for them to give you lymes like https://www.icmag.com/members/duskraytroubador.205854/ said. If you ask me it always a good idea to a course antibiotics handy when your coming into contact with them constantly in case you get bit and miss it or you get that bullseye rash next to a bite.

 

[Creeperpark]

I use to get so many tick bites on my neck and belly that I couldn't tell the old scabs from the new ticks. It was such a problem I would get sick from them. I found only one spray that really works at keeping hardcore ticks off of you. Coleman Gear and Clothing Insect Treatment. I tried all the other sprays but only this one worked at keeping them off. Spray your gear, shoes, and pants and they won't touch you.

 

[Funkalicious]

Hi all! We just planted around 20 clones in the guerilla spot, with another 10-15 in prep. Looks like another densely packed spot for 2022 in the works.

Terrace 2of3:

 

[dirty-joe]

Hi all! We just planted around 20 clones in the guerilla spot, with another 10-15 in prep. Looks like another densely packed spot for 2022 in the works.

Terrace 2of3:
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Hey Funk a lick ish,
I love your "terraces" I mentioned in this or another thread that I have done the same years ago, But am to old for that shit any longer.
Cool. Best of luck this year.

 

[Funkalicious]

Hey Funk a lick ish,
I love your "terraces" I mentioned in this or another thread that I have done the same years ago, But am to old for that shit any longer.
Cool. Best of luck this year.

Yoyoooo dirty schmirty joe!
Thanks for the good wishes, its back breaking stuff indeed. Let's just legalise it already hahaha

But I have to say being in the forest is pretty magical when everything goes well. I can imagine getting tired of all the hauling.. Although the more we do now, the less ammendments needed in future... But I'd love to work a nice flat plot. One day!

 

[Funkalicious]

Back to the spot! Always great to see progress after a couple of weeks away. We had a bunch of storms, I can see some plants were topped by pachamama herself. But they are recovering well.

Critical

Northern lights x White widow

Lots of sun forecast this week, so grow babies.. Grow!

 

[Swamp Thang]

Back to the spot! Always great to see progress after a couple of weeks away. We had a bunch of storms, I can see some plants were topped by pachamama herself. But they are recovering well.

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Lots of sun forecast this week, so grow babies.. Grow!

Nice to see the native vegetation creeping back to cover the bare earth around the stems of your plants. With a few occasional snips using your gardening shears, you'll be able to keep the undergrowth from completely smothering the plants, while at the same time blending the entire grow in amidst a nice camouflage of natural undergrowth.

 

[Funkalicious]

Nice to see the native vegetation creeping back to cover the bare earth around the stems of your plants. With a few occasional snips using your gardening shears, you'll be able to keep the undergrowth from completely smothering the plants, while at the same time blending the entire grow in amidst a nice camouflage of natural undergrowth.

Yes indeed! The brambles are protecting the soil, and keeping off unwanted visitors! Next year its going to be the great Wall of thorns.

 

[St. Phatty]

I grow pot near the house.

My sort of guerilla grow - Potatoes and Lettuce. Though not in the same place.

The lettuce gets a deer fence, the potatoes don't.

The potatoes are part of my experiment in reducing my water consumption to 2 gallons a day.

 

[zaprjaques]

Alright, i know its late but i managed to sneak out into the 'wild' today and put 3 GH Green-O-Matics out in between some blackberry and raspberrybushes. Even saw a fox sneaking around. Sprayed a bit of my own urine around the spot cause i saw some deer shit too... I'll be back in a couple of weeks, rainy days ahead now... i'd be very surprised if they make it.

 

[TychoMonolyth]

I used to put my late starts in by the first week of July. Always had nice results. Never gave me monsters, but that wasn't the point. Growing a nice plant was.