Who's going guerrilla this year?

[Bobby SixKiller]

Hi Team Microble nice gear, like your style and that trolley its brilliant.
Greetings from 50n.

Guerilla Gold x auto Ak:

 

[Team Microbe]

Hi Team Microble nice gear, like your style and that trolley its brilliant.
Greetings from 50n.

Guerilla Gold x auto Ak:
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Absolutely amazing work man, wow...

What type of ecosystem is that, a wetland of some type? Those plants look well watered being so big like that. Do you dry outdoors?

What did you do initially to prepare that site? Top dress? Haul in soil? Very curious.

 

[Team Microbe]

Also, who makes that Gorilla Gold cross that you're running there? It looks beyond solid... please tell me that's a current shot!

 

[Bobby SixKiller]

These are old peat meadows often flooded with water. On the mounds we dropped grass for strengthening and it worked out well. Drying doing under the roof in a dry place. And this strain is from Grzech Grow Seeds.

 

[Punisher 421]

These are my plants. Some a lil guerilla grown

 

[Punisher 421]

 

[Punisher 421]

Black bucket in each pic is 5 gallon. (For reference)

 

[delavega]

Wow! My friend tell me about a thread where someone uses a kayak and rails to transport. I had to see! Absolutely awesome idea, hard work... But above all an adventure. In this thread you can find inspiration. Good luck and lots of sun.

 

[Swamp Thang]

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A fishing boat we use with poles as an alibi to access remote land behind a lake



I just wanted to bring up an important topic before diving into flowering this season, and that's our excuse for being in a said area (typically uninvited). This is make or break in my eyes, because the first time you're spotted by a civilian without a valid "role" (fisherman, hiker, photographer, kayaker, bird watcher, etc) you're location is compromised.

ALWAYS PLAY THE PART WELL

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Are you frequenting a nature preserve? Good! Grab the goggles, your camera and a bird watching hat and maybe even a bird watching book with pages bookmarked. It also wouldn't hurt to take some decent photos to keep on a memory card that remains in the camera, so you can easily switch it out with your other memory card that you shoot plant shots with.



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Or if you're patch is bordering a swamp behind a lake per say, remember to bring your poles and take a fishing boat out there so you're not seen as an outcast. Shoot the shit with the locals if you can be cool enough, and always stick with your story. After a while things become natural and you really begin to relax, which allows you to play your roles better as well.



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This railroad is a great hauling route, but is seldom taken during the day time because there is simply no alibi for us to have here without looking out of place.
Instead, we park at a nearby nature preserve with cameras in hand, and exit the end of the preserve where we bushwack our way to the tracks. After a short walk we dip off into the swamp and hike another mile to our patch. The nature preserve gets us to the tracks without having to pass through civilization, and is probably the reason this site has been undisturbed for 3 years straight.



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The only way one can be connected to a site is through the actions of watering, transplanting, and harvesting the crop. 50% of the time if an officer gets word of a grow under 50 plants, they simply chop the crop down and leave their business card along with a few smart ass flowers in your existing holes. The other 50% of the time, and usually when the plant count is reaching the 100x mark they will set up cameras in attempts to capture your face.

The simple solution here is to just cover your face somehow, at all times. For example we'll boat past civilians with our fishing boat looking the part, and as soon as we're far enough away from civilization we'll put our masks on. They will never wait for you out in the bush for weeks at a time, praying they can catch you out there in person, it just doesn't happen. The only time you have to worry about boots on the ground is if you're camping near or at your outdoor site. So unless you're one of those guys, detection can be easily avoided if the proper precautionary steps are taken.


What does everyone else use as an alibi? Any interesting ones out there?

This is some SERIOUS guerrilla action, deep in the swamp where men are men and gators know to stay away. Team Microbe is da MAN !

 

[Team Microbe]

These are old peat meadows often flooded with water. On the mounds we dropped grass for strengthening and it worked out well. Drying doing under the roof in a dry place. And this strain is from Grzech Grow Seeds.

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I absolutely LOVE THIS.

Fuck yeah man, great use of your local resources! I like the cover crop as well... please share updates along the way!

 

[Team Microbe]

Wow! My friend tell me about a thread where someone uses a kayak and rails to transport. I had to see! Absolutely awesome idea, hard work... But above all an adventure. In this thread you can find inspiration. Good luck and lots of sun.

Thanks! Work smarter not harder, right?

This is some SERIOUS guerrilla action, deep in the swamp where men are men and gators know to stay away. Team Microbe is da MAN !

That means a lot coming from you my friend!

 

[DuskrayTroubador]

I've heard of Hugelkulture beds having issues the first year with the wood tying up the nitrogen in the soil, thus inhibiting growth.

What's the consensus on this? I know they're more long-term oriented, but it'd be nice if there was a way to make them not poorly suited for the first year.

 

[Team Microbe]

I've heard of Hugelkulture beds having issues the first year with the wood tying up the nitrogen in the soil, thus inhibiting growth.

What's the consensus on this? I know they're more long-term oriented, but it'd be nice if there was a way to make them not poorly suited for the first year.

I wouldn't think it wouldn't tie up much being that the ratio is roughly 1:30

I myself am having success with it and it's my first year, no N deficiencies as of yet

 

[gorilla ganja]

Here is my first attempt at growing in the swamp. 20 gallon fabric pots filled with coco and a little native soil, 3-4 cups dolomite lime and 2 cups slow release fertilizer.

Reefermans: J-Kush

La Buena Hierba: Power pineberry

Peace GG

 

[DuskrayTroubador]

I wouldn't think it wouldn't tie up much being that the ratio is roughly 1:30

I myself am having success with it and it's my first year, no N deficiencies as of yet


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IIRC, you said the plants you put in the bed were late starts, right?

How would you compare their growth rate to the growth rate at other, 'normal' sites?

Here is my first attempt at growing in the swamp. 20 gallon fabric pots filled with coco and a little native soil, 3-4 cups dolomite lime and 2 cups slow release fertilizer.

Reefermans: J-Kush

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La Buena Hierba: Power pineberry

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Peace GG

Lookin' good. I've never grown in a swamp, but what do you think of the idea of building mounds in swamps? There was a dude who posted here earlier that built mounds in a peat marsh and they looked really good.

 

[gorilla ganja]

Lookin' good. I've never grown in a swamp, but what do you think of the idea of building mounds in swamps? There was a dude who posted here earlier that built mounds in a peat marsh and they looked really good.

I think it's a great idea.Only thing I don't like about it is it would scar up the swamp and be easily seen till it grows back in.
I'm starting to fall in love with the swamp.
Great security, lots of water and sunshine.
Large mounds/raised beds or swamp tubes. The swamp tubes can be made on site and blend in well.
As with any spot, takes time to dial it in. My spot is actually an abandoned beaver pound. The water levels fluctuate more than I would like.
Already have some new plans for next season.

Hope everyone is having a great season.

Peace GG

 

[#1cheesebuds]

every time I've tried to do a gorilla grow it either dies or gets stolen. So I quit doing it.
but you guys are killing it in the bush.

 

[scourouhi]

This is a great thread Team Microbe !
I have learned a lot already .Didn't know anything about Hugelkultur ,gonna try it next season .
I recently managed to reach the spot in the photo .There are a lot of dead pines and various bushes around . The area gets a lot of sunshine , from 9 till sunset .


This is my current guerrilla grow . I have 2 Malawi x Panama fems and a female Satori at the far right side . I am preparing 2 new beds for some FastBuds autos and 4 Sweet Hashplants.
Water comes from an strange old well ,that is dug at the hill side.


Good luck to all of us guerrilla growers !





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[St. Phatty]

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We fill it with dead wood to break down over time, which not only feeds the soil but it will retain more moisture during the dry season (since organic matter soaks water up so well). The roots will have a nice, moist, cool place to be when the top layer begins to heat up.

When wildfire prep season ended this year, I mentioned burying wood (combustible biomass) when I was talking to neighbors. (We could no longer burn, and still had 300,000 pounds of dry wood to deal with on a neighbor's lot.)

Anyway, you're reducing wildfire danger AND giving your plants better drainage AND building the soil !!!

Nice trick

 

[Team Microbe]

every time I've tried to do a gorilla grow it either dies or gets stolen. So I quit doing it.
but you guys are killing it in the bush.

I hear that! That happened to me the first 3 years I grew outside too, stay at it and learn from your mistakes and it WILL pay off, I promise. Nothing good ever comes easy...

This is a great thread Team Microbe !
I have learned a lot already .Didn't know anything about Hugelkultur ,gonna try it next season .
I recently managed to reach the spot in the photo .There are a lot of dead pines and various bushes around . The area gets a lot of sunshine , from 9 till sunset .
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This is my current guerrilla grow . I have 2 Malawi x Panama fems and a female Satori at the far right side . I am preparing 2 new beds for some FastBuds autos and 4 Sweet Hashplants.
Water comes from an strange old well ,that is dug at the hill side.
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Good luck to all of us guerrilla growers !





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Looking good brother! I love the well access... that's golden