How to hide plants

Chriswolfee94

Chriswolfee94

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Just looking for suggestions on how to keep my plants from being noticed from the sky when the troopers start searching come August and September
also I do have them in 5gal buckets so moving them shouldn't be hard
 
Chriswolfee94

Chriswolfee94

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I've been following the deer trails mostly but will they still consider throughs trails as mine? Plus there's quite a bit of tree coverage as Well will that help? Also I've grown outdoors before and had a chopper above me a couple years back I had 2 males growing and a female they were like 30ft maybe above me I thought they were gonna show up at my house later that day and never did any idea why lol sorry I went off topic it's just always baffled me since haha
 
Navid

Navid

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May I kniw how many are we talking about? I don't think they show up for small numbers like 3 or 4
 
Chriswolfee94

Chriswolfee94

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Well right now I'm growing 2 but like I said above it was just weird couple years back they hovered above me with the spot light for a good ten minutes looking at them I didn't get it thought I was gonna get busted back then not sure what they were doing lol
 
Chriswolfee94

Chriswolfee94

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Alright and also does the coverage of trees help at all? Also I'm in New York state and still wondering why they didn't show up the last time a while back when I had the incident with the chopper
 
Larry {the} Gardener

Larry {the} Gardener

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I try to grow next to trees or bushes that don't lose their leaves in the fall. Holly trees are one of my favorites. But it's hard to beat briar patches. Just grow the edges, so you can come and go under trees. That way your trail isn't visible from the air.

Here is one of my BST2's in the FP patch. The Sweet Gum {on the left} will lose it's leaves, but the Yaupon Holly and briars will stay green.

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Chriswolfee94

Chriswolfee94

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Yeah I have a forest out back and that was what i was wondering if the trees would make the trails less visible I live in upstate ny so we have a lot of burch trees and oak and black cherry trees and I follow the natural deer trails would they consider the deer trails as mine also i don't leave any garbage around like my 1gal jugs I use to mix my Fox farm ferts with just worried they won't get much sun cause I started growing in May on the 28th and this Saturday they will be 5weeks old and ones only 8 or 9 inches tall and the other is about 7 inches not sure if it's due to not enough light or because they were trampled by a deer that wanted to make a path where I put them when they were 5 days old and were tipped over burried by the dirt for 12hrs was gonna throw them out but replanted them and they grew back so do you think it's from the shock of that or not enough sunlight or both
 
Larry {the} Gardener

Larry {the} Gardener

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They need at least 4-5 hours of direct sunlight a day. 10-12 hours would be great, but most covert grows are not going to get that.

Trails on the ground are bad too, but if you have to make one, it's better to do it under trees. I use deer trails too, but if you walk it too much, you can tell it's used by people. {deer have little feet}
 
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BrownsWeed

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Several options that can be employed. As others have mentioned trails are your enemy. You could go automated with watering, fertilizer, etc which works really well but can be kind of pricy (still cheaper than jail) or do a tree grow. The choppers are looking for open area if you place your pots in a tree and open it to sunlight it is invisible from the air as it blends in with the foliage and invisible from the ground if placed correctly. A lot of people laugh about it but it works well. It's more work if not automated but well worth it in terms of yield and less loss to insects and animals.
 
GoRealUhGro

GoRealUhGro

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Navid said:
May I kniw how many are we talking about? I don't think they show up for small numbers like 3 or 4
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I know this is old but I mean..I'm reading it so someone else may...and yes.. they will stop over 1 plant..if they see it they stop...I had nine and they were not what you would call huge on this site but for 45 and 100 gal pots they were big...all over a lb and the biggest closer to 2 1/2 or more...and they actually repelled directly into my patch...I would recommend not clearing ANYTHING out that doesn't have to be..another thing I do is when I cut trees I only cut the part that is blocking light...not the whole tree...and I take mud and moss to cover the part I cut. You can see the top of the "stump" bigger than shit from the air ..another good this is if you can climb a tree..or a drone would be awesome..to get an above ground view that shit really tells you how exposed you really are..it may seem like a lot but trust me.. when they come you'll wish you did it
 
projectinfo

projectinfo

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GoRealUhGro said:
I know this is old but I mean..I'm reading it so someone else may...and yes.. they will stop over 1 plant..if they see it they stop...I had nine and they were not what you would call huge on this site but for 45 and 100 gal pots they were big...all over a lb and the biggest closer to 2 1/2 or more...and they actually repelled directly into my patch...I would recommend not clearing ANYTHING out that doesn't have to be..another thing I do is when I cut trees I only cut the part that is blocking light...not the whole tree...and I take mud and moss to cover the part I cut. You can see the top of the "stump" bigger than shit from the air ..another good this is if you can climb a tree..or a drone would be awesome..to get an above ground view that shit really tells you how exposed you really are..it may seem like a lot but trust me.. when they come you'll wish you did it
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In my opinion it's better to cut what you need the year before. It gives time for the stumps to darken naturally. And give time for your trails and everything to grow in.

Also easier to check if somone has been to your patch when you come back
 
too larry

too larry

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I had to get a very late seedling leftover from my Spring crop out of the garden at home, so I took it to the FP patch. It's in brush and briars, but the damn trail between plants was plain as hell. Need to check on them less this year.
 
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