MN Outdoor Guerrilla Grow

Damn, that sucks man. Like you said, though, maybe they didn't see anything. Still, guess you gotta be extra stealthy for a while, and look for signs of any visitors right near your plants. They're small now, but when they get bigger, they'll be more prominent.

Do you have other spots you were planning to plant...or just this one plot?

This is one of the reason's i never park along the road the thieves will take this as a sign and look for your pot. The damn high school kids around here will walk the woods looking for pot. Last year i had to put some bullets in the air when i was at my holes. I was making my way around the hillside when i heard something hidd in the brush and listened and could hear them talking about finding pot so after they walked about 100yards away i decided to shoot some rounds in the air. After they ran away i had to go cut my shit 4 weeks early i was pissed but i knew they would be back to find it. I would never harm anyone but i will try and scare the hell outta them,between the choppers and the thieves it's getting rough to grow here.

good luck though bro...im subbed ....tristynhawk

what i would do. i would go to a spot close to them. it looks big. take a shoveland dig upevery little sticker bush and plant them in a nice circle. go back and water them and fertilze give them a good spike over winter and next yr you;ll have a nice big wall no one will want to pass. make yourself a littel tunnel to crawl in.

Well, you know what guys ? I'm not gonna let this trip me up. All it means is I'm a little more careful. After some quick calls, I have learned that these particular guys can only hunt for a couple more days until their season is over (turkey hunting has multiple week long dates). They didn't see em then and they were heading off to the same spot as before which was a fair distance from my plants. If you actually look at one of the pictures I have posted of the plot, there's fifteen plants scattered throughout the picture that are very hard to notice. After the hunting ends, there's no reason anybody would ever step foot on this property since there's nothing to offer them.

On another note, I had nine plants ready to go out that had to go somewhere. I went to a spot I have had my eye on and brought them out there. This spot gives me very easy access that I can actually watch from my home with binoculars, yet it's hard to get in and out of because of neighboring homes. Perfect south-facing flat land with good sun coverage and it's ringed by barb wire and will be surrounded by corn come mid season. This will allow me unlimited access at that point. This was last ditch since I have never checked the soil. I found it to be very dark and fertile, however the clay content was high. I didn't bring any peat moss with me and will have to get back there tomorrow before the sun is up and plant. I left them hiding in the brush with chicken wire as protection. These were various feminized strains, Bubblelicious, Fast Nevilles, and Cindy 99. Will try to get some pics, but I promise nothing right now.

Forty more plants to go and I'm already tired !

xebeche- Nahhh, I have had a few other spots in mind ^^^^^ As well as some others I haven't done much work with. But yes, this was going to be my main spot with probly forty scattered plants. I'll likely still plant some more just not near the ones I already have out there.

tristynhawk- Thanks for the encouragement, the story, and for jumping in the car !

Shizz- I did just that eleven years ago. Except that I found a very thick patch of buckthorn and cleared the center. Took the cut trees/bushes and propped them up against the ring of live ones I left to form a wall. I then ringed it starting at ground level with bird netting up to a height of six feet. From the inside, I took leaves, twigs, and various brush and got it caught in the netting to further create a ganja fortress. Looked completely natural actually and they were unnoticeable from two feet away on the other side. Of course I had a little tunnel I knew how to get through.

Me and partner will have out over 100 plants this year with at least 60 being feminized and it is alot of work. This is my first year ordering seeds so i am trying to do my best to care for them all of my fem's will planted separate from others this is going to have me all over my county...lol. With no more than 4 in any given area

trying to get them as much sun as possible this year without making them to easy for helicopters to see. I usually hide them a little better than i am this year but i usually have holes with 10-15 plant's when they sex have about half that. Where i have fem's im planting them in singles hoping for some monster's. I have 20 some kaya gold's, 20 some aurora indica's ,20 some swiss cheese and 4 lemon G clones. I say some cause i have a bunch of cutting's from all of them and not sure how many will take.

happy growing...tristynhawk

www.overgrow.com said:

xebeche- Nahhh, I have had a few other spots in mind ^^^^^ As well as some others I haven't done much work with. But yes, this was going to be my main spot with probly forty scattered plants. I'll likely still plant some more just not near the ones I already have out there.

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LOL, yeah, I figured you'd have another spot or two in mind as a backup. Sounds like a good plan. Lookin forward to seeing these plants get BIG in the great outdoors...

I can't do anything outside this season, but will def try something next year. There's plenty of sunshine and lots of unused land around here...

dig the hole deep and throw leaves grass anything you can find in the clay every little bite helps. even if you find a spot where there's run off and sand deposited scoop it up and us it.

Well, another lovely day for planting fellas. The old lady was off to work at 4:45am and I was out the door ten minutes after her, lol. Just planted five for the day. This spot is going to be perfect come high corn.

tristynhawk- Sounds like a winner, I'll be sure to check the link out next.

Scarhole- Put your seatbelt on my friend, gonna be a bumpy ride !

xebeche- Hey, I'm also looking forward to seeing these plants get big in the great outdoors ! Why can't grow this season ? Me, if there's any way possible to pull off a grow, I can do it. Keep in mind that this is a grow started right under my old ladies nose and she hasn't a clue. She's not as open to things as I am, lol. And at the end of this grow, I will quote this exact reply and tell everyone a very funny and outrageous story related to how big a brass balls I have in pulling this off. Trust me

shizz- Yeah, I just waited till the next day and brought a bundle of peat moss into the woods that didn't make it's way back out. I started with 300 lbs of peat moss this season and I'm down to 120 already. For a guerrilla grow, compressed bundles of peat moss are about the most practical alternative when it comes to soil conditioning. But yes, make do with what you have around you also.

peat works wells but i dont find it to work any better then grass clipping for taking care of clay.

Good thread so far - I'll be following along.

Great looking grow!

Its really great to see more MN growers on here, how hot does that greenhouse stay during the winter monthes? Have you got a heater inside?

Good luck!

finally some nice weather about time! so whats peoples takes on helicopters here in mn ive heard watch out dont worry just curious i dont care much just go about my business and i always have my dog with me do a quick walk by of my plants. i always set up sticks and shit to tell if there disturbed before i actually go there seems to keep me pretty safe. anyway what nutes if any you guys us on plants. i use Nhance Buds it all organic from cali only forty buck and the concentration makes 10.5 gallons used it on an indoor got almost 3 1/2 oz off and plant i started flowering at 2 weeks of veg. it also works well for cloning quite a plus. if it is okay i would like to post some pics but dont wish to hijack anyones thread let me know if this is okay.

my profile pic is of my indoor sk#1/NL#1 same thing that will go out side supposed to finish about mid sept so figure that gives me a couple extra weeks if needed

yeah i really enjoyed the last two days, but now its raining again surprise surprise. Im really getting sick of this weather.

as for nutes, i plan on using fox farms soil mixed Mississippi Topsoil (made local, in Cold Spring MN) its supposed to be some top notch stuff, i also plan on mixing some happy frog granule fertilizer in too along with some homegrown chicken manure.

so i will be using very minimal nutes, ive got some Alaskan Fish Emulsion for vegging, then i might use FF Big Bloom for flowering

Shizz- Yeah, I mostly won't even mess with areas that have high clay content. Too much good earth to be had round these parts. But, I did happen to have some bales of peat moss laying around.........

peaceloveandpaws- Thanks.... keep coming back, good things to follow

catmando- I recently tore that greenhouse down and will be putting up a permanent structure soon. It was more a pain in the ass than anything. High winds battered it, very minimal ventilation, totally translucent (as in "hey, those look like marijuana plants in there." Not cool). But to answer your question, yes, I had a heater in there and it kept warm pretty easily. The new one is a major step up though : UV treated polycarbonate is a rigid plastic which provides much of the clarity of glass, yet it's stronger and more resistant to impact than other glazings. It has a frosted color that allows for even light penetration without sunburning your plants. Polycarbonate doublewall panels with many structural walls separating its two flat sides (looks similar to cardboard in design when viewed on edge). The structure lends it more strength and better heat retention with this insulating air space. It also provides the greenhouse with even diffused light, best for growing plants. And it lasts a long time.
Anyways, there's the info. I gotta pour a slab for the base and all sorts of crap that will have me tied up for quite a while.

ilovegoodweed- Feel free to post a few pics as long as you don't go too crazy. There is the MN growers thread that is lacking in pics though ! As for copters, I really don't worry about them in the least. This isn't Cali and we don't have the funding to conduct searches very much is my understanding. That being said, I'm sure it's different for each area if not county by county. My county is dirt poor and very rural....... just the way I like it. As for nutes, I'm putting out in excess of seventy plants this season, so I keep it simple. I always use Osmocote time release fertilizer on a supplemental basis. I usually mix in a dash of lime, and a fertilizer called Houseplants Alive which contains : bone meal, pulverized limestone, kelp meal, tankage, and poultry manure. I will usually water with a half strength mix of fish fertilizer as well. I don't get too into all these new fertlizers seemingly meant to target mj growers and capitalize on the med scene. On a base level, it's all about NPK and the plants don't care about the brand label.

Oooohhhweeeeee, made it out to the plot as seen in the photos and the plants have made very nice progress. Some of them have actually begun to grow through the cages already, which means this is about 4-5 inches of growth. I suppose I could have let them grow through or trained the branches through the chicken wire, but I simply took it off for now. They're all looking very lush and healthy as well.

On another note, I made it out to the other smaller plot that I have yet to photograph and found three holes upturned and the plants laying exposed. I'm quite certain that this was the work of raccoons since this is very near a small pond and patch trees. The plants should be just fine. In fact, one of the bubblicious was looking just fine and I simply dug another hole farther away from the water where they hadn't messed with the other plants at all. The other two, Cindy 99's, I brought home to nurse back to health and I expect a full recovery.

You know, it's funny how as an outdoor guerrilla grower, we tend to notice the better sides of growing. You know, going out there and seeing the plants large and full of buds, the harvest, the smoke, etc. We don't really try to remember the days/nights where we were toiling away and freezing our asses off, hands so muddy and cold that once you finally get them under warm water to wash up, it hurts like hell. Nights where it's cold and rainy and you're out there soaked to the bone wishing you were curled up in bed. Well, this was last night and I did not have a good time. I may swear off night-time planting unless I'm so far deep in the boonies I can have a gigantic spotlight lit up to plant by. Man, I lost my shovel and couldn't even find my plants out there. Then when I found them, what good are they without a damn shovel ?!?! I found it and got to business, but I felt very disorganized and things were slow and awkward. No more says I.

Glad to hear things are working in your favor OG. Sub'd +rep A2L

Ouch Minnesotans, frost advisory tonight for those of you NE of 94 and around the general area of there. Be careful.

www.overgrow.com said:

catmando- I recently tore that greenhouse down and will be putting up a permanent structure soon. It was more a pain in the ass than anything. High winds battered it, very minimal ventilation, totally translucent (as in "hey, those look like marijuana plants in there." Not cool). But to answer your question, yes, I had a heater in there and it kept warm pretty easily. The new one is a major step up though : UV treated polycarbonate is a rigid plastic which provides much of the clarity of glass, yet it's stronger and more resistant to impact than other glazings. It has a frosted color that allows for even light penetration without sunburning your plants. Polycarbonate doublewall panels with many structural walls separating its two flat sides (looks similar to cardboard in design when viewed on edge). The structure lends it more strength and better heat retention with this insulating air space. It also provides the greenhouse with even diffused light, best for growing plants. And it lasts a long time.
Anyways, there's the info. I gotta pour a slab for the base and all sorts of crap that will have me tied up for quite a while.

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Hey overgrow, hope you're gonna post some pics of your new greenhouse when you're done, sounds like it'll be very cool.

Good to hear that most of your girls are thriving in their new homes. Looking forward to seeing them get BIG.