Protecting plants from thieves

Hi guys i am growing outdoor this summer but i worry my plant might get stolen it's not fenced in and people have access to it via the forest/field nearby. I am currently debating two options
1- installing a wifi security camera
2-installing a motion detection spotlight nearby (worried it might mess up the light cycle but i wouldn't put it directly over it)

I don't and can't have a dog, can't put my plant in the yard at the moment but i might be able to move it in it around 2 weeks from harvest

this is my setup with my shed

A spotlight couldnt hurt. A camera will just allow you to watch the thievery after the plant is gone.

Anybody that tries to grab it will do so at night.. Dig some holes around the plant.. Something 18" deep and 12" wide.. Run heavy duty fishing line around the plant with treble hooks.

steve870 said:

Hi guys i am growing outdoor this summer but i worry my plant might get stolen it's not fenced in and people have access to it via the forest/field nearby. I am currently debating two options
1- installing a wifi security camera
2-installing a motion detection spotlight nearby (worried it might mess up the light cycle but i wouldn't put it directly over it)

I don't and can't have a dog, can't put my plant in the yard at the moment but i might be able to move it in it around 2 weeks from harvest

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Look up Guardline i sleep a lot better.

thanks for your advice i just don't want to invest too much money it this i will look into this

I have something like this and it works great

https://www.harborfreight.com/wireless-driveway-alert-system-93068.html

Maybe build a cage around it?
Like what you'd use to keep deer from eating it.

Tripwire attached to a 12gauge shotgun blank should do the trick.

Cookie Rider said:

Maybe build a cage around it?
Like what you'd use to keep deer from eating it.

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that could be a good idea i could do that and put a cover to prevent rain from getting to it

When I did an outdoor grow I worried someone would steal my plant so before I even put the plant in the ground I put a tomato cage half way in the ground so it couldn’t be pulled out then I put a taller one and secured it. My plant never got messed with other than one time I saw someone outside my back yard at around 2am and all I did was peak my head out of the door and shot the ground works fine

Never count your chickens before they hatch


Until you got that plant in a jar in your house it not yours

The only way to be sure is to camp out on it

waterproof808 said:

Tripwire attached to a 12gauge shotgun blank should do the trick.

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Reminds me of this thing. Laughed my ass off watching the youtube vids. Only a matter of time before someone puts something other than blanks in there.

waterproof808 said:

Tripwire attached to a 12gauge shotgun blank should do the trick.

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They sell them on amazon but its a 22cal plenty loud late at night.

Sign that reads: "You are being recorded."

thumper60 said:

They sell them on amazon but its a 22cal plenty loud late at night.

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Agreed,
Ive gone even cheaper and just grabbed a fishing line, 1ft posts around the plot, with eye hooks, and the fishing line hooked up to one of those 3 dollar magnetic window alarms.. I use that in conjunction with a camera for a live feed while away from home, and the tripwire/window alarm is used just to wake me up in the tent, which Ive started sleeping in this week.


Im interested in the 22cal blanks tho because I thought I couldnt get those without a FID or something in MA... I wanted to go that route with a dummy grenade pin, they have really cool tripwire triggers of those on ebay.

You snair somebody in a trap and they'll sue your f****** ass

Oakiey said:

You snair somebody in a trap and they'll sue your f****** ass

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If they get out of said trap...

Oakiey said:

You snair somebody in a trap and they'll sue your f****** ass

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A hole you may get away with, the triplines and treble hooks with some 100# test may be hard to explain

Corso312 said:

Anybody that tries to grab it will do so at night.. Dig some holes around the plant.. Something 18" deep and 12" wide.. Run heavy duty fishing line around the plant with treble hooks.

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Yes and maybe some trip wires attached to C4. Or some other explosive.