I have an ethical dilemma and would love some input.
I have a pretty large (~25 acres) patch of land that my house sits on. I was taking a walk with the wife the other day along a well marked path on the outskirts of my property. We've been walking this path together for the last 10 years.
We hit an area that is very open due to the fact that I cleared it a couple of years back so my friends and I could camp there in the spring/summer. I was amazed to see that someone clearly new to the game had planted 10 clones, all very close together in a very organized patch. Mind you, I've never done a guerrilla grow before but common sense would dictate that you don't want to plant in such an obvious and open location. I also couldn't imagine you'd want to make it look so organized. If a chopper flew over, which quite a few do, they would know what this garden was from about 5,000ft. up. It's that obvious looking and open.
I feel like some kid who just got done watching a Cervantes DVD decided to start guerrilla growing but skipped all the information regarding making it stealth.
If this weren't very clearly my property, I would be on my way. Since this is my property and puts me in such obvious risk I should just take the plants and leave a note, per my wife's suggestion.
Maybe I should leave note detailing why this is such a bad location (i.e. private land and very, very open) and give them a few days to clear out.
Would it be bad karma to just take the plants and leave a note saying "sorry, try again on some public land" or should I let the grower know how much this puts me at risk and they need to clear out immediately?
I had to laugh when I saw it since I've read so many posts on this site about guerrilla growers plants getting taken and how upset they were. I never thought I'd be the one taking the plants.

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I'd be tempted to threaten to shop them to the cops in exchange for a couple of them...

...y'know "Your in the shit for trespassing on my property...UNLESS theres some other way we can sort this out between just us... "

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take one or two and send them elsewhere.

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I like your wife's suggestion, maybe the loss of 10 plants will make them think a little more next time.

Yes, the wife is VERY wise, indeed. Infinitely more so than myself.
I'm still on the fence about this one. Half of me wants to go snatch the plants and the other half wants to leave a polite but authoritative note detailing why this is a bad place to setup a garden.
It's not like I need the plants. My grow rooms are already maxed out I just don't like the idea of someone else putting me at risk. Like I said, I get a lot of fly-overs which is the reason I don't grow outdoors.
I do feel like it's a kid or kids that need to learn a valuable lesson. Not sure. Maybe I'll take the plants and leave them some seeds and a letter.

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50 gallons of concentrated salt water for the plants and a note saying "You put me at risk, you pay the price. Please grow elsewhere."

you should leave a note saying that its a bad idea to grow here because its on your property and that its in the wide open. and that you would help him find a place for his plants even. and that if he won't listen to you then you will have no choice but to take them.

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If you have the time/knowledge you could set up a surveillance camera to see who is growing there before you decide but that might take time depending on how often they visit which obviously puts you at more risk of a helicopter picking it up.

ultimately I would say dig up the plants even if you don't keep them make sure they know that this land is not a secure guerrilla grow site.

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dude, your at risk of getting arrested.....take half and leave a note because your an ASS....xD

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