smoketastic
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Luckily, my state just legalized, so I'll be able to grow six plants in my backyard next season. I can plant them in the ground and baby them. This will hopefully be my last summer to guerrilla grow.
10 plants/7 gallon smart pots
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smoketastic
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Do you just poke a lot of holes in the dirt?
smoketastic
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July 17th update with pics from today's visit to my plot.
My plants are doing a little better. A couple got a slight nute burn with the orchid food, but nothing too major, I hope. Also, I had to be out of town for a 4-day stretch when high temps were in the upper 90s. The forecasted rain never fell, and my plants were thirsty and wilted when I returned. They're bouncing back now, and I should be able to visit them daily, if needed, for the rest of the season.
They're starting to preflower. I discarded one male a couple weeks ago. It appears the rest of these are female, although I'm still keeping an eye on my GSC #3. It could be male.
Most are 4-5 feet tall.
My plants are doing a little better. A couple got a slight nute burn with the orchid food, but nothing too major, I hope. Also, I had to be out of town for a 4-day stretch when high temps were in the upper 90s. The forecasted rain never fell, and my plants were thirsty and wilted when I returned. They're bouncing back now, and I should be able to visit them daily, if needed, for the rest of the season.
They're starting to preflower. I discarded one male a couple weeks ago. It appears the rest of these are female, although I'm still keeping an eye on my GSC #3. It could be male.
Most are 4-5 feet tall.
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GuerillaGOAT
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How old are they!? I wish I could visit my guerrilla site that often unfortunately I’m in the Bible Belt and thou shalt not enjoy life! But I’m going back out soon and this will be day 14 of my first grow I hope everything is going good I put them directly in the ground and plan on using fert sticks. I have a bit of a hike so transporting items is a no go for me. Only light loads (except when harvest comes lol hopefully)
psychadelibud
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Looks really good man. But if you would have (and still can) dug out some big ass holes and threw those in there it would have made monsters. I do containers and ground, in my guerilla operation. One Jelly Pie pheno of mine was in a 5 gallon grow bag up till not even 30 or 31 days ago, it was exact same size as yours basically. I dug a huge ass hole and filled it full of cow manure (composted), promix, espoma tomato tone and then I feed seaweed juice via the roots plus foiliar, miracle grow tomato food, earth juice sea blast grow and will be switch to sea blast bloom and gromore flower nutes come flower time. Also give a little molasses from time to time. If I had of left her in the 5 gallon grow bag she was in I likely would have only got 6 ounces max... Now I will be pulling at least 3 pounds from her. They blow up fast especially in this July heat. This is one of my couple hundred plants in my guerilla this year. They are ALL doing amazing this season...
It took me maybe an hour to dig the hole I believe? And these are huge plants like the size they baby out in Cali and Oregon, I baby mine too but I am in the heart of the Appalachia in Eastern KY. I put in long hard hours and work day and night 7 days a week. Do this for a career and believe me you will have massive plants if you can get those in the ground man. I usually put some clones out during second week of August in 5 to 10 gallon grow bags that are vegged for a couple weeks prior to transplant and they are perfect for small containers and to keep small and stealthy. I will yield around 8 oz a piece on those.
Very nice plants though man, hope you get through the season and have a good harvest!!
That Jelly Pie is wayyyyyyy bigger than it looks in person. Looks like a patch to be honest till you look beneath it and see the single stalk. I just tie her down every few days and keep spreading her out.
It took me maybe an hour to dig the hole I believe? And these are huge plants like the size they baby out in Cali and Oregon, I baby mine too but I am in the heart of the Appalachia in Eastern KY. I put in long hard hours and work day and night 7 days a week. Do this for a career and believe me you will have massive plants if you can get those in the ground man. I usually put some clones out during second week of August in 5 to 10 gallon grow bags that are vegged for a couple weeks prior to transplant and they are perfect for small containers and to keep small and stealthy. I will yield around 8 oz a piece on those.
Very nice plants though man, hope you get through the season and have a good harvest!!
That Jelly Pie is wayyyyyyy bigger than it looks in person. Looks like a patch to be honest till you look beneath it and see the single stalk. I just tie her down every few days and keep spreading her out.
psychadelibud
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To the dude that says he is in the Bible belt. You and me both brother. I am in Eastern KY and we have more flyovers than anywhere else in the US about equal to Cali. They do flyovers weekly here all summer. I was out the other day when I had to abort mission and slowly stalk myself to a cave while 2 Blackhawks filled with Leo's hoovered several plots for over 30 mins almost touching the tops of trees they were so low! It's all about how much balls you wanna put into it brother. I have done this for 17 years and I am one lucky bastard. I take a ghillie suit with me to my plots for emergencies and ALWAYS wear camo and have hideouts prepped and built close to my plots.
Here is what I got caught up in the other day here in the hills and hollars. Yes that's two LEO's being dropped down on the mountain. They never came back up either. This is much more than eradication efforts, this is war. And when you are a grower for a living you basically have to live everyday exactly like you are in the military out there. It's the only way to make it.
Here is the plot I was working the other day. This is how I hid my ATV. I used brush and surrounding branches to build a natural ghillie suit.
Then about 1000 feet away is a creek where I go to cool down and took a short break. Notice the log hanging over the creek in the photo?
This is right after I took that photo. I made an emergency hide out, out of that over hanging log...
Not even 10 mins after, I heard the rumbling thunder through the hollar and the mountains. I knew what I was up against. That little hide out saved my ass and believe me when I say that. The chopper literally stopped right above me and slowly lowered down. Once it hoovered to the other side of the mountain, is when I took a shot for it, I had already put my ghillie suit on. I was afraid they would pick up my heat signature with they're flir that those Blackhawks are equipped with. My dog was with me as well but he knows the drill. So we ran as hard as we could down the creek and hid out in a cave while they flew for 30 plus mins. Here is some surveillance photos I captured.
Notice the two men rappelling down from the Blackhawk?
Here are some more surveillance photos I got a couple days after. This is on the east side of the Daniel Boone National Forest. They fly INSANELY HARD here!
You could see their faces and what they were wearing they were so low!
Here is what I got caught up in the other day here in the hills and hollars. Yes that's two LEO's being dropped down on the mountain. They never came back up either. This is much more than eradication efforts, this is war. And when you are a grower for a living you basically have to live everyday exactly like you are in the military out there. It's the only way to make it.
Here is the plot I was working the other day. This is how I hid my ATV. I used brush and surrounding branches to build a natural ghillie suit.
Then about 1000 feet away is a creek where I go to cool down and took a short break. Notice the log hanging over the creek in the photo?
This is right after I took that photo. I made an emergency hide out, out of that over hanging log...
Not even 10 mins after, I heard the rumbling thunder through the hollar and the mountains. I knew what I was up against. That little hide out saved my ass and believe me when I say that. The chopper literally stopped right above me and slowly lowered down. Once it hoovered to the other side of the mountain, is when I took a shot for it, I had already put my ghillie suit on. I was afraid they would pick up my heat signature with they're flir that those Blackhawks are equipped with. My dog was with me as well but he knows the drill. So we ran as hard as we could down the creek and hid out in a cave while they flew for 30 plus mins. Here is some surveillance photos I captured.
Notice the two men rappelling down from the Blackhawk?
Here are some more surveillance photos I got a couple days after. This is on the east side of the Daniel Boone National Forest. They fly INSANELY HARD here!
You could see their faces and what they were wearing they were so low!
smoketastic
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Pretty sure I planted the seeds around the end of March. I put them outside at the end of April. I'm lucky that I can visit them frequently. I do a lot of traveling, though, which can put me away from them for several days at a time. Usually it's not a big deal, but in extreme heat, isn't good.
smoketastic
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Psychadelibud, Your plants look great, man. The stalk on that Jelly Pie. Whoa!! That's nuts about the choppers. I've seen them close here before, but never to the point where guys are rappelling down. Sounds like you're smart about it and take the necessary precautions. And believe me, I really wanted to plant in the ground this year, but ultimately I decided against it. Stealth is the most important thing to me right now. And I couldn't find a stealthy place on my property that would allow me to plant in the ground. The place I found now works well for me because it's discreet and near a water source, but the ground is so Rocky here I had to go with containers. I justified the containers, becausebe really don't need a big harvest this year. If I can at least get 4 to 5 ounces per plant, that would be more than enough for me and a couple buddies this year. I'm just growing for personal use, not to sell.
Next year, though, watch out. My state just legalized, and I'll be able to grow legally in the ground in my backyard. Won't have to worry about LEO. 6 plants for me + 6 each for a couple buddies. I'll be trying to grow some monsters. But for now, I'm sticking with these pots until the end of the season. And hopefully my posts will give someone else an idea of what they can expect.
Next year, though, watch out. My state just legalized, and I'll be able to grow legally in the ground in my backyard. Won't have to worry about LEO. 6 plants for me + 6 each for a couple buddies. I'll be trying to grow some monsters. But for now, I'm sticking with these pots until the end of the season. And hopefully my posts will give someone else an idea of what they can expect.
smoketastic
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July 28th update: Plants are still looking good. I've had to get rid of two males, so I'm down to eight females which have all entered the pre-flowering stage.
I still have some yellowing and brown spots down low on some of the plants, so I'll continue to keep an eye on them. I don't notice that it's spreading, so I'm hoping the worst damage has been done and they'll continue to recover.
I've switched to bloom nutes. I'm hitting them 3 times a week with Bloom Fert + CalMag.
Temps were in the upper 90s this past week. Will be in the upper 80s for the next several days.
All plants are 5+ feet tall at this point.
I still have some yellowing and brown spots down low on some of the plants, so I'll continue to keep an eye on them. I don't notice that it's spreading, so I'm hoping the worst damage has been done and they'll continue to recover.
I've switched to bloom nutes. I'm hitting them 3 times a week with Bloom Fert + CalMag.
Temps were in the upper 90s this past week. Will be in the upper 80s for the next several days.
All plants are 5+ feet tall at this point.
Dmannn
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Stay Safe out their. They may have FLIRR, DO NOT go out at night. If you are hiding try to stay close to cover that is the same size and temperature as your body. Go out in hotter temps. Finding a large rock or out crop such as you did was perfect as the fresh killed foliage heated up to the surrounding air temp. Wearing insulated layers works too. Keep your face covered so they cant use Facial recognition cameras. If these guys have blackhawks they have other tools..I wouldn't go back for awhile..
smoketastic
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Here's my August 15th update.
Temps have been cooler than normal in this area. For the past 10 days or so, we've mostly been in the upper 80s and it's been rainy so I haven't had to water much.
Just one day after my previous post, I went to check on my plants and some kind of critter - I guess either a deer, a wild hog, or a cow - damaged a couple of my plants. It broke half of my goldenberry completely off, and took a large limb off the Cheese.
Also, I had severe yellowing and brown spots down low on my plants, and it was gradually moving its way up. Upon first noticing it, I treatef it for nute deficiency and Cal Mag deficiency. It seemed to help at first, but the spotting quickly began to spread again.
So, at someone's recommendation, I've now started treating it as a fungal issue. I applied copper fungicide one week ago, and gave a second applicationapplic. My plants actually look really good today, so I'm hoping this has helped stop the problem from spreading. Wish me luck.
Here are pics from this afternoon. All plants are between 5-6 feet tall and in flower.
Temps have been cooler than normal in this area. For the past 10 days or so, we've mostly been in the upper 80s and it's been rainy so I haven't had to water much.
Just one day after my previous post, I went to check on my plants and some kind of critter - I guess either a deer, a wild hog, or a cow - damaged a couple of my plants. It broke half of my goldenberry completely off, and took a large limb off the Cheese.
Also, I had severe yellowing and brown spots down low on my plants, and it was gradually moving its way up. Upon first noticing it, I treatef it for nute deficiency and Cal Mag deficiency. It seemed to help at first, but the spotting quickly began to spread again.
So, at someone's recommendation, I've now started treating it as a fungal issue. I applied copper fungicide one week ago, and gave a second applicationapplic. My plants actually look really good today, so I'm hoping this has helped stop the problem from spreading. Wish me luck.
Here are pics from this afternoon. All plants are between 5-6 feet tall and in flower.
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smoketastic
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September 1st update
It's been a couple weeks since I've given an update, so I thought I would check-in and post some pictures. Again, I'm not trying to grow monsters here. I just wanted to document what would happen when planting outdoor/guerrilla in 7 gallon smart pots for any other curious growers.
Temps have been in the upper 90s for the past 2 weeks. Heat indexes well over 100. I've been watering them daily, and the plants really appreciate it. A couple times it took me two days to get out to them, and I could tell they were really thirsty and beginning to wilt when I got out there. These smart pots dry out fast in the flowering stage, especially in high temps.
I'm fertilizing every time I water. I've been using Advanced Nutrients ph Perfect Bloom for the past few weeks since the plants began flowering. But i finished off that bottle earlier this week, and yesterday I switched to Flower Fuel by Element Nutrients, supplemented with some Cal Mag.
For the most part, my plants looked great this morning. My pesky Golden Berry, however, has a couple lower limbs that seem to be dying. I'm not sure what's going on with that plant. It's been giving me problems since the beginning. It's even been half-broken off by some animal brushing against it and knocking it over. It'll be a miracle if I can get anything off it.
I'm excited about the next few weeks to see how they do.
It's been a couple weeks since I've given an update, so I thought I would check-in and post some pictures. Again, I'm not trying to grow monsters here. I just wanted to document what would happen when planting outdoor/guerrilla in 7 gallon smart pots for any other curious growers.
Temps have been in the upper 90s for the past 2 weeks. Heat indexes well over 100. I've been watering them daily, and the plants really appreciate it. A couple times it took me two days to get out to them, and I could tell they were really thirsty and beginning to wilt when I got out there. These smart pots dry out fast in the flowering stage, especially in high temps.
I'm fertilizing every time I water. I've been using Advanced Nutrients ph Perfect Bloom for the past few weeks since the plants began flowering. But i finished off that bottle earlier this week, and yesterday I switched to Flower Fuel by Element Nutrients, supplemented with some Cal Mag.
For the most part, my plants looked great this morning. My pesky Golden Berry, however, has a couple lower limbs that seem to be dying. I'm not sure what's going on with that plant. It's been giving me problems since the beginning. It's even been half-broken off by some animal brushing against it and knocking it over. It'll be a miracle if I can get anything off it.
I'm excited about the next few weeks to see how they do.
