We're busted! What would you do?

So my stepson, who's 16, was over for a few days (he lives with his dad) over spring break and yes, our worse fears came true: he found our grow room. It was buried deep in our closet. Apparently, he went looking for pot and found the grow. We had no idea he even smoked the shit. To make matters worse, he brought 2 of the neighbor punkass teens to show them too. This happened last night and we were up all night discussing things.

So now I want to destroy everything but the wife wants to continue. We were about a week from flowering too and we have 5 generally healthy, very smelly plants. It would tear me up inside to destroy them after 6 weeks of babying and caring for them but nothing is worth my freedom and you know how teens are. I'm sure they are blabbing to their friends in school right now about their discovery. I was very much enjoying the whole growing experience and just completed my new growbox this Saturday and now this.

What would you guys do? See the grow through, with about 4-6 weeks left or tear them all out and dump them?

destroy it all immediately, once compromised there is no purpose to continue the mission....that's what they taught me in the CYA anyways...

Damn thats harsh... You don't have anywhere else to move the grow to? I kinda know what your going through... My daughter keeps trying to show my mom my grow... Luckily I have been able to get the door closed and locked before my mom see's it... My grow room is my computer room, so I know my mom is wondering why every time she comes over I close the door and lock it.

The only other option would be to move the growbox outside in our yard. I have a plastic storage box that's about 6' long by 4' tall by 4' deep. My grow box would fit in there and then I could lock the whole damn thing. The problem is the heat. Over the next 2 months, average daytime temps will be 80-85 F. Buried in a box, exposed to the sun, plus the lights, the temps could get close to 100 in there. I'm screwed.

I think moving it would be dangerous and pointless. IF they come looking, they'll check out your yard too. Have you considered talking with the 3 of them to get a better feel of the situation? Just a thought.
Another twist on this situation is to temporarily take the grow room apart, hide everything, talk to the 3 kids in yr home,
tell them it was a huge mistake on yr part, show them the empty room, and than move everything back it.
Peace

either relocate or get rid of em, you know how fast word gets around between highschool kids.

Fuck fuck fuck! I can't believe that that time, energy and money down the drain! Honestly, we can't trust these kids. I don't know about talking to them to find out their intentions. I DO plan on telling them I know they know and that the plants have been destroyed. Unless we move to a new neighborhood or these kids go away to college (2 more years), this pretty much screws any opportunity to grow. They will always be suspicious of us and wondering if we are growing or have any. I am sooooooo depressed this morning.

"I know they know and that the plants have been destroyed"


good idea, if you do keep them make sure word gets back out that you got rid of them.

Id opt with move them if u can....my little bro did the same thing to me with his freak friends...I left the grow, didntr get arrested but the little fucks did steal my crop...(they only took the top half of the plants...my bro though I wouldnt get so mad..)boy was he wrong!
Cheers!

Doobs, I already told my stepson they are good as destroyed. I intend to take my OLD grow box, the one they discovered the grow in, out to the trash so they can see it being thrown out. From what I gathered, one of the teens told my stepdaughter, who also didn't know about it, to keep quiet and that we "had a good thing going" with the grow. She's the one who told us last night the kids had discovered it. So, of course, she's now saying she doesn't feel comfortable with the shit in the house, and rightly so.

STOP !!!!!!!!!!! hold on a minute. relax. you said he doesn't live with you? he's back with the other parent now? lock your house. that easy. regardless if you remove everything or not they are stiil going to think you are growing. sounds like the only way to it is breaking-and-entering. you have just a few weeks left. LET IT GROW !!!!!!

i know how you feel, playing the "who knows about it" game, but with teens...damn gl bro

Fdd, that's right. He lives in another city about 400 miles away. I'm just worried about the teens yapping to each other about it.

Further complicating this is that we are leaving town from Thurs to Monday this weekend. We do have an alarm monitoring service but my mind will be preoccupied with wondering if everythings alright.

i like the idea of throwing out the dumby box. i guess if you put it somewhere else in the house. kids are unpredictable. now you had to mention you are leaving town. i'm a litttle wooried for you my friend. i guess all you can do is set the alarm and hope for the best. it would be a shame to harvest early when you are so close. i feel for you.

Thanks, man. And thanks to all of you for your advice. I'll keep you all posted on what we decide.

bro WE ALL feel for you. I wouldn't be surprised if you left the dummy box outside by the road for the trash to pick up, it'd probably be gone the next morning cuz you KNOW one of those kids would take it. Either way I'd be pissed if someone went looking through my closet, that's private, plants or no plants I'd have to woop some kids ass for going through my shit...

my neighbors took pictures of my outdoor grow a few years ago. she was feuding with us so she went to all the other neighbors and showed them the photos. last year i had to hang a tarp acroos the fence line. i slept all day and kicked it in the backyard all night. i was scared to death. i made it though. but i'll be scared again this year.

Purp, you have no idea how fucking pissed I was. I feel very violated. I chewed his ass out last night but I don't think I made a difference. His dad treats him like an adult, with very little supervision, that he already feels like he doesn't have to answer to anyone. Not to get personal or anything but I told the wife he's no longer allowed in our house.

Fdd, I guess that makes me feel a LITTLE better. For the cops to come, they would need a search warrant. I am wondering if they would believe a couple punk ass kids. I dunno....

just damn

you say the stepson lives in another town? I take it the step-daughter and the other kids live in your town? him living in another town doesn't mean much, he could still talk about it and he or someone else could dime you out to the cops. and of course the local kids will talk too. the secret is out and you will have to clean up and lay low for quite a while to feel safe again

do you have a trusted friend who can take the plants and complete the grow?

glad I'm not in that situation (knock wood)

Fnord, you are right about the kids talking. And yes, my stepdaughter (his sister) lives with us, along with my daughter, who's 8.

I have several friends that I could ask but I don't feel right asking anyone else to assume that kind of risk. Fucking shame, though because I think I have a good little crop going. I have been reading as much as I can on here and picking up all kinds of valuable tips. The plants have a wicked smell to them and if that's any indication, I think it would be some good shit if harvested.