THE BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO OUTDOOR GUERRILLA GROWING
Growing ganja in the great outdoors requires patience, stealth and a year-round commitment to provide for the needs of your plants and plots. A proper understanding of the requirements and tactics necessary during all four seasons will result in bigger yields and heavier harvests.
Thu, Mar 13, 2008 11:50 am
By Danny Danko
Winter
Choosing Your Spots
Winter is the perfect time to find new guerrilla grow spots. Where you choose to plant is by far the most difficult and important decision you’ll make. If you’re lucky enough to have secluded property of your own, by all means plant there; however most growers will have to go “guerrilla” to get their crops. While we don’t encourage growing pot on public property, we recognize that it happens—and all too often, growers make careless or misinformed decisions on where to plant that lead to discovery or worse.
Find places that are unlikely to have visitors of any kind throughout the year, whether they’re hikers, hunters or campers. That clearing with the telephone or electrical lines may look like a great spot, but it won’t be so ideal when the grass mowers or wire repairmen show up midseason. The best spots are hard to get to—like the center of a thorny bush cluster or some remote cliff that’s off the beaten path.
It helps to have an alibi prepared, such as bird-watching or fishing, and to carry things like binoculars or a tackle box to enhance the charade. Look for southern-facing slopes for more sunlight and keep in mind what your grow area will look like from above. Police choppers fly around in almost every state looking for outdoor grows, and you don’t want them spotting your precious plants. Try not to make a path that’ll lead others to your plot—take different ways in and out, if you can. Also consider a nearby water supply such as a river, creek or lake. Water weighs about eight pounds per gallon, so you’ll want to reduce the distance you have to carry it as much as possible. I’ve seen some innovative backpack watering systems that help ease the burden. Unless you get steady rain throughout the year, there will come a time that you’ll have to carry water to your grow.
If you want to put out sizable plants, winter is the time to root the clones or start the seeds indoors under some grow lights. It’s always better to put out larger, more developed bushes in order to get plants that yield pounds instead of ounces. The healthier and stronger the plants you put out, the more you will get in the end, so keep them happy and thriving.






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B-BUDDED
Jul 24 2008, 12:25 am
ThE FuNk 707
Jul 11 2008, 9:13 pm
smokin sam
Jul 11 2008, 5:00 pm
i might just cut the damn tree down anyways but anyways ive been putting miricale gro bloom bosster to em the motnh wat else should i do
katie
Jul 8 2008, 4:06 pm
tokin'bones
Jul 2 2008, 11:57 pm
shmax
Jun 26 2008, 12:48 pm
cheech
Jun 25 2008, 5:48 pm
first timer
Jun 25 2008, 11:49 am
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Jun 23 2008, 5:15 pm
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Jun 22 2008, 10:56 am
trippin andy
Jun 20 2008, 4:49 pm
thanx
baes
Jun 11 2008, 2:02 am
EastCoastRider
Jun 10 2008, 10:30 am
Germination: seeds placed in between a folded paper towel, not soaking in the water, but using a wick method never fails. NO LIGHT, keep in an unsealed container in a warm environment (basically the warmer the environment, the faster the sprouting).
Seedlings: Seedlings should be placed in separate containers (dixie cups work well and also allow easy removal of the rootball). Seedlings should be kept indoors until a good root system has developed . Aslo, air movement is important to strengthen the stem and prevent your baby from being susceptable to the potential harmful weather spring may bring. NO FERTILIZER FOR SEEDLINGS. It will burn them up.
Vegetative: Once they have reahed the vegetative stage and begin to strech (when the nodes grow apart), they should be buried a little deeper (the stem wil get FAT), then kept inside for another week or two for further development.
Outside: Once your precious little botanical experiments are ready to be put outdoors, your spot should be checked on again to ensure no one has tresspassed. Then, take chicken wire or fence and staple it to natural supports (trees). manmade poles are well, obvious and easily spotted. In my opinion, the fence should be painted a little to "break it up". They should be put in the ground, with the holes about 1.5x1.5 feet or more. Soil should not be muddy when wet. Mix either composted medium or potting soil with perlite and maybe water-absorbing crystals (if in a dry area). Make sure to space them apart and staggered both to avoid choppers and to prevent them from shading each other. Avoid spots with tree clusters. Cannabis thrives in full sun. Spots in thick brush and bryers (thorns) are great, but make sure that they are not taller than your plants' expected height. Then bend them by tying them down to keep them from towering over the surrounding foliage. Patches are not a good idea. I would never keep more than 5 together. And only as much as 5 because of expected males to remove.
Fertilizing: Once they begin to thrive in the vegetative stage, nutrients can be added. A higher concentration of nitrogen is required for growth and development, but when flowering higher concentrations of phosphates and potash are needed.
Because of ill preparation, mine got started later and not as well as i had hoped. i got them in the ground on 420. Then, due to funding, had to skimp on soil and therefore use smaller holes (only about 1 foot by 1 foot). Also, my spots are shadier than expected, with only about 5 hours of direct, uninterrupted sunlight a day. CHECK FOR LIGHT PENETRATION AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY!!!
Despite the setbacks, my little guys (under 1 foot) were put in the groud on 420 and now stand dark green at the smallest being 3 ft, the largets 4 foot or so. the stems are thicker than a sharpie marker and the leaves are bigger than my hand. Remember, the cannabis plant is a WEED, so basically if u dont kill it, it will grow.
Deer: I have used my own urine and other deterrents to scare away deer. 4 seasons in a row, i lost decent crops to deer. Fences gotta be the one. lol. i have also heard that human hair works well.
"It's always 4:20!!!"
-yours truly
Captain Chronic
Jun 2 2008, 9:16 pm
Tha Captain back one mo again
Captain Chronic
Jun 2 2008, 8:53 pm
Tha Captain keepin it cloudy
growmore
Jun 1 2008, 1:32 pm
pot smokers are good
May 31 2008, 1:56 am
This one old dude
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May 22 2008, 5:40 pm
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May 22 2008, 1:06 am
RB
May 20 2008, 8:24 pm
happy to burn
May 20 2008, 7:17 pm
~mad mike~
May 20 2008, 5:23 pm
happy to burn
May 20 2008, 4:52 pm
chris
May 18 2008, 11:52 pm
LOONY 1
May 18 2008, 2:05 pm
RJ
May 16 2008, 8:35 pm
STUIE JIZZLE
May 13 2008, 5:41 pm
narc on ME buddy !!!!!
May 12 2008, 2:07 pm
lol
narc on ME buddy ; ] !!!!!!
May 12 2008, 1:54 pm
OJ_Simpson
May 12 2008, 1:01 pm
~mad mike~
May 8 2008, 7:03 pm
white russian crop 420
May 7 2008, 6:55 pm
~mad mike~
May 4 2008, 9:10 pm
RedeyE
May 2 2008, 1:34 am
Thanks
~Whipp
May 1 2008, 9:47 am
if ur growing indoors and ur keeping a smaller plant it wouldn't be bad to put 2 or 3 in a pot. but 6... ehh ur gonna have root tangles and plants dying in the vegetative state.
I would transplant the sprouts when the come up out of the pot into other growing areas.
creamiedreamie69
Apr 30 2008, 11:22 pm
joint joint
Apr 30 2008, 10:51 am
RGV Texas
Apr 26 2008, 8:28 pm
I haven't seen anything good around.
Wait till late May and there should be Purps, Sour BBL, and KUSH
jh
Apr 26 2008, 1:36 pm
JH
Apr 26 2008, 1:11 pm
danko
Apr 24 2008, 2:23 pm
blazerboy
Apr 24 2008, 7:08 am
smokeking42o!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 23 2008, 3:19 pm
420bornat420
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420bornat420
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Docgonzo420
Apr 20 2008, 3:22 pm
In research I have found that all of these creatures love to eat my weed. More importantly I have found that they will not cross a barrier of cat piss. My grow area measured about 16'x16' and to ensure the survival of the remaining plants I had left I sprinkled my cats used cat litter around the perimeter of the grow area. This worked great!!!
You'll want to use all natural clay or even paper cat litter
to do the job. The deodarizers and scents in a lot of other cat litters will mask the supreme stench of your cats piss, and make it more likely that the creatures will cross your barrier. I also found that haveing a few cats outdoors fulltime greatly reduces the likelyhood of your crop being eaten (especialy when you don't feed them well).
South Texas
Apr 11 2008, 6:52 pm
stoner17
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South Texas
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baker2010
Apr 2 2008, 10:06 am
weedfreak88
Mar 23 2008, 12:17 am
budlighting
Feb 24 2008, 11:14 pm
outdoorman
Feb 21 2008, 2:31 pm
~mad mike~
Feb 21 2008, 12:54 pm
~mad mike~
Feb 21 2008, 12:31 pm
re:mad mike
Feb 21 2008, 10:17 am
~Whipp~
Feb 21 2008, 10:15 am
i thought we were gonna be able to ground up the top soil for a couple places i have picked out.. and wouldn't u know.. we get another snow shower. i need spring and i need it now. im itchin 2 get out there.
good day 2 u mad mike n ur lovely grove that i know will yield. and who knows in the fall maybe ill stop by KY for a taste haha
re:marce~whipp
Feb 21 2008, 10:05 am
marce
Feb 17 2008, 7:08 pm
~mad mike~
Feb 16 2008, 3:17 pm
Whipp
Feb 16 2008, 9:52 am
wut matter do u put into ur composts out there?? ive never been good at picking that out.. i just use the old foilage in the woods around the grow spot.. lemme know if u got any secrets.. i like the ash idea 2
~mad mike~
Feb 15 2008, 8:47 pm
Whipp~
Feb 15 2008, 1:52 pm
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WHIPP
Feb 15 2008, 1:51 pm
the re:man (WHIPP)
Feb 15 2008, 1:49 pm
~ i grow in the midatlantic (MD) right in the middle of narc operations lol. fuck the feds.. they're too lazy to look in the hard places. so if u need some pointers on how to grow outdoors. i got u from start to finish.
~*~* ne1 else needing help and can't find answers ill be quick to respond via email~*~*
~mad mike ~
Feb 14 2008, 11:34 pm
D1
Feb 14 2008, 11:15 pm
~mad mike~
Feb 14 2008, 11:13 pm
D1
Feb 14 2008, 11:02 pm
D1
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Feb 14 2008, 8:36 pm
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Feb 7 2008, 12:08 pm
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Feb 6 2008, 12:54 pm
mad mike
Feb 4 2008, 5:05 pm
sheba32dd
Feb 3 2008, 1:53 am
annywho
Feb 2 2008, 9:51 am
Suggs4Drugs
Feb 2 2008, 1:03 am
Growing indoors is where its at anyways.
Any questions on growing feel free to email me.
suggs4drugs@live.com
calykid
Jan 30 2008, 7:44 pm
purplecalyxkid
Jan 30 2008, 7:35 pm
drummerforpeace
Jan 30 2008, 3:57 pm
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Jan 28 2008, 12:29 pm
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Jan 27 2008, 1:05 pm
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