Helicopters in ky! Security ?s

Ok so im new to this site n need some help! I have a couple ladies in my veggie garden n im gettin paranoid bout helicopters! I have cages around all my tomatoes and ladies but my ladies are growin twice as fast as my maters! I live n a neighborhoodon a hill n a small town inside city limits. I live at the end of the street so neighbors arent a problem really n no one can see my garden unless u park in my driveway but even then u cant tell whats in the garden unless u walk up to it. Ive tied my ladys down to the cages so they will grow out n not up but im sure as of right now if a heli was to fly over they could tell what it is!!! N its too late to uproot em n take em elsewhere. Ive read on here u could use a canopy to cover ur garden but i feel thats way too suspicious where i live. I jus really need some advice before july n aug come around n the fuzz starts flyin around. Should i jus say fuck it n chop em down? God that would break my heart. Any help would b appreciated guys!

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Having you seen any of these copters?

You'll b fine man. Most of em are looking for large scale ops and they fly over looking for indoor crops at night. Again... On the larger scale of things.


Relax boss

Having you seen any of these copters?

i have before but not this yr. they usually start around july to august. they use the lil bubble choppers. i just know theres been folks around here busted for growing one or 2 plants. i got some fake sunflowers and tied em to the cage. think that'll be enough or should i get some sort of fake berry?

i have before but not this yr. they usually start around july to august. they use the lil bubble choppers. i just know theres been folks around here busted for growing one or 2 plants. i got some fake sunflowers and tied em to the cage. think that'll be enough or should i get some sort of fake berry?

I think you will be good bro. Try the sunflower thing, can't hurt.

I think you will be good bro. Try the sunflower thing, can't hurt.

i did. just think it might look weird havin 2 '"sunflowers" in random places in my perfect rows of "tomatoes".

You'll be good man, look into topping and LST to keep them bushier.

You'll be good man, look into topping and LST to keep them bushier.

yeah ive already topped them and tied them down to the tomato cage. today i added the sunflowers. anything else i could do? and what's lst?

yeah ive already topped them and tied them down to the tomato cage. today i added the sunflowers. anything else i could do? and what's lst?

LST...Low Stress Training...read up on it. Basically you can manipulate your plant to grow in different ways...usually resulting in a compact plant that outproduces a non LST'ed plant.

For the helicopter thing were often more paranoid when we do something illegal when no one really is paying more attention to you. Thats a good thing but use some logic....there is no glory in busting a grower with 1-2 plants. Those choppers up there are looking for something else or if there looking for Cannabis there looking for large scale growing which even if you do not realize happens in all 50 states. Just like right now down here in the south all over there are illegal moonshiners chugging out there drink.

If your growing outside go grab some already grown tomatoe plants from Home Depot and place them around your Cannabis plants.

LST...Low Stress Training...read up on it. Basically you can manipulate your plant to grow in different ways...usually resulting in a compact plant that outproduces a non LST'ed plant.

For the helicopter thing were often more paranoid when we do something illegal when no one really is paying more attention to you. Thats a good thing but use some logic....there is no glory in busting a grower with 1-2 plants. Those choppers up there are looking for something else or if there looking for Cannabis there looking for large scale growing which even if you do not realize happens in all 50 states. Just like right now down here in the south all over there are illegal moonshiners chugging out there drink.

If your growing outside go grab some already grown tomatoe plants from Home Depot and place them around your Cannabis plants.

o ok! ive never heard it called that! hahaha. yeah i do that also. and i already have tomatoes beside em they just have the blight and are not growing good right now. ive been treating them with neem oil so they should be ok in the next couple of weeks but for now my ladies stick out like a sore thumb. ive tied em down to the cages with shoe laces so im good on that end. maybe ur right, im just bein too paranoid. just never grown on my own property and i can be honest, it sux. too stressful. never again will i do it but i gotta get through these next 3-4 months.

o ok! ive never heard it called that! hahaha. yeah i do that also. and i already have tomatoes beside em they just have the blight and are not growing good right now. ive been treating them with neem oil so they should be ok in the next couple of weeks but for now my ladies stick out like a sore thumb. ive tied em down to the cages with shoe laces so im good on that end. maybe ur right, im just bein too paranoid. just never grown on my own property and i can be honest, it sux. too stressful. never again will i do it but i gotta get through these next 3-4 months.

Its why the majority of us grow indoors. Out of sight out of mind. If you own your own place and grow inside then never a worry really.

Its why the majority of us grow indoors. Out of sight out of mind. If you own your own place and grow inside then never a worry really.

its crossed my mind to start doin that, but i love the outdoor aspect. i enjoy walking the trails, packing the water n supplies, and looking at a 8 ft beast of a plant in october. i do own my own place. and i do have a room i dont use. LIGHTBULB! haaha. just to be curious, u couldnt give me a ballpark figure on what it takes to start one could u?

its crossed my mind to start doin that, but i love the outdoor aspect. i enjoy walking the trails, packing the water n supplies, and looking at a 8 ft beast of a plant in october. i do own my own place. and i do have a room i dont use. LIGHTBULB! haaha. just to be curious, u couldnt give me a ballpark figure on what it takes to start one could u?

All depends on what you wanna spend how much space etc. You can grow with CFLs which are cheap or a 1000 dollar LED panel like I got lol. HPS is always a good way to go. Tents, fans, carbon filters etc.

Nice thing though is once you buy it all its yours for life oviously and can have continuous grows.

All depends on what you wanna spend how much space etc. You can grow with CFLs which are cheap or a 1000 dollar LED panel like I got lol. HPS is always a good way to go. Tents, fans, carbon filters etc.

Nice thing though is once you buy it all its yours for life oviously and can have continuous grows.

sounds pretty tempting. might have to look into it more.

sounds pretty tempting. might have to look into it more.

Do it man !

You'd be looking at around $500 I'd say. Me and my buddies built a room and all of our stuff was under $500, including the light and growing supplies.

You could start with 1 light and 4-6 plants, then upgrade as time goes on. Its like $200 for a light, you should grow in smart pots if you want to do soil too. Soil and pots are cheap, you'd need ventilation and smell control but thats not too expensive.

Ok, not to try to make you paranoid or anything, but a few years back the cops busted a decent sized grow op near one of my parents' neighbor's houses. For a couple of years after that they would buzz my mom's garden. She had tomatoes and tomatilloes in cages with clear plastic around them, and they would fly low and take a good long look before flying off. This was in Oregon, but I could see the same thing going in Kentucky. I'd be careful if I were you.

EDIT: What if you pulled them and put them in pots? There are a bunch of guys on here who use 5-gallon buckets. You could get a decent-sized HPS to finish them out with less stress.

Edited by handaman, 14 July 2012 - 07:20 PM.

I can't say about KY, but I am in east tn and they have busted a few small grows outside with copters but the only reason they found them was because they were searching for Meth houses. We see a large bust every now and then ( got like 30k plants from one of them) but not many small grows. I know people that grow anywhere from 20 to 100 plants a season outdoors, and have for decades.

If they are high up, and don't hover then it is normal traffic. Hovering, flying very low, or circling will usually mean they are searching for something.

It might be worth doing a Google search for your county and city and drug bust. One thing about law enforcement agencies, they love to show off their power. You could probably get a good idea of activity based on past bust.

Hey dude, I'm from small town KY as well. PM me sometime.