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I know this is pretty wordy, I've been thinking about this a lot. I really want to grow my own but even moreso I do not want to get busted doing it so I'd really appreciate feedback based on the experience and knowledge of others here.
I got 10 Durban Poison seeds that I'm in the process of sprouting atm. Once I get some sprouted and ready for light I'd like to attempt a grow on the patio behind my house. I live in a typical suburban neighborhood inter-spaced with small forested areas here and there, and the grow site is not easily viewable by neighbors and receives good light. Behind my backyard is a fenced in nature preserve with zero human activity so I'd say privacy is pretty good. My only real concern is that we have a pool guy and yard work team come out once every week at different times, and I need to make damn well sure they won't know what's going on.
Where I live it's a good time to grow vegetables etc. As I sprout the DP seeds I'm planting pots of lavender, beefsteak tomatoes (grow up to 8 feet), and I'm going to plant some cilantro seeds. I also have a bunch of small house plants I've had for a number of years against the wall. I'm going to line up the tomato pots so that as the plants grow they will obscure much of the patio on both visible sides. Aside from the tomatoes providing a wall, they, the lavender (hoping it helps mask the smell down the road) and the cilantro work as companion plants AND (along with the house plants) make it look like I just have a variety garden and hopefully take away any suspicion that I'm growing weed. All plants and walk room considered I should have about a 6x6 foot space I can devote to the star of the show.
In addition to all that I was wondering if it would help to get one of those smallish portable greenhouses that Wayfair etc. sell that have a mostly opaque screen and just house the plants inside there behind the tomatoes. Only questions about that are:
1. Can the plants still receive adequate sunlight through the somewhat opaque screen? (I can always keep the flap open when I know no one is coming around.)
2. Would the closed mini greenhouse look suspicious, even if it's behind the tomatoes and among the lavender, cilantro, and house plants? (There could just be other non-weed plants in there...)
As a side note, DP is definately the strain I need and I know it gets really tall. I'm hoping I can train them to grow as shorter bushes. Not sure how many plants I'll end up with eventually but I'll plan as I go, hoping to get at least a few adult girls. All of this is education and trial and error right now, so I'll be taking any mistakes in stride. The only things I can't afford are other people finding out and getting busted.
Thanks again everyone! I really appreciate the help!
I got 10 Durban Poison seeds that I'm in the process of sprouting atm. Once I get some sprouted and ready for light I'd like to attempt a grow on the patio behind my house. I live in a typical suburban neighborhood inter-spaced with small forested areas here and there, and the grow site is not easily viewable by neighbors and receives good light. Behind my backyard is a fenced in nature preserve with zero human activity so I'd say privacy is pretty good. My only real concern is that we have a pool guy and yard work team come out once every week at different times, and I need to make damn well sure they won't know what's going on.
Where I live it's a good time to grow vegetables etc. As I sprout the DP seeds I'm planting pots of lavender, beefsteak tomatoes (grow up to 8 feet), and I'm going to plant some cilantro seeds. I also have a bunch of small house plants I've had for a number of years against the wall. I'm going to line up the tomato pots so that as the plants grow they will obscure much of the patio on both visible sides. Aside from the tomatoes providing a wall, they, the lavender (hoping it helps mask the smell down the road) and the cilantro work as companion plants AND (along with the house plants) make it look like I just have a variety garden and hopefully take away any suspicion that I'm growing weed. All plants and walk room considered I should have about a 6x6 foot space I can devote to the star of the show.
In addition to all that I was wondering if it would help to get one of those smallish portable greenhouses that Wayfair etc. sell that have a mostly opaque screen and just house the plants inside there behind the tomatoes. Only questions about that are:
1. Can the plants still receive adequate sunlight through the somewhat opaque screen? (I can always keep the flap open when I know no one is coming around.)
2. Would the closed mini greenhouse look suspicious, even if it's behind the tomatoes and among the lavender, cilantro, and house plants? (There could just be other non-weed plants in there...)
As a side note, DP is definately the strain I need and I know it gets really tall. I'm hoping I can train them to grow as shorter bushes. Not sure how many plants I'll end up with eventually but I'll plan as I go, hoping to get at least a few adult girls. All of this is education and trial and error right now, so I'll be taking any mistakes in stride. The only things I can't afford are other people finding out and getting busted.
Thanks again everyone! I really appreciate the help!