Uk and Europe guerrilla grow community.

[Steppa]

Sounds like a plan @Daipot ... are ya gonna start em indoors then transplant?..Fun times ahead!...
Easy now!..

 

[Daipot]

Sounds like a plan @Daipot ... are ya gonna start em indoors then transplant?..Fun times ahead!...
Easy now!..

Yeah I’ll start then in small pots then take them too the site once they got legs. I’m toying with the idea of planting again early June and getting two harvests. So 30 autos in total. I haven’t been to the site yet this year but I think it should be ok do grow these many there. Had a look on google maps and the nearest footpath is 100 meters from where the plants will be so the chances of someone sniffing em out are quite small.

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

Plant 10, 5 in 2 locations!

Plant 100, 20 in five locations!
I wish... just kidding.

Have two places that look definitely possible.
And another few places I need to check out more.

I need to figure out what crops are grown around here.
Google maps has rape seed last year, but that's usually harvested in August, too early for me!
But not sure if they are also planting rape seed again this year.

Many more afternoon walks are required for scouting purposes.

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

Nooooo lol. 2-3 photos and the rest autos. I’m aiming for about 15 plants in total.

Sounds like a good figure.
Still wondering if doing a couple of fast-version photos is a good idea for me, too.

Do you plant in-ground, or in-pots?
I'm thinking in-ground, less likely to stand out in a field of green plants, and less watering worries.

I think I’ve finalised what I’ll grow this year. I’ll go with gorilla glue auto x15 and plant mid April.

Please tag me once you're underway!!
I'm also thinking mid-April starts.

Yeah I’ll start then in small pots then take them too the site once they got legs. I’m toying with the idea of planting again early June and getting two harvests. So 30 autos in total. I haven’t been to the site yet this year but I think it should be ok do grow these many there. Had a look on google maps and the nearest footpath is 100 meters from where the plants will be so the chances of someone sniffing em out are quite small.

And also thinking of a couple of rounds.
Maybe do a couple of early testers, see how they go.
Then main batches starting in April and May.

That site sounds good.
The places I'm thinking are closer to paths and roads, but have other advantages.

How long do your UK outdoor autos take?
Like 70 days (as advertised, haha!), or 85, or 100, or like ... you're harvesting and they're still not really ripe yet?

 

[Daipot]

Sounds like a good figure.
Still wondering if doing a couple of fast-version photos is a good idea for me, too.

Do you plant in-ground, or in-pots?
I'm thinking in-ground, less likely to stand out in a field of green plants, and less watering worries.



Please tag me once you're underway!!
I'm also thinking mid-April starts.



And also thinking of a couple of rounds.
Maybe do a couple of early testers, see how they go.
Then main batches starting in April and May.

That site sounds good.
The places I'm thinking are closer to paths and roads, but have other advantages.

How long do your UK outdoor autos take?
Like 70 days (as advertised, haha!), or 85, or 100, or like ... you're harvesting and they're still not really ripe yet?

I’ll start in pots then transfer to the ground. The area is very rocky so I’ll need too dig out beds and prep the site beforehand. This I’m dreading as it’s loooooong walk with bags of soil. Only way i could do this is park as close as I can then carry the bags from there, instead of waking from where I live. But the walk from the closet parking spot is almost a mile and it’s all uphill too and I’ll have too do it very early in the morning when still dark in case I’m spotted.
I’ve never done a guerrilla grow before, this is all we too me. I grew out a Frisian duck in my garden in a pot a few years back but I don’t really count that grow.

 

[GMAW]

Nice work there! Love that big grow bag, haha!
100 L per plant?!??! Drop 50 autos in there, please!

I actually thought about it. Water became the deciding factor. Let's say with rain water I still need 1 liter of water per day, per plant. That's 350 liters a week, 1400 liters a month. Well you get the idea. Looking at an easy 80 days start to finish. Over 4000 liters of water.

I have a small ditch that borders the field. It is for runoff water. That will help me, but it won't save me if we have a dry summer. I have thought of several ideas. On site water storage was one idea. But with so many plants, the less equipment at the grow op, the better. I will probably use a manual bilge pump and a garden hose to pump water from that ditch to my plants.

Plus I am thinking about spacing. 50 plants will be massive plant crowding. Increased bud rot after a rain. Lack of air flow and buds from different plants touching each other. Disaster.

 

[GMAW]

Wow that’s some work right there! Is this UK?

Scandinavia. 58N. Rather cool and very short summers. Sometimes just enough rain but more often too much rain. Last year was nothing but rain and cool weather. I had 12 plants. Didn't do so great.

It's a lot of work. First I put down weed blocking fabric. Then lay a tarp on top. Poke holes in the tarp bottom so excess water will run out the bottom. Carried about 60 bags of soil down a dirt path and through the woods into an open field.
Put the soil down on the tarp. Pull up the sides and use paracord to secure it.

I use slug killing pellets
Copper pipe for slug collar
Deer repellant that's composed of blood
Pyrethrin for aphids
Diatomaceous earth for crawling insects
Pellet fertilizer
Weed blocking fabric on top of the soil and then use dead grass from the previous year to blend it in with the surroundings.

Later will be a manual bilge pump and hose for watering. Last but no least, a game cam in a nearby tree that has a sim card and sends me pictures and videos of any activity, directly to a email account or a SMS to my phone.

That's how I do it!

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

I actually thought about it. Water became the deciding factor. Let's say with rain water I still need 1 liter of water per day, per plant. That's 350 liters a week, 1400 liters a month. Well you get the idea. Looking at an easy 80 days start to finish. Over 4000 liters of water.

I have a small ditch that borders the field. It is for runoff water. That will help me, but it won't save me if we have a dry summer. I have thought of several ideas. On site water storage was one idea. But with so many plants, the less equipment at the grow op, the better. I will probably use a manual bilge pump and a garden hose to pump water from that ditch to my plants.

Plus I am thinking about spacing. 50 plants will be massive plant crowding. Increased bud rot after a rain. Lack of air flow and buds from different plants touching each other. Disaster.

You obviously have this well thought out!
Keeping a bigger rainfall catchment will help a lot.
Keep me tagged if you have a journal please.

 

[Shiva's Mistress]

I’ll start in pots then transfer to the ground. The area is very rocky so I’ll need too dig out beds and prep the site beforehand. This I’m dreading as it’s loooooong walk with bags of soil. Only way i could do this is park as close as I can then carry the bags from there, instead of waking from where I live. But the walk from the closet parking spot is almost a mile and it’s all uphill too and I’ll have too do it very early in the morning when still dark in case I’m spotted.
I’ve never done a guerrilla grow before, this is all we too me. I grew out a Frisian duck in my garden in a pot a few years back but I don’t really count that grow.

That's a lot of carrying dirt!

The soil around here is pretty good.
Local data tells me slightly acidic, loam and clay, seasonally wet pastures, grassland and arable.

I'm going to start in small pots, probably at home but maybe on site if I can set up a little cloche.
As for the sites, clear away a bit of local plants, dig a little, loosen it up, and throw in some amendments.
Then plant in when the seedlings are ready, maybe ... 2 weeks if they are doing okay.

Planning on getting a local allotment space.
Will give me cover for walking around with gardening tools.
And may provide some sources for amendments, possibly mesh for cages.

 

[St. Tom]

this is my guide i normally go by for autos i cropped it from another site a few years ago