Just Another Crappy Day in Paradise Maui Grow Log

Aloha,

This person is not far from harvest. All are clones. If I left a note they will be laughing at me, since the next time they visit, they will harvest. When I find stuff that is not mine I do not want to leave a note. I try my best not to leave footprints. A note would tell them I am also in the field and may encourage them to search. If they search long enough they may find other peoples stuff.

The first thing I do when I go into a field is make sure I'm alone. If I find an occupied area I go elsewhere. It is not uncommon in the fields to find someone else's plants. Happens to me about one time in ten. In this case they were put out after I put mine in. Nothing I could do, except get mine out of Dodge. I was just lucky that my plants were small enough to be transplanted.

All in all it was my own fault. This field was a bit close to civilization. I chose poorly. :(

Aloha,

The powers that be flew the first Green Harvest today. I saw five choppers total. The DEA was up along with three county opperated ones and bringing up the rear was a Coast Guard search and rescue helicoptor.

All my season's work is now up in the air.

On the bad side they were just planted and they are visible from the air.

On the good side the wind is cranking with a sideways rain. Gusts up to 40 MPH. Half the island has been under a blanket of rain. If this weather holds tomorrow I have a chance.

Only one way to find out and that will happen in 6 weeks. If they are gone nothing I can do about it. Just one of the problems of the job.

It really seems ridiculous that they would go after a fairly small grow like yours. If are up there looking for whole fields run by smugglers with guns n such, maybe I could understand...

In all honesty I think this was to just show the flag. The choppers flew a grid search and I did not see them send anyone down. So they got nothing from this area. They also stayed above 500 ft. It used to be that they would rattle roofs and stampede cattle. Choppers have clipped power lines here and crashed more than once before.

In a small gulch I have took out a large swath of grass and have all my holes dug and filled with my dirt/compost mix. I also have holes dug in all over this property. Nothing is in yet, but they sure were intrested in what I have been up to. I am legal, and they do have my address so maybe they just dropped by to take a look. I would think from the air my property looks like a kid's face with a real bad case on acne.

Green Harvest is Maui's way of keeping the patches small and well hidden. If you get greedy they see and take your stuff. Keep it small and you get a chance. If you have just a few illegal plants they rappell down and take them, but no charges are filed. If they see a lot they take pictures then come back with a search warrant and make an example out of you.

With Obama's new budget, and considering the state is a billion dollars in the hole, I expected a light Green Harvest to be light to non exsistant this year. Looks like I was wrong. But time will tell.

Usually, when I hear the green harvest choppers, I freak. What follows could best be described as a Chineese fire drill. I can tell what type and what they are doing just by the sound. This time I freaked, then realized I am now legal. What a feeling! Happiness! So I wandered out to my deck to take pictures of them looking at me. It will take some time to get used to this legal concept.

Aloha.

My first seven went in yesterday. I cleared down two feet of kikui grass to reach the dirt. Patch is @8 ft wide and 60 ft long. Plants are 6 to 10 feet apart. Holes are two feet deep and two feet wide. It is in an old watercourse that through the ages built up some deep soil. These are my first legal plants and are planted in the ground. Two are budded and should be ready in mid to late April. All have showed me that they are female and with the size of my area should get up to 15 ft tall. The plants are in the full sun all day.

Soil is a mixture of moatly FF ocean mixed with, topsoil from the hole, aged steer manure, bone and bloodmeal, and some old Sunshine mix #3 that produced last years potted plants. Also planted roses and sweet peppers just for grins and giggles. So patch #1 is off and running.

Patch #2 has had all seven of its holes dug and half are filled with my mix. There is only one place that sells FF Upcountry and they want $18 for a medium sized bag. This outside stuff at home is expensive. At least I don't have to spend large amounts of money on power and lights.

Patch #3 is going in the blackberries. I have already cleared a hole through the thorns and begun to clear the area for my kids. I'm already cut up but I can tell you this one will be a bitch. On the plus side if you do not know where the hole is to get into this patch you will be flailing around in some mean thorns.

Patch # 4 is the wife of my youth's This means they go where she wants them to go. My input is not needed, or wanted. She is now in the process of digging up MY ROSE BED. We have close to five acres and she has to pick the one area that I have had beautiful roses on for ten+ years. By the time she is done a whole bunch of my beautiful roses will be dead or near to it. So on top of everything else, I get to prepare a fifth area to try to save what she is gleefully ripping out.

Here are pics of the first patch;

1)Comming soon.
2)Top View. Empty.
3)Top View. Same Day. Occupied. 1st plant will be grown at sideways. 2nd and 3rd should be giants.
4)Girl 1. Done By April
5)Girl 2. White Widow/Bloodweed. Also Done By April.

very nice...looks great! you must be part backhoe doin all that diggin or at least damn sore! :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by stra8outtaWeed

very nice...looks great! you must be part backhoe doin all that diggin or at least damn sore! :thumbsup:

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The first seven were the easy ones. Through the ages that little gulch has built up dirt. Though the grass was tall and thick fire worked well to clean it out.

Now if you want a bitch of a hole check this out. I've been working at that stone for hours yet it will move a bit, but it looks like I get to take it in chunks.

Here is a pic I took this evening; Another crappy day draws to a close :)

right on..nice view...wish i was there enjoyin a hoot wichya! :jointsmile:

Hello again.

Stra8 if you ever get to my neck of the woods please let me know. I'd love to stone you out.

Easter is done and so am I. My 21 holes are dug and filled. Each has a plant and is off to the races. Even got that bitch of a rock out. That is a big hole.

First patch (gulch patch) has been in the longest and were planted with my oldest plants. They were planted on the cusp. Every year I plant on the cusp. The plants look like they will go long and all of a sudden they all go into bud. Instead of going long season it looks like they want to go off now. Flowers are quarter sized and getting fatter by the day. Every year this happens, I worry that the plants will elongate out of buds. But, so far, this has yet to happen.

Second seven is growing too. This patch is right under my lanai. I put the best ones there because my dogs and I can sleep out on the lanai with my shotgun. Rocksalt for rip offs.

Third seven are up in the roses. Through the years I built rock walls and terraces planted with roses. I lost intrest and let it overgrow. This year I oppened it up again. Now some pics;