Well... I found two of my plants.

Let me explain. I was thinking, like you, that most likely it was not LEO... not only because I have a hard time thinking LEO would just leave paper towels behind for me to find before even taking the plants, but also because whoever it was also left my water container, fertilizer, and insecticide. LEO wouldn't have taken just the plants... if he took anything he would've taken everything (for evidence, or what have you).

So, fairly confident I wasn't facing the Man, I went back to the site to look around. (I hadn't looked around much when I first discovered my plants were not where I had left them, I just high tailed it out of there as fast as I could to be honest.)

Anyway, so I go back and start carefully looking around, and I found 3 of my plants way back tangled up deep in some briar pushes down about 5 yards from where they had been. It wasn't like someone could've just thrown them back there... it was almost like they got put there, because they were all tangled into the branches and were deep, very close to the ground. Very strange, to be honest. I was a little confused.

One of them had a almost broken stem. The others were looking VERY rough... like they'd been through... a flood or a severe thunderstorm.

You see, the night before I discovered my plants were missing we had severe thuderstorms come through. There were pretty rough... 50+ mph winds (probably some 75mph gusts), and a *lot* of very driving rain. My new theory is that the storm blew the plants away, or that the creek they are beside temporarily rose and washed the pots all away. The water is still very high in that creek, so that is a real possibility.

All I could find were those three plants. I just pulled the broken stem plant out of its dirt so I could use some of its dirt to fill in the missing dirt from the other two pots (some of their roots were a little exposed, etc.). I think the two surviving plants are an Afghan and a mixed sativa. I'm not sure though.

I'm still nervous as hell about that spot, so I just left the two there in a slightly shaded area to see if they'll survive and high tailed it out of there again. I'm going to go back very early tomorrow morning, and if the plants are still there and looking better I'm going to move them to the "backwoods" location.

I'm still very nervous, but I'm fairly confident the spot was not compromised after all. The storms that came through were really strong and now that I think about it, they easily could've done this. The paper still has me nervous, but not so much so that I'm not going to try to at least get the survivors out of there.

I'm still a bit upset, but I feel better now. I don't think I got ripped off. As close as that spot is to "civilization", I had put a lot of thought into the spot to be honest, and I'm confident no one goes back there unless they are specifically looking for marijuana. It is fairly thick and difficult, and unless you have taken extreme measures (DEET, long plants tucked into socks, long sleeves, the whole 9 yards) you get bit up like a mutha by spiders and ticks before you even get close to my plants. I seriously have a spider and a tick on me every time I leave the area.

Anyway, the lesson still to be learned from this is still not to raise young plants outside unless your doing a full on start in the ground grow. The plants are too fragile to be sitting around in light pots in the elements. Also, there is still the possibility that my spot was compromised by someone since I have to have it relatively easy to access for the young plants.

I just hope one of these two survivors is a female, otherwise this is going to be a repeat of last year (3 survivors out of 10 or so, and all were male).


Quote Originally Posted by SouthernGuerilla
Most likely those people took them. I would doubt LEO would leave a sign for you, they're more likely to park a marked patrol car next to them rather than leave paper towels around, *shrug*. But if those people have them, their friend's friend's friend knows about them and so on. They'll get theirs soon enough and who knows maybe they'll catch your manufacturing charge with intent to distribute.

Karma... :rastasmoke:

Btw, if you have ANY drug related charge here in the USA you cannot and will not receive any sort of student loans, grants or any sort of financial assistance for college.

If there is a next time you decide to grow outside pick an area with a low population density, virtually no human traffic.
jsn9333 Reviewed by jsn9333 on . Pics of My Plants... potential grow log I suppose... 3 Afghans, 1 Trainwreck, 1 Orange Bud, 3 "mixed". All seeds were purchased online except for the Trainwreck, which was found in a bag. This heat wave in the Southeastern U.S. hit just as I put them outside. I think that week of 100 degree heat hurt them. I'm not sure. I kept them well watered, but maybe I even over-watered them. I never really let the soil dry out. I'm not sure if you're supposed to when they are that small. I don't think the yellowing leaves occurs from over-watering Rating: 5