Growing in the Trees

[stinkyattic]

Hey guys... I think I tried posting a Q about this like a year ago.. guess it's long enough ago to try and ask again...

We have a wicked deer problem in my area so it's something I'm considering for the springtime.

I've heard/read about a technique of growing your outdoor crop up in the tree canopy to avoid being found by deer, hunters, thieves, cops, wabbits, blah blah.

Couple different methods mentioned...

1) 5 gallon pails just hanging from a pulley, tied off discreetly out of plain sight. Grower just lets them down for watering and hoists them back up after.

2) Build platform in tree (seems kind of time consuming!!!). Grower climbs tree to care for plants.

Has anyone else hear dof this?

Better yet, do any of you do this?

???

If so... I want pics!!!!

stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on 12-15-2006. Growing in the Trees Hey guys... I think I tried posting a Q about this like a year ago.. guess it's long enough ago to try and ask again... We have a wicked deer problem in my area so it's something I'm considering for the springtime. I've heard/read about a technique of growing your outdoor crop up in the tree canopy to avoid being found by deer, hunters, thieves, cops, wabbits, blah blah. Couple different methods mentioned... 1) 5 gallon pails just hanging from a pulley, tied off discreetly out of Rating: 5

[dusto2k3]

I don't know about growing in the trees...lets talk about growin trees...

I think you would need some isolated trees.

I would camo the pots with leavs from the tree and some branches or something. But really, how suspicious to see a grown woman climbing a tree every couple of days. maybe im high.

[Weed_Smoka]

i've been planing to do some thing similer but on a some roof.
i think it's a good idea as long as it near your home

[stinkyattic]

I think I'd spray the pails with camo and do the pulley thing so I'd only have to climb the tree once at most... maybe even not at all if I could chuck a leader line over a branch.

[dusto2k3]

yeah, when i was a kid i fell out of one and did nerve damage to my hand. There just happened to be a broken bottle (glass) right where i was falling where i put my hand to try and break the fall. It sliced up the whole underside of my wrist.

But yeah, do you live on a lot of land? Isolated trees?

I would watch out growning on my roof. At least in San Diego, it would look real strange to all the police choppers that fly over to see a large green plant on a roof. I tried when I was a kid. I just put it near the chimeny in hopes it wouldn't be seen.

[stinkyattic]

Roofs are HOT... they can reach up over 120 degrees F in summer.
I have a safe access to some logging land a couple towns over that has a couple swamps on it... was thinking of doing this in the swamp where the forester probably doesn't spend much time.

[dusto2k3]

ha ha ha ha, i just read my post and it sound like i did a lot of stupid stuff as a kid. Hahaha, im just glad i did it then and not now.

Swamp sounds good. I wonder if the humidity around there is high (to high)?? My friend lives near the beach and he grows. He has had issues with bud rot because of the high humidity there. Or maybe he just sucks.??

[stinkyattic]

He should find a windier spot to place his plants then.
Only thing is that salt spray can do a number on annuals. And the soil is often so harsh that he might be having issues with K being locked out and the plant just not resisting rot properly.

[dusto2k3]

he uses FF ocean forest soil. and FF nutes, i think maybe the salt..

[ericwt]

Invisible Marijuana and Psychedelic Mushroom Gardens
by Robert Bunch

Talks about growing in trees in Depth. It is a nice book on growing weed.

Good Luck