[tsongkee]

vitex negundo . Cures cough as well if you boil a couple of mature leaves and drink the tea.

[Bass Akwards]

Originally Posted by harley01

I go for thick tall bushes.

Cut a small tunnel into the bushes and clear an area, dig your holes, bring in dirt, and go from there.. Cut another tunnel and do the same.

I am actually planting along a freeway this year.
The bushes are about 60' wide and 50 yards long on a very steep hill..
They actually have two irrigation lines running through them as well...
Being along a freeway eliminates kids but also brings into play Cal trans.. This thought came to me when I was court ordered to work cal trans and we worked right around this thick patch of bushes with no one even thinking twice to enter.

Congratulations on the stealth approach.

If possible, cut out a "back door", so you "exit gracefully" if necessary.

Leather gloves and foam knee-pads are, no doubt, required.

Often, those areas are very hard packed to prevent erosion.

It might not be easy to dig a decent hole, or clear a small spot.

Are the bushes high enough to stand without being seen?

Cutting up the original foliage when clearing a spot is another issue.

Garden clippers or folding saw?

That stuff can be tough. That's why it was planted there in the first place.

If the earth won't yield easily, try using a portable drill with an 18 in. garden auger bit. After eight holes are drilled, the shovel will have an easy time. Use an 18 V. drill with 2 Lithium batteries, and be careful that the torque doesn't nail your wrist when the auger gets stuck. ( Reverse gear is handy. )

Bottom line for an outdoor grow: use whatever cover is there already. If the surrounding vegetation doesn't get over 3 ft. tall, keep the plants low and bushy or just tie them down. If there are stands of giant ragweed, let it work for you by letting the plants grow tall and thin, which lowers yield, but will disguise it better. Foreign foliage stands out like a sore thumb, which is another reason not to waste energy trying to plant "cover" crops. It's hard enough getting nutrition and moisture to the weed, isn't it?

[andyboy]

A good thing if you have it around is Giant Hogweed. It will not only disguise but it will severly hurt anyone without protective clothing. It causes burns on the skin and may cause blindness.



It grows up to 7 meters tall but mostly it stays around 2-5 meters.


However, it is illegal to grow it (so is MJ) but who cares, it WILL however cause unwanted attention if you cultivate it where people go by much and it will be taken down.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Hogweed

I swear I had to come to a meter of this plant just to make sure it wasn't MJ. Anybody familiar with this type of plant?

[Gantz]

i'd want the companion plants to make my plants invisible from a distance...not call attention themselves
"Well looky here ...this looks like weed....but it isn't... i thought it was when i saw it 50ft from here...hey....but THAT IS weed...." and then your plants are gone...only the companion is left

Originally Posted by Gantz

i'd want the companion plants to make my plants invisible from a distance...not call attention themselves
"Well looky here ...this looks like weed....but it isn't... i thought it was when i saw it 50ft from here...hey....but THAT IS weed...." and then your plants are gone...only the companion is left

You absolutely have a point here Gantz. What was I thinking.

[PurpleUnikorn]

in my experience is seems most people will not notice mj if it is just not blatently in a designated "mj plot" jus keep em by them selves and dont have any special bottles of fert of gardening tools by them and they should be less noticable as a plant your supposed to look at... if that makes any sense i salute you. im high and thats about as good as i can do. just dont give em to much special attention around foks!!!

[WaTerR]

so everyones saying that bamboo is a good one and it may be but bamboo can easily take over any spot you put it in

. . also i heard hopps(stuff in beer) are by far the best plants to grow mj with because they are in the same family

[Guerilla Family]

I found a strip of land that runs parallel with a major HIGHWAY. There is the highway on one side, then tall shrubs and pricker patches on the other side.. In the middle is a strip of golden rod. I pulled a stretch of golden rod and tilled up a strip of soil, for my later seed plants. Is golden rod a good plant to plant near? The top soil is pretty nice and the area is a little lower, so the moisture is there.. I know the golden rod will turn yellow and dry out in the fall, but my plants are planted along the edge of the shrubs and will border the golden rod. They will be minis, so they wont stand out too much. Any thoughts would be appreciated

GFam

[SmokeyGriff]

I found a strip of land that runs parallel with a major HIGHWAY.

How close to the highway is it? I'd be worried about a county worker out spraying and killing the plants, or cutting the right of way and see your grow.