[localhero]

about the bamboo. With clumping types you wont need to dig out a barrier, but the best and biggest bamboo besides like the moso are usually runners and faster growers. I love bamboo but i got black mold on some plants from using the dead culms i was pulling out of the patch along my fence line. thought i was bein smart by getting all these free plant stakes... so be carefull with dead old bamboo sticks. however, bamboo poles come in really handy for tons of other shit- like scafolding for a makeshift greenhouse when the rains hit late. there is a way to cure green cut bamboo over like a charcoal grill, the sap that comes out acts as like a sealer. If you have a choice id get somethings thats super fast growing,dense growing, thick culmed, and as dark green as you can get.

also, i dont know if a plastic lined trench would keep the rhizomes of the bamboo in check. alot of plastic degrades underground and those roots are pretty knarly. i know alot of people pour concrete into a thin ditch to keep them from getting through.

sometimes planting bamboo will really piss off your neighbors. my neighbor told me how upset he was when the previous owner planted the bamboo we have now. they all think that its gonna spread into their property and take over. best privacy screen ever though, you'd have to get really really snoopy to wanna peek into my yard

[HempAlchemist]

Pride of Madeira, Echium candicans, looks and flowers a lot like pot does and grows everywhere in my area. so much so that no one even thinks of looking at them. very common garden plant that grows year round (perennial) the flowers come in lots of different colors like blues, purples and pinks, but the white type really does take the look-alike contest with our favorite plant. best of all this plant wont die back providing year round cover

[cjk]

vitex.

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[TexasToker]

Originally Posted by cjk

vitex.

Very attractive plant with medicinal qualities as well.

[sudsandbuds]

i like this thread

[KolorBlind]

Hey everyone

I just wanted to stress the importance of NEVER purposely planting poison sumac ANYWHERE, especially not near anything you will eat or smoke.

3 kids in my hometown got bored when I was growing up and picked, dried and smoked some poison sumac. They had no idea what it was when they picked it, but it made 2 of them very, very sick and killed the other.

I just saw it mentioned earlier in the thread and thought I would toss that out there.

I love this thread and feel I should add my 2 cents as well.

I have seen MJ very successfully grown in a backyard garden amongst half a dozen or more tomato plants. If your garden is near a fence, you can use a plant or veggie that has vines (such as cucumber) and tie it up the fence. After doing so, when you are veiwing your garden from the side opposite the fence, the green backdrop of the vine plant will hide a LOT! Also, catnip leaves look very similar to MJ leaves only they dont get as big or have 3-5-7-9 tips. I bet some heavily LSTed bushes would blend perfectly in with catnip, plus catnip is a bit funky itself.

I plan on tossing some Diesel Ryders out in my garden this year after keeping them in 16oz cups for about 3 weeks. That way I dont have to plant any males and the cups should stunt them enough to keep them all around a foot tall or less.

Again, great thread! Ill toss pictures up as soon as I am able to.
KB

[kayakcamping]

Sunflower patches work great they will grow tall and be still flowering while your buds are finishing

[ibuster57]

Evergreens. In my area of the country most ground vegetation turns brown and dies out before its harvest time. Leaving green cannabis plants to stick out like a black eye. So they are most vulnerable when they are packing weight. I am still growing from Mexican and Colombian seed from the 70s and average 8' tall so cedar stands work well for me.

[darwinsbulldog]

Originally Posted by Dignan

Cleomes ...







...and castor bean plants...



...are both great.

lol they're great! but before they flower they'd just look like marijuana plants anyway haha