How easily can law enforcement choppers spot small crops? (5 plants or less)

I apologize if this wordy and long, I am trying to provide as much information possible to those who would be able to offer their advice.

Today I went scouting for locations to start my small guerrilla grow this summer. I am planting 5 feminised Holland's Hope, which are known for their mold, bad weather and insect resistant qualities, essentially they are known to be easy to grow.

I live in in an extremely forested area. I have found a very nice location on the edge of the forest, on south a facing slope. It is isolated, and very close to water (about 80-100 steps from a creek which I know for fact does not dry up during the summer). The other side of the clearing, which is about about 20 feet wide, is covered with a wall of intensely thick, thorny, stalky vegetation, which is impossible to go or see through.

The vegetation here is not at all uniform, there are many types of trees, bushes, grasses, etc. My meaning the plants, figuratively speaking, wouldn't be a black dot on a white shirt (unimaginative analogy, but gets the point across).

The undergrowth of the trees behind them is dark, and brown, not much green, besides where the needles of the tee branches begin (Douglas Fir), the trees themselves are probably 20 or so feet tall. The plants would have a practically unobstructed view of the southern sky being located on a 20-30 degree slope, with only the lower part being partially obscured by very tall trees at the bottom of the valley. The western and eastern skies are fairly open as well, only marginally obstructed by trees.


My question is the probability of a chopper spotting the 5 plants I plan to grow here? The spot seems perfect besides the fact I am worried it could be spotted by law enforcement. How often does this kind of thing happen to small growers? Like I said, I am only planting 5 bushes, but I realize only one is illegal. Would cops even be able to spot such a small crop though? If they did, would they take the time to march out there and rip em up?


There are other spots around here, but they simply do not have as much view of the sky (which could be an advantage in regard to detection though), and are not as near to water. If this spot sounds unwise, I could very well grow elsewhere, I am curious to know though, how much of the sky needs to be available in order for plants to receive sufficient sunlight.

Again sorry about the length, I hope someone managed to read this for my sake, and I sincerely appreciate all thoughtful comments and advice.

if your doing such a low plant number why not just get a card then give the choppers a shot of your cock as they fly by

If you're worried about choppers spotting 5 plants, imagine what they'd do if they saw you smoking a cigarette! Wait, that's legal! And so is 5 plants, nearly, because no chopper in the woods is going to spot, much less care, about 5 plants. 80% of those choppers are for traffic & the other 20% is usually just because there was a call-in.

You're good to keep/start growing

This may help

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well i'm about to do the same thing i think that if they do not get to tall and there is other brush then you should proboly be fine

Im sure it matters where you live, but if I were you, I really wouldn't worry about it. A lot of people seem to think weed plants will stick out like a sore thumb in the woods, but in reality they blend in much better than you'd think. 5 plants is too small to worry about getting busted for or anything anyway. Even if a spotter saw your plants in a clearing, they probably wouldn't expend resources and go through the trouble to eradicate only 5 plants. Those heli's you see flying around all day are looking for the big crops. One tank of fuel in a CAMP (Campaign Against Marijuana Production) helicopter is about $600 bucks plus the five task force guys they would send out cost like $400/day each. If the state/county spent 3 grand every time they eradicated a 5 plant crop, they'd have no money to bust the 5,000+ plant crops that exist everywhere. Anyway, I wish you the best of luck with your 5 plants my friend and I hope you have no touble with the whirly birds Peace RIU!

Thanks for the replies and advice. Looks like this shouldn't be a problem. I am still wondering though, if I was too plant in a forest clearing, how big would it need to be?

Also, I will be unable to germinate these seeds until June 11th. Is this too late to expect any kind of yield? I might be able to germinate them earlier, but that is assuming it would be safe to germinate them and then transport them for a 3 hour car ride. If I used the glass jar, paper towel method, would it be alright for the seedlings? Otherwise I will have to wait till I am home for the summer to start.

Thanks again.

Not at all brother. They are going to go straight into flowering shortly after because the days will be getting shorter. I grow 12/12 in a controlled environment all the time. Outside, I would love it more. Real wind, real rain, oh the magic nature does on mj.