New England outdoors 2018

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Ijustlikegardening said:
I bought a baby monitor for my garden so that I will hear if anyone gets in. I had a dream last night that someone stole 3 of my plants. Shows where my heads at I guess.
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Go to the dollar store. Buy 6 or 7 personal alarms. They have a key chain you pull out, and then a 110dB siren sounds. They cost 4$ each and weigh less then an ounce.

You can tape them up inside the plants or hidden somewhere else (don't cover the 2holes on the front that the sound comes out of for the siren).Take a Bobby pin, cut it in half, use pliers to bend a loop into the end that doesn't have the little plastic tip. So now you have half a Bobby pin with a loop on one end and the plastic tip on the other. Insert the plastic tip into the alarm where the pin from the keychain goes. It works better then the key chain pin that comes with it, because it pulls out way easier, but not so easy that it falls out. Perfect fit, especially if you put a little bend in the part that's going into the hole.

Then use some monofiliment fishing line and run trip wires around and thru your plants. The alarms are loud as fuck and the whole setup will cost you like $30. Its invisible to rippers (who usually dont use flashlights for obvious reasons) and will scare the shit out of anyone creeping.
 
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Go to the dollar store. Buy 6 or 7 personal alarms. They have a key chain you pull out, and then a 110dB siren sounds. They cost 4$ each and weigh less then an ounce.

You can tape them up inside the plants or hidden somewhere else (don't cover the 2holes on the front that the sound comes out of for the siren).Take a Bobby pin, cut it in half, use pliers to bend a loop into the end that doesn't have the little plastic tip. So now you have half a Bobby pin with a loop on one end and the plastic tip on the other. Insert the plastic tip into the alarm where the pin from the keychain goes. It works better then the key chain pin that comes with it, because it pulls out way easier, but not so easy that it falls out. Perfect fit, especially if you put a little bend in the part that's going into the hole.

Then use some monofiliment fishing line and run trip wires around and thru your plants. The alarms are loud as fuck and the whole setup will cost you like $30. Its invisible to rippers (who usually dont use flashlights for obvious reasons) and will scare the shit out of anyone creeping.
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Thank you for the advice. I can't really conceptualize how loud a 110 dB sound going off in the dead of night would be. Unfortunately, I am in a neighborhood that would not tolerate that noise at night. The neighbors seem pretty okay with the weed growing (legal state), but things would probably change if they were woken up at night by an alarm.
 
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Ijustlikegardening said:
Thank you for the advice. I can't really conceptualize how loud a 110 dB sound going off in the dead of night would be. Unfortunately, I am in a neighborhood that would not tolerate that noise at night. The neighbors seem pretty okay with the weed growing (legal state), but things would probably change if they were woken up at night by an alarm.
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They would be even more upset if the alarm was followed by shotgun blasts.
 
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Ijustlikegardening said:
Thank you for the advice. I can't really conceptualize how loud a 110 dB sound going off in the dead of night would be. Unfortunately, I am in a neighborhood that would not tolerate that noise at night. The neighbors seem pretty okay with the weed growing (legal state), but things would probably change if they were woken up at night by an alarm.
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Its loud. But thats what I wanted in my setup. If my neighbors ever said "Ya know that alarm last night telling you that you were being robbed by someone trespassing on your property was a REAL inconveinence" I'd probably have to laugh. What do you say to that? "Yea, sorry my security system is so effective. Sorry someone was robbing me. I'll try to not disturb you next time I'm the victim of a crime" Hahaha.
 
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So I said I would rather let my crop rot than chop early. Having to actually watch it get worse day by day though....

Got some green cure & spot sprayed. Then spayed a couple plants. Now all my pistols are burnt & the mold is still spreading. It now on all my plants. Some a little more than others, but all of them. Seemed like h2o2 worked better. I know in the past ive used milk & it worked.

Has anyona used anything that knocked it back enough to see your plants recover? I think I'm gonna start chopping tonight or tomorrow. 3 weeks early
 
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Its loud. But thats what I wanted in my setup. If my neighbors ever said "Ya know that alarm last night telling you that you were being robbed by someone trespassing on your property was a REAL inconveinence" I'd probably have to laugh. What do you say to that? "Yea, sorry my security system is so effective. Sorry someone was robbing me. I'll try to not disturb you next time I'm the victim of a crime" Hahaha.
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valid point
 
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So I said I would rather let my crop rot than chop early. Having to actually watch it get worse day by day though....

Got some green cure & spot sprayed. Then spayed a couple plants. Now all my pistols are burnt & the mold is still spreading. It now on all my plants. Some a little more than others, but all of them. Seemed like h2o2 worked better. I know in the past ive used milk & it worked.

Has anyona used anything that knocked it back enough to see your plants recover? I think I'm gonna start chopping tonight or tomorrow. 3 weeks early
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ho20 I stoped spraying spots and started spraying gals,4 bucks a gal:bigjoint: bud rot put to a stop in a greenhouse
 
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I chopped the remainder of my (3) outdoors in ground Maui Wowee trees today, about 2 - 3 weeks early. They were freakin gorgeous in August, and me with visions of pineapple sized colas forming in my head...... then September came, and Florence, and so did the outdoors in NE issues. So before tomorrow's upcoming monsoon part 3 I chopped what's left, too soon but srill dry. I am sad, but with (4) indoor plants and (3) outdoors the yield should leave enough nuts to get through the winter. Thnx to all for helping me through my first outdoors NE grow. Not sure I'll be back outside. It was fun but ..............
 
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Chopped 1 of the 5 in the ground today. Thinking about doing another one or two. The Super Skunk I chopped was about 2 weeks early. I'm not pumped, but with rain for the next 2 days I'm thankful I have something. Ended up being about 40% of what the entire plant was before all the bullshit started.
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Not sure what I'll do with the other 4. Maybe I'll roll the dice and see if anything can survive the next 2 days. Maybe I'll chop it all tonight. No idea..
 
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I'm not breaking out the red panties yet...but it looks like if I can make it thru tomorrow, we have 7-9 days of sun before the next soaking. That would be amazing...I might rig a patio umbrella type situation to protect 1 of them...
 
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I'm not breaking out the red panties yet...but it looks like if I can make it thru tomorrow, we have 7-9 days of sun before the next soaking. That would be amazing...I might rig a patio umbrella type situation to protect 1 of them...
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I did this exact thing today. Went to home depot, bought 4 10' PVC pipes and 4 wooden stakes that were skinny enough to fit into the PVC. Hammered the stakes into the ground and then put the PVC pipe around it. Will put up a tarp tomorrow before it rains.
 
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