First time guerilla - early stage protection from animals and pests

Hello,

I found a spot in a forest, transplanted my seedlings to soil only to find out a week later that all but 2 have been eaten or something. Those were autofem Blueberry. Anyway, I will start second grow next week with Purple #1. I see that animals are going to be a big problem, so I intend to put a mosquito web around each plant and on top. Each such upside down mosquito web 'pot' would be 50cm tall and 30cm in diameter.

Question #1 : Do you think this will do and how would you do it?
Question #2: At what stage of plant's growth is there no more danger for animals?

Thank you for your help.

First you have to figure out if it's animals or insects before you can combat the problem.

redeyedevil said:

Hello,

I found a spot in a forest, transplanted my seedlings to soil only to find out a week later that all but 2 have been eaten or something. Those were autofem Blueberry. Anyway, I will start second grow next week with Purple #1. I see that animals are going to be a big problem, so I intend to put a mosquito web around each plant and on top. Each such upside down mosquito web 'pot' would be 50cm tall and 30cm in diameter.
Question #1 : Do you think this will do and how would you do it?
Question #2: At what stage of plant's growth is there no more danger for animals?

Thank you for your help.

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animals will be a problem all throughout the season, more so when your plants are small, but its wise to have some fencing of some type

Thank you for helping.

I though that when they start flowering and produce odor, than they are also not interesting for deer and other mammals.

i use chicken wire. cut in like 5 ft lengths makes it into a circle and use the wire to kinda wire it together. then once they take off and get a few feet tall, pull that shit away and your good to go. once they take off like that, only a whole herd will slow them bitches down. a nibble here and there each night aint gonna do shit but make it alot bushier. besides its late enough in spring now they should have plenty of tastier stuff to eat. im thinking maybe its something smaller. like insects or rodents. try using some liquid fence. the stuff for deer and the stuff for rabbits. that should help out tremendously i would think. I've never really had a problem with deer and i have plenty. the only thing more important to me than my pot is my deer herd. I prolly put more time into my deer then my plants when it comes down to it.

I would let them get bigger before transplant I had topped mine once and the 4 tops were about a foot tall. Bigger they r the less worries you have

Yeah, I just had three of my babies get dug up and I'm pissed! I found them yesterday and repotted them. They were in 5 gallon buckets. Whatever animal it was, it dug all the way to the bottom of the bucket and just threw the plants to the side without eating them. So, I repotted them and they are not looking very good. This is my first grow and I have ran into problems like I know Im going to every year. I just have to learn this year from my mistakes. Good luck to all

Thank you hitthisshit!

Now I am less worried about the deer. I had a chicken wire fence in mind as well. I will try that and let you know how it turns out.
My first grow outdoors, and I had all of my 7 autofems eaten... I will plant purple #1 feminized now and see how that turns out.
The fact is it's a lot easier to grow pot indoors, but it's much better when grown outdoors.

bendoverbilly said:

First you have to figure out if it's animals or insects before you can combat the problem.

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It was definitely deer. I found deer poop near (5 meter radius/16ft) my grow area.

powerslide said:

I would let them get bigger before transplant I had topped mine once and the 4 tops were about a foot tall. Bigger they r the less worries you have

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I will keep that in mind! Thank you.

One of the biggest problems with outdoor growing I've seen people face is this, they leave their scent for the animals.

It's not necessarily that they want to eat your plants, most animals are curious and almost all have come in contact with humans. They know our scent and they also know it usually means food.

So, when you use your hands to dig into that soil, you leave the scent and they are curious little bastards. They'll dig right down to the bottom only to find nothing, often times leaving the plant untouched to die with it's roots exposed.

Wear gloves, minimize contact and use something to deter animals. A good mixture is 1 part coffee, 1 part vinegar, two parts cayenne, and 15 parts water. Mix together and spray, adjust to growing size. Reapply after rain.

Good luck, most are just curious.

Psychonaughtical said:

One of the biggest problems with outdoor growing I've seen people face is this, they leave their scent for the animals.

It's not necessarily that they want to eat your plants, most animals are curious and almost all have come in contact with humans. They know our scent and they also know it usually means food.

So, when you use your hands to dig into that soil, you leave the scent and they are curious little bastards. They'll dig right down to the bottom only to find nothing, often times leaving the plant untouched to die with it's roots exposed.

Wear gloves, minimize contact and use something to deter animals. A good mixture is 1 part coffee, 1 part vinegar, two parts cayenne, and 15 parts water. Mix together and spray, adjust to growing size. Reapply after rain.

Good luck, most are just curious.

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So you say that if you pee around your plants it will still be interesting for the animals? What about if you take a dog (golden retriever http://dogbreedinsight.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Golden-Retriever-14.jpg) to mark the territory around there?

Thank you for that recipe! I will try that!

Urine is a different scent all together, on your hands there is residue from food, your bodily oils as well and whatever you may have touched.

If you take a piss, they won't really be bothered with it. Most small animals don't really avoid dog urine, if you think you know what will be bothering your plants the most.

Here is a site.. That sells.. Pee. Seriously