Growing in the wild

Severed Tongue

Severed Tongue

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I live on the edge of my city, and we have an extensive pathway system for walking / jogging / cycling.

I frequent one, and there is a stream that runs along side it. Last year the weeds were 4 ft high all throughout this area, so I was thinking about scoping a spot and planting a couple just for kicks and to see how they go 100% naturally.

Anyone done anything like this? Will it grow into a massive tree or die off without being watered?
 
manfredo

manfredo

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Severed Tongue said:
I live on the edge of my city, and we have an extensive pathway system for walking / jogging / cycling.

I frequent one, and there is a stream that runs along side it. Last year the weeds were 4 ft high all throughout this area, so I was thinking about scoping a spot and planting a couple just for kicks and to see how they go 100% naturally.

Anyone done anything like this? Will it grow into a massive tree or die off without being watered?
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It all depends. Back 20 years ago I did my 1st "real" outdoor grow...I started 16 plants indoors about 2 months ahead of time, and then put them on the riverbank in a place like you describe. Super lush river soil...I came back once about 6 weeks after putting them out and they were all waist high bushes. I didn't come back til harvest time, and every one was an 8'-10' monster....One had gotten knocked down but continued to grow. I didn't water them once all season, except for initial planting. I'm in the north east US though so it is wet!

But that was 20 years ago and I have NEVER done as well outdoors, so there had to be some beginners luck in there....and trust me I planted on that same river bank many times.
 
Jjgrow420

Jjgrow420

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Severed Tongue said:
What about spider mites, aphids, caterpillar?
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usually nature takes care of itself. inside we create ideal environment for pests eg temp humidity and no predators. you will def deal with some issues. rot bugs etc. sometimes whole plants get destroyed. its better to be able to go and tend to them. remove problem branches trim for air flow and keep weeds away. you can buy time release nutes for. cannabis (dagda, gaia green, etc) and go once every 3 weeks to work on and re apply the nutes.
if you dont feed you will have a bunch of weed that tastes like grass/hay
 
rockethoe

rockethoe

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I grew several times in the wild back in the day.
I would say if this is near a walkway, if you can see or find it easily, so can everyone else - including LEO.
I would not bother with nutes. If the soil is good, the microbiology should be on point. I have dug in manure in the past and made proper beds in the wild. What I found was that the more they get babied, the bigger they get, but they are big babies - they will come down easier from pests and mold etc.
 
ISK

ISK

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If your plants are able to survive the bugs, critters, adverse weather and you should be fortunate enough to grow a decent plant, odds are some punk will see it and chop it down a few weeks before you were planning on harvesting
 
Bsmoke78

Bsmoke78

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manfredo said:
It all depends. Back 20 years ago I did my 1st "real" outdoor grow...I started 16 plants indoors about 2 months ahead of time, and then put them on the riverbank in a place like you describe. Super lush river soil...I came back once about 6 weeks after putting them out and they were all waist high bushes. I didn't come back til harvest time, and every one was an 8'-10' monster....One had gotten knocked down but continued to grow. I didn't water them once all season, except for initial planting. I'm in the north east US though so it is wet!

But that was 20 years ago and I have NEVER done as well outdoors, so there had to be some beginners luck in there....and trust me I planted on that same river bank many times.
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I would say start them inside or creatures will eat it, might get lucky but very doubtful without care going to really do much.
 
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