Are the choppers still flying up there? I haven't seen any choppers in my area in over 5 yrs, last yr they flew here there was four of them, they would follow the water channels, creeks and such, two on each side . Beating the tops of the trees they were so low. I've heard of them flying and seen on the news and in newspaper, but I think they got tips for those. I don't think their waisting the resources here without a tipoff.
They didn't fly much while Obama was in office, every once in a while. With Jeff Sessions wanting to go after cannabis again I think there is more funding. This was the busiest year for choppers I've seen in a long time.
I've told this story here before. I was in a patch one morning. I got there late and the sun came up on me. About an hour later I started to notice a hum. I have hearing loss and didn't notice until it was too late.
Several choppers stopped over the patch I was in. They started hovering and out guys come repelling on ropes.
I grabbed a big arm full of buds and headed for cover. Luckily it wasn't a real open area and I had a chance to bolt. I saw a large tree that had fallen over and there was a gap under part of it. I crawled under it and covered myself with leaves. The choppers were blowing them off faster than what I could rake them up. The log was half rotten. I started breaking big chunks of it out and covered myself.
I sat there for over the next hour or so and watch them cut it, tie it up and then fly off with it. I watied another hour or so and then climb out of my hole and went home.
Not sure where you get autos don't get big. Outside they can get quite large depending on strain.
From personal experience. They don't get that big. 5-6 foot on the xxl autos. Maybe slightly bigger.
I'm talking here if you grow anything long flowering they get 12-14 foot tall. Monsters. I've seen plants that get over 15 foot.
Even indicas if planted early here will break 10 foot even.
I'm talking stalks as thick as a man's thigh
For the purposes I'm talking they dont get big.