whats the most common way of gettin caught

Roseman

Elite Rolling Society
Ive been here 3 years and seen many I got busted threads.

Most popular are:


1. THE X, either the X wife or X Girlfriend, or X partner told.

2, Nosey Neighbors

3, The Smell the cops smelled when they came to the door for some harmless reason and smelled it.

4, They bragged and told too many people.
 
yea I don't like it either. I don't mind the two guys, the girl is the problem of course.
It should all be done with in a day or two though.
Have to get the rest of her junk out of the house tommorow.
Have it all ready for her, she just has to take it now.

Got all contraband out of the house and broke down the closet grow. Only thing in the house is my baby but shes hidden nicely. They would have to have a warrant and be pretty pissed off for anything to go wrong.

Hoping she just comes to get her crap and thats the last I see of her...
Paranoid to the max right now.
Might take a lil time off before starting another lady.
Current one is 3 weeks into flowering.
 

NewGrowth

Well-Known Member
Never show your grow to anyone unless you really trust them? Wrong. Don't show it, talk about it or anything else with anyone no matter how much you trust them. If you've been married a long time, ok. Otherwise, virtually everyone on earth should be surprised if they were to find out.

The other things you can do are basically be a good citizen. keep your house and yard clean, don't make noise or cause problems, keep a low profile. I see no danger in having anything sent to your house. Only the feds can monitor that and they aren't interested in you unless you have a big operation. Be mr Joe Average and don't tell anyone, meaning anyone, and you'll be fine.

Now what you do with it after you grow it presents another whole set of problems.

Good advice, that reminds me I have to go rake some leaves:blsmoke:
 

Kookiemonsta

Active Member
Simple.

1) Show NO ONE!!!
2) Tell NO ONE!!!
3) Sell to NO ONE!!!

If you follow those 3 simple concepts you should be perfectly safe.
lol mannn first grow I told like 8 of the closest friends/fam. Towards end got SO paranoid. Wised up during the end and now everyone knows I dont grow cuz I had so many probs with the plants and it wasnt worth it.. .. ..
 
What about if you live in California and have a medical license? I live in San Diego and am about to set up a grow that is smaller than currently allowed. I'm hoping with the authentic California ID I will be Ok.
 

mismos00

Well-Known Member
I've always heard the number one reason growers got busted was because they often steal electrical power (tapped into grid...)
 
yea i'm deffinately going to be going the "wow I really sucked at this route" and erasing any memories of me growing that anyone has.
After this first one is out of the way I won't have to worry about the girl... that will be a relief.
Next grow will be kept to me, myself, and I.
 

K1Ng5p4d3

Junior Creatologist
I dont know everything there is to know about Cali law dude, but im pretty sure nowadays if your growin n you got an ID, your gonna be just fine. Especially if your growing under your legally allowable limit. The only thing people like you lucky cali folk really have to worry about now, is telling too many people and getting robbed. Now there's a whole different can of worms alltogether. Matter of fact im curious - If i were a Cali grower and everything were Legit, and then somebody came along and jacked my garden - Would this then be a reportable offense or what? how does that work now? Would the LEOs actually take a report and actively persue the issue, or would they just kinda shrug it off and treat it like a normal "drug deal gone bad" typa situation.

yea I don't like it either. I don't mind the two guys, the girl is the problem of course.
It should all be done with in a day or two though.
Have to get the rest of her junk out of the house tommorow.
Have it all ready for her, she just has to take it now.

Got all contraband out of the house and broke down the closet grow. Only thing in the house is my baby but shes hidden nicely. They would have to have a warrant and be pretty pissed off for anything to go wrong.

Hoping she just comes to get her crap and thats the last I see of her...
Paranoid to the max right now.
Might take a lil time off before starting another lady.
Current one is 3 weeks into flowering.
I know that getting in trouble PERIOD is something that nobody wants to have happen to them in the 1st place if theyre growing illegally, thats a no brainer. But in a case where your only growing 1 plant (depending on where you live of course), if i were you i would just check my local laws. In my state for instance, if i were to get caught with a 1 plant operation, sure it may be enough to get raided or what have you, but in the end i wouldnt even see a jailcell. It would end up being a $100 fine, whereas 1 plant would count as 100g of plant material, and anything equivalent or under 100g is considered a minor misdemeanor, and constitutes getting fined rather than jailed. I'd personally throw caution to the wind, n just let them keep trying to bust me over and over again, lol. Check your local laws. You might find that the manufacturing laws in your area are more lenient than you thought.

..Also, if youre in the U.S.A, i'd be paying close attention over the next few months. The AMA is reviewing the classification of Cannabis as being a Schedule I drug. Once reviewe, hopefully all of that its going to change, and along with the Scheduling Classification, The laws will also change with it.

-but regardless, if you are paranoid about who knows about your grow, just make an effort to let it be known to everybody that you quit growing because the nuggs werent worth the paranoia. From there just make sure you follow through and keep the facade up until everybody basically forgets that you were ever really into growing in the 1st place.

--Believe me, im the farthest thing from an authority on any subject, so take what i say with a grain of salt please. Im just offering my thoughts on the subject. That's all :D

-K1.
 

growone

Well-Known Member
let me add one more to the list, a kind of big category called 'acts of god'
basically freaky events that are difficult to predict
here's the one that happened in my neighborhood
amber alert goes out, someone's kid is missing
and what's part of the process? relatives houses may be searched(without warrant)
and i think you can guess what was found at one of the relatives houses
kid turned up later, no harm done, other than a grow found
stealth is the supreme law when growing
 
Yeah, this first grow has greatly educated me. In both growing and how to handle the grow. I'm pretty sure I will dodge the rookie bullet this time. Don't wanna allow it to be fired next time.
 

renyman

Active Member
So what is the chronological order of things after somebody snitches on a grow?

Does LE even usually follow up on a tip off if it's not a big operation?

I gotta think if someone calls the cops and say such and such is growing this is usually what happens next: they check your record. Any previous drug or alcohol busts probably means instant warrant. If youre clean then id say the next step would be to make a trip to your house. They may try and do a walk around when youre not home or they could just knock and try and get a good wiff. If you seem nervous then theyll probably ask to search your place which is when you should tell them "no im in a hurry, sorry". This is why its important to cover up the smell. Because if they come by and catch a wiff then theyre gonna get a warrant.

The thing i dont know is if they can or would tap your phones or try and access your computer. Might depend on what the tipster had to say about how large the op was. I gotta think that bigger cities have a computer guy on the force that specializes in hacking into unsecure computers for info.
 

riddleme

Well-Known Member
Well a big one that has not been mentioned (and recently happened where I live, was on the news)
is DO NOT go straight from the grow/hydro store to the grow house with purchased supplies
the news report stated that the DEA followed the suspects from the grow store to the grow house, then got a warrant then found over 200 plants and 400 thousand dollars in cash,,,no one was living in the house
 
yea I have a clean record, got a midemeanor possession charge back in the day in high school but with the right lawyer, unsupervised proby, community service and $$$ I got a PJC and it's been wiped off the record since then.

Cops don't really sketch me out too terribly.
The house nowhere near smells of refer, besides the general refer undertone from tokin all the time lol.

The grow closet is all the way in the back room of the house too, so anybody who picked up on that from the front door has got one hell of a sniffer.

My one lady is stinkin' up the closet shes in pretty well but outside of the closet it's barely noticable in the room.
 
In case anybody was curious, cops never showed.
Just a bunch of s*** talk like normal from the crazy girl.
Told her we killed my lady cause we were scared of the cops coming.
Had to swallow my pride to even mention such a crime, but she totally bought it.

Grow space is now back up and running.
My lady is looking great despite the kind of stuff ive used throughout the whole grow.
Miracle BS soil with some perlite, and same BS Miracle Nute solution.
Found some other stuff at lowes for blooming too, decent NPK rating.

Next go around is Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil, and Fox Farm trio of nutes.
Considering getting some seeds for a KushBerry and a WhiteBerry for next time.
 

renyman

Active Member
In case anybody was curious, cops never showed.
Just a bunch of s*** talk like normal from the crazy girl.
Told her we killed my lady cause we were scared of the cops coming.
Had to swallow my pride to even mention such a crime, but she totally bought it.

Grow space is now back up and running.
My lady is looking great despite the kind of stuff ive used throughout the whole grow.
Miracle BS soil with some perlite, and same BS Miracle Nute solution.
Found some other stuff at lowes for blooming too, decent NPK rating.

Next go around is Fox Farm Ocean Forest soil, and Fox Farm trio of nutes.
Considering getting some seeds for a KushBerry and a WhiteBerry for next time.

Cool man, i bet youre feelin good right now. Im looking at the Kushberry myself. Heard really good things. Attitude sells fem singles but wait until they announce their new xmas freebies before you order. Theyre touting it as their biggest give-away ever i hear. Keep checking under "newsletter" in the left column. Peace.
 
i think the quickest way to get caught is by not investing in a solid structure and operation. Make sure your room is built correctly meaning its properly insulated. also i have out take fans attached to your carbon filters along with ona gel in steady supply. i saw this one that came with a fan at this hydro store in the Bronx. And of course make sure that your electric is done by someone who knows what they are doing.
 

Highlanders cave

Well-Known Member
3, The Smell the cops smelled when they came to the door for some harmless reason and smelled it.

Right, or anyone else. Very handy to keep a can of air freshener near the front door.
 
Thanks for the info renyman, rep for you +
My only issue now is having to effin change my light cycle again....
I got things up and running last night and checked this mourning.... not good

From having shut the door and blocked all the light from cracks so I could get some sleep it got WAY too hot in there.

So now I have to go through a second period of 24 hour darkness to get the light on period to happen durring the day so I can leave the door open and let the fans circulate the air.

Do you guys think that having to do 2 light period switches (meaning 2 instances of leaving my lady in the dark for 24 hrs.) a few days apart from eachother would create enough stress for a hermie?

My lady is a lil over 3 weeks in flowering and is most positively a lady.
Lots of bud sights for the budget. Just wanted to get my feet wet b4 i started spending real cheeze.

Febreeze FTW! lol never had a pig sniffer that could out-do it.
 
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