Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible

law and give them the records of unsuspecting consumers. Tracking telephone numbers, including location, is very easy. There has been more than one case where US law enforcement illegally acquired telephone records and placed illegal taps on garden store telephones. American police use telephone records to target grow houses. Always use pay telephones with an untraceable phone card or pay with coins. Lazy narcs also watch garden store parking lots and follow clients home.
    Pay all bills and make all purchases with cash. Cash tells no tales and leaves no trails. Pay for mail order merchandise with a money order. Have the merchandise sent to a “safe” address.
    If you want to take photos of your garden, use a digital camera. Using an old-fashioned film camera, you risk discovery when getting the film developed.
    Growers who cultivate cannabis, including medical cannabis, should never show their grow show to anyone! Never tell anyone you are growing. Deny growing to everyone, always! You immediately change from a Weed Warrior to a helpless victim subject to extortion the instant anybody knows you are growing in the USA. When the cops arrest a “friend” that has seen your grow show, they can legally use deception and intimidation to trick your “friend” into squealing on you. Beware! Interrogations can last for months!
    Law enforcement rewards jealous, hateful, and vindictive “friends,” lovers, and enemies for implicating a grower under the RICO laws and Homeland Security Act. Hundreds of thousands of growers have had their lives ruined in a matter of moments on testimony from a vindictive “friend.”
    All electrical outlets, fuses, and connections must be grounded. Inspect electrical connections for signs of heat-blackened wires, melted connections, and smelly wiring.
    Have a current fire extinguisher rated to put out wood, paper, grease, oil, and electrical fires.
    When law enforcement has “evidence” of a growing operation, they look for more. In the USA they look at telephone, electric, and shipping records, for starters. A thermal imaging camera is most often used at this point. Occasionally they use dogs trained to sniff out marijuana. The information is used against the grower to obtain a search warrant. If there are plants discovered at the house, they continue to build the case against the grower by using anything the grower says. The police collect most of the information on the grower from the grower!
    Surround your property with a bed of cedar shavings instead of bark chips in the flowerbeds. Cedar shavings disguise other odors. Use a carbon filter and an ozone generator to neutralize the marijuana fragrance. Have a ready reason for extra electrical consumption. Unload grow supplies a little bit at a time or from within a locked garage.

Cannabis indica plant with its characteristic broad leaf and short stature.
    Remember the quote from Bart Simpson: “I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me. You can’t prove a thing!”
    Absentee owners are the best landlords. Make sure home inspections are done before you move into the home and the rental agreement should allow for an advance notification of inspections. Put the telephone, electricity, garbage, etc., in a friend’s name. Grow in a rented home. If you have bank accounts and stocks, own property such as a home, automobile, ATV, etc., in the USA, they are often forfeited if you are “suspected” of growing. You do not need to be convicted of any crime for your assets to be confiscated!
    Curb noise and odors by sealing and insulating the grow room with “sound board.” Similar to sheetrock, sound board muffles sounds well. Install rubber feet or grommets on fan feet.
     
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Security Checklist:
Regular schedule
Simple lifestyle
Very little contact with neighbors
Always be pleasant
Never open the grow room door for anybody!
Electric bill should be about the same as the neighbors and previous tenants
Garden and grounds should be tidy and similar to neighbors
No light leaks whatsoever
Use friend’s car to visit grow store
No noise-humming, fan on/off at night, etc-is audible day and night
No strange odors, including ozone smell
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    Build an extra room or box (allow for airflow) around ballasts to muffle noise. Place a thick pad under ballasts to absorb vibrations. In-line fans are much quieter and more efficient than squirrel-cage blowers. If light escapes from vents, give venting a 90-degree turn and paint the vent black where it turns.