It doesnt matter if marijuana is legal where you live or not, you still have to stay under the radar. You don’t want nosey neighbors poking around, the or the cops showing up at your door.
#1 way of getting caught growing weed
The first rule of being a marijuana grower is to shut up. Quit bragging about it to your friends and offering non-stop tours to everyone and their blabbermouth friends. If you follow just that one rule nobody will ever know what you are up to.
#2 way of getting caught growing weed
Other than growers shooting their mouths off, the most common way of being is discovered is through the power company. If you steal power, you will get caught, and then have to pay back what you owe (yeah right, like that is ever going to happen). The power companies have sophisticated tools to find out if your stealing, so don’t do it, plus it is dishonest. Just pay your bills like a regular joe.
Because high intensity lighting is expensive to operate use it to optimal efficiency. Use sheilds, and go with a hydroponic system so you get maximum yeilds and quality.
There are so called power saving devices that you can wire up your lights through. I think they are suppose to reduce spikes. I think they are a waste of money. I am sure they won’t save you any cash.
During the summer you can grow outside, and then when winter comes grow inside. If your house is normally heated by electricity your bills would go up anyways. Turn off all the heating in your house, or use gas, or a wood stove. By not using electric baseboard heating your power bills will look totally normal. If you grow-op is in the basement, the heat will rise, and help keep the house warm. The only problem is you will end up with moisture on your windows, and that is a tell tale sign of a marijuana grow operation. Unless you want to stand there all day with a squeegie and towels, seal up the grow room, and vent it properly.
If you are growing in a barn or workshop on your property install a power meter for that building. This way you will get two bills; One for the house and the other for the shop. Here is a little trick to lesson suspicious power use. Run a power cable underground from the house to the barn - now you have two power sources on two different meters. Farms and large properties use more power than normal households so nobody will be the wiser.
#3 way of getting caught growing marijuana
Marijuana stinks, and it is the distinctive smell of weed that will bring people snooping around. Use a carbon can to filter out the odour of your grow. You might even want to use two. Ionizers also kill the weed smell, but then leave a ozone odour. Air freshners don’t work. You cannot cover up the smell of weed, only eliminate it. Having good ventilation also helps with the smell problem, but to do it right carbon filters are the way to go.
