We had a few plants clipped/ripped last night. My girl is in tears, but finds solace in that most weren’t ready and we’re only 3 weeks deep in a tarp-over-carport-frame greenhouse.
So, assuming Chi-town suburbs in a bad area economically, what are some methods to not make it so easy?
We assume we need a framed greenhouse tunnel next year with a commercial padlock, make it a little less grab and goey.
Any tips welcome. Not trying to get back at them, just better planning for next year.
My list of hypotheticals:
Trailcam
Framed walls and chickenfence below light dep plastic
Good padlocks
Backyard cameras
Bright motion lighting specific to polytunnel
Someone tell me there’s a cool wire that sends an SMS of motion or cut? Fake bait buds with air tags? Remediatable toxic 3M glitter?
Ah living in or near Crook County, my condolences.
Dogs are a great deterrent. Even if they aren’t aggressive, if they are just big and bark, that’s probably enough. Instead of watching chicken or the sheep for wolves, they can watch plants.
It depends - are you worried about theives suing you if they’re too fucked up? I know some have that as a legitimate concern when proofing their grows/homes. I have a bit of a zero tolerance approach to that type of thing sooo… Depends on how you like to play things.
It was probably one of your close neighbors. Also the only thing greenhouses can keep safe is with steel walls and doors. Most thieves just cut holes in the side of the plastic or rip wire down. Good luck.
If I was growing in my backyard in the city I’d likely have a live wire around the top inner edge of my fenceline so you can hear them go OH FUCK AUGHUGHUGHUGHUGHUGHG when they get zapped like a motherfucker, then since getting zapped like a motherfucker contracts your muscles naturally they are not in much of a ‘get away fast’ type position and are likely encouraged to just fucking leave.
If you get zapped good and hard running away is not a thing you can do unless you’re smoked Ike Turner amounts of wet. Maybe a loud shrieking type of alarm to chase them off but that can just draw more attention to yourself and have you answering questions from people you don’t wanna talking to.
I like this idea, I would add one of those sound cannons that farmers use to scare birds away from crop with as well. As soon as they pass a certain spot on the property a trip wire lets off after they pass it and all they hear is loud ass booms.
