Watering Plants From a Shallow Well: The Ghost’s Seep Well Secret

Stay Invisible-Water Your Plants From a Seep Well

Most people see a damp marsh to site a guerrilla grow and think they have to lug heavy buckets from a nearby creek, but you can literally tap into the earth’s veins by digging a “seep well.” This is the ultimate way to water your plants while staying invisible and saving your back. You do not want to be seen packing buckets of water!

Jerry here. There is nothing that makes a trail faster than a grower lugging 5-gallon buckets back and forth from a creek to a patch. Not only does it break your back, but it leaves a muddy, beaten path that anyone can follow right to your grow.

If you’re growing near a marsh or a low-lying area where the ground feels “spongy,” you don’t need to pack water. You just need to reach down and utilize the ground water that is there. In my fifty years, I’ve dug dozens of shallow wells right on-site, and it’s the best way to keep a “zero footprint” grow.

The “Arm’s Length” Well: Water Your Plants Invisibly…The Ghost

If the groundwater is within reach of your arm, you have a 24/7 self-filling seep well that never leaves a trail.

The Ghost’s Well-Digging Protocol:

• The Location: Look for “indicator plants”—willows, ferns, or heavy moss. If the ground feels damp even in a dry spell, you’re in the right spot. This can also be done back in the brush, cattails, or reeds…close to a water source.
• The Dig: You don’t need a backhoe. I use a small, folding tactical shovel. Dig a hole about 12 to 18 inches wide (wide enough to use a container to get the water out). Go down until you hit the water table (usually just an arm’s length deep in a marsh).
• The Settling: At first, the water will be muddy and “soupy.” The sediment will settle to the bottom, leaving you with cool, filtered groundwater. And truthfully your plants do not mind muddy water.
• Refilling: You can water your plants with all the water in the hole, then when you come back in a week or two to water again your hole should be full of water again.

Op-Sec Tip: I always cover the hole with some debris to make sure it is not visible from above.

It has always made sense to me to work smarter, not harder. Why pack water when you can dig a well?