Sorry to disagree with you rattler, but they are not the same. The most obvious difference is appearance. Most "assault" rifles have a cooler looking stock. Appearance have no effect on power, performance, or range....
Heeeyyy Ozzy, how about taking the assult rifle discussion to another thread? I was hoping this would stay on topic.
So far the range of ideas for protecting plants mostly worth under $10 each have been:
- Shooting people / use of guns
- Electrocution
- Litigation
- Poisoning
- Attacking, etc
- Cams not a bad idea, but currently cannot justify the cost and installation of an exterior camera for the few plants I have.
So ignoring most of the advice, here is the game plan so far....
I've done a lot of research on security kits and I think this is the most cost effective way to handle this problem if anyone else has this problem in the future.
First of all I made plant benches / shelves out of 2 x 4 lumber and cinder blocks. After assembly the benches cost about $15 each and end up heavy. 50 - 80 lbs.
For the home made security kit, I bought a something called a swaging tool ($18.) It's used to crimp airplane cable. Airplane cable can be found for about $0.13 a foot for 1/16th size. The load for that cable is 96 pounds. The looping hardware is about $1 for a set, and can be found cheaper in bulk online. This is the part you crimp using the swagging tool. The idea is to loop the cable around the large and heavy 2 x 4 benches and with help of a leather punch ($10) loop the other end of the cable through the plastic pots.
Once all put together if someone wants to walk away with a plan, they will really have to either come with tools or destroy the plant in order to get it. And being a landlord, I know that if someone wants something bad enough, they will get it period. Plus the wire will be thin enough to mostly be out of sight, yet visible enough to send the message that it's there. Plus it will probably be about the cost of < $2 a plant!
I'll post some pics after all the tools arrive and I start to put some stuff outside! Wish me luck everyone! lol