Cheap ways to get rid of the smell

cowell

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See - it is weird! But sooooo true.
I live in Canada.. harvest time outdoors is around halloween usually. Fall is starting.. harvest moons.. more nocturnal animals moving around.. lots of skunks on the roads.. you drive by a woodlot and get a wiff, and you don't know.. so you take a few more.. and go "is it???... ya... it... oh wait.. there's the skunk :("

Same with when I drive by a secluded house with all kinds of "no trespassing" signs.... I always think - "they're growing weed- cause I would be there."
 

Total Head

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man if those stink already i don't think the cheapo route is gonna work for you. it's funny that someone mentioned the dirty cat box because i actually have a cat box right outside my grow and it fuses together with the pot to form a very strange new stench. so i bought 2 "true air" plug in charcoal filters, put 1 in the flower room and one near the cat box. much better, but still not acceptable. so i took my ass to yankee candle and got another plug in base (i already had 1) and i got some refills. i got balsam and cedar for near the grow closet (smells just like christmas trees) and i stuck a clean cotton one in the kitchen to take care of the smell throughout the apartment. in all i spent close to 50 bucks between the mini carbon filters and plug in crap, and if it's the right time of day, it STILL stinks like weed when i walk in the front door.

in case anyone is wondering the plug in things and cat box have zero effect on the quality or taste of the end product. if i'm being poisoned it's a mighty tasty way to die.
 

cowell

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Unfortunately not. I live in the U.S.A. I plan on moving to B.C. within the next 5 years though. I'm only planning on ending up with 3 girls this run, if I'm lucky. Hopefully it will be manageable.
Would a scrubber work in a room with no exhaust vent? Like could I just hang it from the coat bar and let it recirculate the air in there?
edited: I saw Alabama after I posted - I was going to say "you know the one's they have at Timmy's?".. but you wouldn't Tim Horton's is a Canadian thing.

No the scrubber IS your exhaust vent. You COULD vent your closet into the room it's in, and although it's not the best option, will certainly work for you,and draw the air back into the closet as "fresh air". This would keep it contained, but the environment could very easiy become too humid, too hot, too stale.

If you COULD vent into the room the closet is in, AND run some kind of like bathroom vent fan out the window.. or door to that room into the hall.. or into the wall (done that :) ) you may only have to pathc a 4" hole before you leave. And you can pick up a bucket of drywall mud and a patch for a few bucks.. .don't even have to do it well.. tell them you put your fist through it or something... then smile.. they usually won't ask twice.

This will still allow negitive air pressure to pull fresh air into the room you are drawing air from to your closet - and other than mold and shit in the apartment wall - that's one of the things about growing plants indoors...they kick out humidity too... move to BC and rent a Grizzly Adam's pad and grow the hell outta your basement. And back yard.
 

nanookofeclectic

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Save up.

You'll know what we are saying once they hit week 4 of flower and have a month+ to go. You will just have to be an airfreshener nazi for this round then.
The automatic sprayers are good for sure, but you have to make sure you don't run out and have spare cans.

You know at restaurants - in the can - strapped to the wall they have the industrial type fresheners?
nab one. Pay for your meal - and go back a few times to help pay for it to the owners.. Theft is wrong, but doing time for growing a plant is bullshit, and sometimes desperate times call for desperate measures too.
I'd steal to feed my kid. I wouldn't even bat an eye.
You huff enough skunk farts and you'll be on board :)

Can you take the door off the hinges? or do you have frequent visitors?
Reason I ask is you can also somewhat control WHEN odors come out of your tent if you can make it airtight with some panda film and velcro tape (along with some cheap ass fan and a timer.)
Why have I never thought to seal it up? LOL. What is panda film? And it has one of those foldy doors that run on tracks.
And what's a Grizzly Adams pad?
 

jockey673

Member
n0 i w0uldnt beleave s0 its p0ssible i guess.. i beleave that all is 0n the gr0wer u take care 0f ur queens and they will take care 0f u...GR0WING WEED IS LIKE BEGINNING A RELATI0NSHIP U TREAT HER WELL SHE WILL GRADUALLY UNDRESS AND START T0 SH0W U HER NAUGHTY SIDE IF U TREAT HER WR0NG SHE WILL WILT AWAY AND DIE AND UR LEFT WITH 0NLY MEM0RIES. bongsmilie
 

cowell

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Why have I never thought to seal it up? LOL. What is panda film? And it has one of those foldy doors that run on tracks.
And what's a Grizzly Adams pad?
Dunno.. that's why we're here I guess :)

"Panda film" is 6 mil black and white poly film. black on one side and white on the other. I call it panda film but when I go buy it even at the store I usually shop at - they still look at me and say "what's panda film?".. that's just what I have always called it - I think it may be an old brand name, and now it's just generic.
You can buy it any hydro store for like .50 a foot. It is 10 feet wide, so like you'd need whatever your door is wide (and a little extra for trimming it nice yourself).

Just pop the door off it's track and remove it. It'll have little pegs that go into the tracks. Grab a knife or flat head screw driver and kind of "pry" it down.. you'll see it compresses on itself to pop in and out... do all the pegs.. set door to the side.
Run velcro tape down the outside of each side of the door. Staple the "poly" to the top.. then remove the backing off the velcro tape and press it down tight... on the other side.. pull the film tight when you attach it to the velcro tape.
A few staples into the tape on the wooden from and a few from a normal stapler througth the tape on the film stuck to the poly, and it won't pull through or off.

Grizzly Adams????

The guy who lived out in the boonies who tamed a Grizzly bear??? holy shit - I'm only 33 and I still remember Grizzly Adams... wow.. I should go have a poop and a metamucil.. :)
http://www.series-80.net/us/tv-show/photos/the-life-and-times-of-grizzly-adams.html

I was young mind you.. but I still remember the 80's a little bit....
 

ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ

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n0 i w0uldnt beleave s0 its p0ssible i guess.. i beleave that all is 0n the gr0wer u take care 0f ur queens and they will take care 0f u...GR0WING WEED IS LIKE BEGINNING A RELATI0NSHIP U TREAT HER WELL SHE WILL GRADUALLY UNDRESS AND START T0 SH0W U HER NAUGHTY SIDE IF U TREAT HER WR0NG SHE WILL WILT AWAY AND DIE AND UR LEFT WITH 0NLY MEM0RIES. bongsmilie
good metafore. you treat her right, she shows you her bush, then you fuck her...(over by chopping :D)
 

cowell

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ҖҗlegilizeitҗҖ;6633175 said:
does how soon and how strong the smell is relate to the potency or quality of the bud?

Not that I've ever heard of. I am sure some will disagree with me.. but I did a run of violator kush that would knock you on your ass (one hitter).. smelled at 5 weeks flower but you could cover the smell with a fart. I ran Cali Orange before that - that was a decent mid - but stunk to high hell (as soon as I threw it in the flower room).

I ran them together too but had a filter going. You could only smell it if I left a wall off my old grow room.
 

DontTaxMeBro

Active Member
they sh0uldnt stink mayb sumtin died in ur h0use 0r sumtin if ur n0t fl0wering the 0nly thing they might smell like is grass with mayb a little smell if u bury ur n0se in it. but it sh0uldnt stink up ur apartment and if ur n0t fl0wering h0w d0 u kn0 they are female wat strain r they is it bag seed cl0nes what?????
Dont know what kind of plants you grow but mine always smell in veg. They smell just as much in veg than in flower. I only grow the strongest of strains though, hahahaha.

You can build your own air filter. Get some charcoal carbon rocks and stick them in a mesh bag behind a fan. It should help a little
Some volcanic rock works well to. It attracks odor ions and the bags cost about $5 a piece. They last a lifetime. Ace hardware sells it in the cleaning solution isle.
 

jockey673

Member
haha yea im new t0 really gr0wing i used t0 just buy it all im gr0win is sum bagseed thats it its d0ing well was thinkin 0f starting a new thread t0 sh0w sum pics 0ff 0f her
 

jockey673

Member
i mean mine stunk in veg but it didnt make my apartment at the time smell at all and n0w since i g0t a h0use i dnt really smell her until im checking her 0ut
 

DontTaxMeBro

Active Member
haha yea im new t0 really gr0wing i used t0 just buy it all im gr0win is sum bagseed thats it its d0ing well was thinkin 0f starting a new thread t0 sh0w sum pics 0ff 0f her
Did your "O" key break on your keyboard. Your posts are fuking me up man, lol
 

nanookofeclectic

Active Member
Dunno.. that's why we're here I guess :)

"Panda film" is 6 mil black and white poly film. black on one side and white on the other. I call it panda film but when I go buy it even at the store I usually shop at - they still look at me and say "what's panda film?".. that's just what I have always called it - I think it may be an old brand name, and now it's just generic.
You can buy it any hydro store for like .50 a foot. It is 10 feet wide, so like you'd need whatever your door is wide (and a little extra for trimming it nice yourself).

Just pop the door off it's track and remove it. It'll have little pegs that go into the tracks. Grab a knife or flat head screw driver and kind of "pry" it down.. you'll see it compresses on itself to pop in and out... do all the pegs.. set door to the side.
Run velcro tape down the outside of each side of the door. Staple the "poly" to the top.. then remove the backing off the velcro tape and press it down tight... on the other side.. pull the film tight when you attach it to the velcro tape.
A few staples into the tape on the wooden from and a few from a normal stapler througth the tape on the film stuck to the poly, and it won't pull through or off.

Grizzly Adams????

The guy who lived out in the boonies who tamed a Grizzly bear??? holy shit - I'm only 33 and I still remember Grizzly Adams... wow.. I should go have a poop and a metamucil.. :)
http://www.series-80.net/us/tv-show/photos/the-life-and-times-of-grizzly-adams.html

I was young mind you.. but I still remember the 80's a little bit....
No hydro shops around here. Lowe's and Home Depot are the best we have in 'Bama. I might could find it online though.
LOL. I know who Grizzly Adam's is, but I thought you were talking a particular kind of home. Some crazy Canadian slang or something. :)
 

jockey673

Member
yea my fiance th0ught it w0uld be a great idea t0 stick the lapt0p 0n the fl00r n my 1 year 0ld spilt tea 0n it my 0 is the 0nly fucking key br0ken s0 im stuck using zer0s sry h0pefully getting it fixed s00n my m0ney g0es t0 my girls haha
 
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