Newbie with a Rough Situation but a Hopeful Plan. Please Help!

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Robweed

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ok so now im just fucking paranoid

i almost killed my plant last night after talking with these dudes. i went with a buddy of mine to smoke with him and these two random dudes, we started talking about growing and (they dont know that i want to) they said its fucking insane to do it because it reaks like a mother and there is no way you can cover the smell in an apartment or house in a neighborhood.

given the fact that i was high, and this shit makes me a bit nervous, i got freaking paranoid. but i talked to another good friend of mine (both of us sober now) and he said he had a buddy who had six plants in his closet in an apartment and did minimal stuff for the smell and you couldnt really tell. he said that his buddies plants were almost twice the size of the flowering chamber thing i built.

does anyone has any experience with white widow grows? does it smell really really bad while flowering? so bad that i cant mask it?

i need to get an air purifier/ filter. any recommendations? I dont want a carbon scubber (yet) i just want a room air purifier/ filter.

know of any good ones? thoughts?
 
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growone

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white widow does have a reputation for strong smell, but then there are many white widows, i.e. many breeders
but some plants can smell strong, 1 plant is usually all right, i've gotten by with no odor control for 1 plant grows
for your peace of mind, best to read up on the odor control threads on riu
you can run tests with other smelly substances
but a closet full of plants can reek without odor control
ozone is the ultimate in odor control, has toxicity risks if concentrations are too high
 
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MrDank007

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Plants will stink. 1 you may be able to mask. 1 won't stink until flower, so you have time. And higher temps = more smell.

Kind of goes back to what I was saying earlier about your cab size. If smell is the number 1 priority, you really need an area large enough to drop a PROPER fan filter combo in. A rigged filter, purfier all of these things you are talking about spending money on will dissapoint you most likely.

I had 2 sharper image ionic breezes that didn't do shit on my first grow. If this is something you really want to do and you are really freaked out about the smell...just drop the $250 on a can fan filter or another reputable brand and be done with the worry.

As far as your hydro comment. That is something I would not do on a first grow or two. Soil is way more forgiving and cost way less. Once you get the general stuff down and the rest of your set up complete, then look into it.
 
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missnu

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either way it sounds really risky being in an apartment and all...the idea of doing something illegal and secretive in a place where people can just come in whenever they want just seems like a bad idea...Here is what you need to think about seriously...what are the penalties you could be subjected to in your area if you were to get caught? Find out and then decide if it is worth it to run the risk of being pinched one day....
 
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missnu

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and I have one amnesia haze plant that smells like you wouldn't believe...but we own our place and we decide who comes in to sit on our couch...but when the vent for the central heat kicks on the room we have the plant in makes the rooms near it smell like a pot club...
 
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Robweed

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i need my shit to be quiet for sure. so im trying to stay away from the can fan, i watched videos bout them and they sound like a freaking leaf blower.

this guy has a great post and ill prolly do something like this because i can easilly use it as a scrubber in the closet and then use it in my cure box to kill the odor from the buds.

what do you think?

http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=45196
 
MrDank007

MrDank007

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Yes, fans can be loud. But a 4in inline with a filter is not that bad, especially enclosed. Ultimately, the resulting sound is way less risk than the potential smell. I have can 4in with 2600 filter. From 10 ft, it is silent. Next to it enclosed sounds like the AC is on. White noise
 
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growone

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Robweed said:
ok so you were saying ozone is the best.

i have no freaking clue how this works, but could i drill a hole in my trash can flowering chamber and filter the air with this?
http://hypnotichydroponics.com/uvonair5000plus-2.aspx

cuz if this works best out of the inline fan deal and better then my bathroom fan idea, then ill just get this thing.
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this is the general idea, an ozone generator
i can't tell if you should go with this particular one, there is another i see mentioned by a few growers here(can't remember exact name)
approach ozone with caution, it supposedly is the standard industrial method for odor destruction
hospitals use them, restaurants, etc., but caution is called for, i have seen claims that people were poisoning themselves with ozone generators
really read up on this method before deciding
 
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Robweed

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actually this one would probably be more suited for my size but i feel like the bigger the better and the price difference isnt that much

they seem pretty safe from what ive read and if there super duper dangerous there is no way hydro shops would sell them for use in homes and potential food.

http://hypnotichydroponics.com/uvonair1000junior.aspx

this would be the smallest one available and the previous liink i used was the plus model

sounds like as long as there is an outside fan blowing and its timed use, should be perfectly safe and even healthy for the plants because of the CO2 emissions.

thoughts?

i think im going to get it today. should be straight up perfect for my situation, ive read threads where the dudes had one of these and they said it worked flawless and they had a lot more plants then just my one.

obviously i will still use other masking items but it sounds like this should take care of the majority of the smell. this will hopefully be my main odor eliminator.

thoughts?
 
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growone

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Robweed said:
actually this one would probably be more suited for my size but i feel like the bigger the better and the price difference isnt that much

they seem pretty safe from what ive read and if there super duper dangerous there is no way hydro shops would sell them for use in homes and potential food.

http://hypnotichydroponics.com/uvonair1000junior.aspx

this would be the smallest one available and the previous liink i used was the plus model

sounds like as long as there is an outside fan blowing and its timed use, should be perfectly safe and even healthy for the plants because of the CO2 emissions.

thoughts?

i think im going to get it today. should be straight up perfect for my situation, ive read threads where the dudes had one of these and they said it worked flawless and they had a lot more plants then just my one.

obviously i will still use other masking items but it sounds like this should take care of the majority of the smell. this will hopefully be my main odor eliminator.

thoughts?
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looks like you've done some reading, probably you have more knowledge now than i do
i've read up on ozone, kind of like you i guess, just haven't had enough odor to make me too nervous
the trick with ozone generators(from what i read) is to match the generator size with your grow setup, too big isn't good because you will get an ozone smell, which is noticeable
the idea is to exhaust into the ozone generator, out away from the grow area, the more mixing of the odor/ozone/air, the better the results
ozone can be toxic to plants, you don't want to blow ozone into your grow area
 
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Robweed

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but i think if its the ozone from the UV bulb, its fine because its not the ozone spitting out chemicals that rest on your plant if there isnt enough air flow.

right?

maybe im wrong too, i dunno, its just what ive gathered from reading.

but how can it be too much or too big? cant you just turn it off after its killed some odor? isnt that why its suggested use with a timer? because then its used just enough to kill odors. . .

right?
ahhhhhh i feel so lost and confused and alone!!! lol
 
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growone

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Robweed said:
but i think if its the ozone from the UV bulb, its fine because its not the ozone spitting out chemicals that rest on your plant if there isnt enough air flow.

right?

maybe im wrong too, i dunno, its just what ive gathered from reading.

but how can it be too much or too big? cant you just turn it off after its killed some odor? isnt that why its suggested use with a timer? because then its used just enough to kill odors. . .

right?
ahhhhhh i feel so lost and confused and alone!!! lol
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if i follow you, a bulb source for ozone should not really be an issue
how much ozone you get is the bigger deal, too much is not good, that is one thing i did pick up from reading
plants give off odor continuously, so having the generator operate when you're venting makes sense to me
 
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Robweed

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ChucklesD said:
I have an ozone generator... Now I smell ozone and pot... Although there is now less of the pot smell...
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which ozone generator do you have?

you saying it doesnt work very well? that sucks. . . it was kinda my last option. everywhere else ive read the dudes said their ozone generators worked great.
 
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Robweed

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here is my baby

i FIMMEd her today, hope i did it right.

shes very very bushy and short. shes third week today.

how much longer should i wait to clone and then to flower?
 
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growone

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i think 3 nodes on the cutting is sufficient, but that's from memory
been doing crosses for a while, so cloning skills have grown rusty
 
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