Miss Greenthumb
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just acquired 5 blooming plants and the smell is out of control. My whole house reeks. I have a carbon filter going 24/7 and the grow space is closed off but none of this has made a dent. Please help!!!!
smell is out of control
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Sage1
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try ONA Block odor neutralizing agent get a bunch of them and put em all around your house. www.onaonline.com
desertrat
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what sage said, but one in the grow area works great.
MrHowardMarks
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Yep good ol' ona.
The carbon filter should be taking care of it though.
If it's really old and has been used a lot, you might want to rinse off the activated carbon, a strong stream of water will take off the dust which might be retarding the charcoal's capabilities.
The carbon filter should be taking care of it though.
If it's really old and has been used a lot, you might want to rinse off the activated carbon, a strong stream of water will take off the dust which might be retarding the charcoal's capabilities.
gangjababy
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Is your grow in a tent? Is your intake more powerful then your outake? where does your outake vent to, how old is your filter?
Mattplusness
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A good odor control is to put some Ona in a bucket with a lid. Put a CPU fan on top powered by a battery and have it blowing upwards. Cheap, easy, efficient, and good.
Miss Greenthumb
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i have no way of venting out the air from the carbon filter so i have it recirculating. is this a problem? and how exactly is 'fresh air' supposed to get in a closet??
MrHowardMarks
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Recirculatio is not a problem, but your heat level might get high from the light.
What cfm rating is the fan/ how big is the filter. Carbon works better if the air flows over the carbon not to fast.
What cfm rating is the fan/ how big is the filter. Carbon works better if the air flows over the carbon not to fast.
Londoner
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your fan and c/f system is supposed to extracting air from your room and blowing it out into another room or outside, the negative pressure that is then created by the air being pulled out of the room by the extractor fan pulls fresh air into your growspace via your intake ports, some ppl add extra fans to use in reverse and push fresh air into the growspace, you really need to set that fan up to extract and not recirculate, one to keep your temps manageable, two to ensure your plants have a constant supply of Co2 (in the fresh air) so your plants can breath three to prevent the perfect conditions for mould and four to make your carbon filtration system actually work...........
And you call yourself Miss Greenthumb
jk 
And you call yourself Miss Greenthumb
jk
Miss Greenthumb
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ouch londoner! 
the only windows i have face the street. won't it be alittle obvious having a system venting out air??
i have a 4 inch c/f. 200 intake, 180 output.
the only windows i have face the street. won't it be alittle obvious having a system venting out air??i have a 4 inch c/f. 200 intake, 180 output.
Miss Greenthumb
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and so far heat is not a problem. hovers in the 80 degree range during the day. humidity is at about 60%.
Londoner
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ouch londoner!
i have a 4 inch c/f. 200 intake, 180 output.
Can you not at least setup the fan so it extracts out of the closet and into another room or just out of the grow room at least?
Yes ozone generators do work well but ozone is also hazardous to your health, if you live in the same place as your grow i wouldnt advise the use of ozone.
Your temps will be lower if you extract the warm air out, and your plants will thank you for the supply of fresh air, 60+% humidity + 80+ degrees in late flower + zero extraction + dense sticky buds = bud rot, trust me.
Londoner
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ROFL no amount of bounce or fabreeze is gonna get rid of the smell of my plants mate. Only a correctly configured fan and c/f system + a few plug in air fresheners around the house. but i smoke green constant so my place stinks of weed anyway
But the smell of mature plants in full flower is totally different to the smell of smoking it.
speedhabit
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Dude, ona in a bucket....fabreeze????
There is no comparing the odor control a carbon filter provides, if you are using a carbon filter and there is still odor your doing something wrong. You have air leaks, you filter is old, something. Please examine your setup and help us find the problem. Dont give up and go with a ghetto solution.
There is no comparing the odor control a carbon filter provides, if you are using a carbon filter and there is still odor your doing something wrong. You have air leaks, you filter is old, something. Please examine your setup and help us find the problem. Dont give up and go with a ghetto solution.