Hey there, new to the site and getting ready to play around with my first serious grow. This has been something that has always bothered me about growing indoors, but admittedly I just don't have the first-hand experience so I figured I would just ask. If I'm just growing a few plants to start with is the smell going to be terribly bad? Aside from myself, there is one other regular smoker in the house so it's not like the smell of marijuana doesn't linger - more or less permanently - in one or two rooms. So, having a bit of stink in the room I'm growing in would be fine as long as it's not going to get too out of control and start stinking up the entire house. Everyone I live with is more than fine with the smoking, I just don't want to start inadvertently advertising to the neighbors or anything like that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated though, as so far this has been my major hang-up in getting started. I've got a check-list of supplies and materials and a couple different ideas for a set-up, but before I get started on anything I want to make sure the smell isn't going to be too much of a problem or, if it is, exactly how much of a problem it's going to be so I can plan to deal with it accordingly. Again, I'm only looking to grow a couple plants to start with so my set-up won't be anything too crazy.
First line of defence should be a proper good carbon filter with the correct flow rating for your setup (not a cheap one). Ive got a Rhino filter. For that to work you also need negative air pressure and not too high humidity. As a second line of defence I bought a bucket of ONA gel with the Ona Breeze fan. Not needed the ONA yet, but reading around this stuff really does work when you need to break it out. I opened the new bucket for about a minute and this stuff is strong like industrial strength odour neutraliser. The 4ltr bucket I bought is rated to 1500sqft which where I come from is an average size house.
If you want zero smell at all times you will really need a second line of defence. Because when you harvest your bud or your fan goes etc your carbon filter will do nothing. The ONA bucket and breeze I bought was not cheap, but id rather have piece of mind.
Whats the cost of being unable to grow because your neighbour called the cops because of the smell, and they took all your equipment away ? Scroggsy.
you no your shit detroit . the plants get hot and sweat and stink to high heaven . Q....so when the humidity is high temps high is the carbon do you think failing because its wet from humidity .? ?Phresh filters r the best better airflow lower temps, i know cuz i use panasonic whisperline fans not that good on cfm loss with a carbon filter but with phresh filters they helped bring my temps down and airflow uP, as far as odour goes man higher temps make your plants give off a hardcore rounchy smell 75f and under your plants will still kick really hard but more like a sweet sweet Female odour instead of the hardcore with higher temps, i already know my weed is gonna be off the chain just from the sweet smell they give off 6th week bloom, i say potency is all in the smell, and with high enough temps, your carbon filter might still let some odour through cuz of the rounch your plants put out....
Ive only got a small op (2 power plants) and they're young now but ,how much will they be staanking and what can i do to combat the smell? (i dont have a fan or anything,i just open my closet door regularly so a carbon filter doesn't really apply for me.