Having trouble with smell??

I've been having some issues with smell around my grow area, and a carbon filter just wont work without alot of mods...

So I was chatting with a friend, and he mentioned that his brother used to cut open a box and dampen one side with Pine-sol to help with the smell of his grow. He would basically staple or tape it to the wall of their closet. The downfall is that you have to redo it every few days, which wasnt ideal for me...

We decided to take it one step further. I took a small plastic pan (used to catch water under a pot...), filled it about half way with the cheap cat litter (the stuff with no smell or odor neutralizer), and spread about two measuring cups of pine-sol over the top of it. I placed this up above my grow area...Within a half hour, the smell of my flowering plants was completely gone, and all we had was a refreshing clean smell of pine-sol!

NICE INFO!!!!

and NOW I KNOWM

did you have a lot of crop?

cat litter and pine sol? THATS THE FIRST!

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sounds interesting, any other unknown home remedies

Thats cool info. I would also be interested in other ideas.
That new pinesol is wonderful. Which kind did you use. The have some really wicked scents lately.

valuablevariable said:

sounds interesting, any other unknown home remedies

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you know whats real funny is just yesterday I watched a Cat Litter commercial on TV and they were claiming its eliminates all oders and such and the first thing I thought of wow wonder if that would work on my grow set up.

Good looks

I've got one 6' plant, just harvested this past weekend, with three smaller plants in veg. So, you can imagine that the smell was pretty gnarly with the large plant.

It was some off-brand cat litter, though I made sure it didnt have any odor neutralizers... and the PineSol was just your standard original scent. I've also found that after a few days, the clumps do start to harden and lose their scent. All you need to do is break it all up and mix it around to refreshen.

Thx! +rep

Nice dude yeach i was thinking of a solution for my future project and this soulds like a plan, hey scmidty where are you from dude??6 feet?, there must be something special in air around there

What about if you took the basic concept of a bong.. Like have a bucket of water, with some type of liquid cleaner, and a super strong fan pulling from the top of it. Plus a hose from the cabinet connecting to a stem on the bucket.

So the fan is sucking like our lips would be through a bong. Ya guys dig?

Right.... well dumping some pinesol in discount cat litter is much simpler and cheaper

My monster plant, Sarah, was actually one of five seeds that I found from almost two years ago... They all came from some random bag(s), so I really have no clue what it is. She popped up, and was growing out of control with a small 75w hps on her 18/6. After all is said and done, I know the light was too far away from her, so that can attribute to the height a bit, but its definitely a sativa. After the first month, I had enough ambition to purchase a 400w hps light for her... love at first sight.

She's my first plant... just harvested at a touch over 17 weeks. I didn't cut everything off, since there were quite a few smaller buds that looked like they could go for another week or so... With what I cut, the top cola weighed wet at a little over 50g. All together everything wet was a 161.7g, so not a bad harvest for my first plant! haha I expect to have a little over 3oz dry with whats cut and what will be cut next weekend. We'll see... I wish I had the forethought to do a grow journal... Definitely going to take cuttings when she's done flowering and back into veg!~!

These are some pics of the new set up... I wish I had done this before my first plant... It would have been so much happier! haha

Sorry about the rotation.. I am having issues with the pics, but at least you'll get an idea of how everything turned out.

that sounds...toxic

"did you have a lot of crop?" = "did you have a lot of crap?"
lol
get it
kitty littr

MagusALL said:

that sounds...toxic

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if it stupid but it works, its not stupid

7mgteturbo said:

if it stupid but it works, its not stupid

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wow that is a good point im gonna use that

good post schmidty!

in the grow faq the ona five gal bucket method is idea if you got some loose chage itchin you pocket

video's cheap odor contol

Cheap odor control

(Inspired by4free)

Actually, the whole setup cost about $30, and that is including the ONA.
You will need:
1. A five gallon bucket
2. A "muffin" fan, or a round fan of some sort that has the motor built into the compact frame of the fan.
3. A drill
4. A one pound container of Soil Moist, which is a water absorbing crystal. You can find it at almost all nurseries and grow shops.
5. ONA, or Odor Neutralizing Agent. YOu can get it at most grow shops or "baby" shops for new mommies.
6. A 5 gallong bucket lid, which may be optional.

(For what it's worth, another twist on this machine is I recently heard that pinesol & water in the bucket works good too.)



Get yourself a muffin fan, or a Durex brand or Holmes brand circular fan with base. They are very common at Wal-Mart and can usually be bought for less than $8 US. The reason you should get this brand of fan is because after you have removed the base, it fits perfectly into a five gallon bucket.

Step 2.
Using a flat screwdrive, pry of the nubs on the base and remove the screws.

Step 3.
Remove the fan from the base. Keep all the parts in case you might want the fan again someday.

Step 4.
Place the fan into the five gallon bucket, frontside up. If you boght the holmes brand fan pictures here it will fit VERY snugly. You don't even have to secure it in place.
(If it is smaller than the opening, then cut a hole, smaller than the diameter of the fan, into the bucket lid. Use some floral wire and secure the fan to the lid so that you can place the lid onto the bucket.)

Step 5.
Drill about 8 or 10 holes around the bucket.

Step 6.
Remove the fan/lid and put about 9 cups of water into the bucket. Then put about 1 cup of the ONA into the bucket and mix it up. Be careful, it can smell pretty strong at first.

Step 7.
Put about a cup or two of the soil moist into the bucket. Make sure that all of the liqued is absorbed. You don't have to use alot! The crystals expand to about 50 times their size.

Step 8.
Set the fan on the lowest setting and put it back on the bucket. Plug it in and put it somewhere in the corner of your grow room. I don't actually have mine in the closet itself...

You will notice a difference in about 5 minutes!
If you have a big grow room, I'd imagine you just use a bit more ONA or put the fan on a higher setting. Not only that, but ONA has a pleasant smell all by itself. It just smells *clean*, which is the best way to describe it.

The great thing is that the Soil Moist is re-useable. Once it dries out, mix up some more water/ona and pour it right in.

I'd say that that a cup of ONA, with the other parts water, lasts about 4 weeks or so.

I've been using mine now for a long time, and its perfect. When ppl come over, they always comment that our place smells "clean."
Using the soilmoist crystals REALLY makes the ONA last longer.

You may need to tweak it for your own grow room, but that's the basic design. Thanks!