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Hi I am growing in an apartment but I don't want to get caught so I was wondering which type of deodorizer works best for about 1 to 2 plants? I also want to know when do the mary jane plants start to smell so I can have it on hand by then. Thanx
 
hi bestof,
you should use a small inline fan with a carbon filter if you dont want any smells giving you away, a 100mm should do if you've only got 1/2 plants but it depends on what size light your using if heat might be a problem !
as far as when and how much your plants will smell depends on the strain !
ak stinks everywhere up but northern lights dosent smell that much at all so...
good luck.
 
im going to use a 400 watt mh for vegetation and a 400 watt hps for flowering and im gonna be growing some orange bud :) and what stage do they start stinking?
 
The smell gets stronger the longer they are in flower.

Carbon filter is a great way to eliminate the smell and there is a Ona deodorizer machine in our DYI section.
 
the amount of odour an stage the odour kicks in is dependent on strain an i've never grown orange bud so i couldnt say but if your only using 1 400w light at a time then the 100mm fan an filter will take care of the smell for sure, you know you could grow 3-4 good size plants under your light instead of just 1-2 plants + if you do only grow 1-2 plants you'll be kicking yourself when there ready an you realize you could of had 2 to 4 times as much bud as you've got !
my ak48 started to smell strong after 1 week in veg from seed, same with my leveller an super skunk but my northern lights still doesent smell that much now an there 3weeks into flower so...
heres a pic of my ak which is also 3weeks into flower, hope u like, let me know what u think.
sorry about the quality i had to use my phone to take the pic !

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nice looking plants but do those plants that look like they barely have any bud produce a good amount or what and yea im growing orange bud for the flavor and im going to add tangerine oil from candyflavor.com because i heard that oil is a better form of extract but i acually wanna know if oils are good for plants or are regular extracts better?
 
htgsupply.com seems to be a good site. they have a 4" fan+filter combo for around 120. dont forget some extra 4" ducting
 
apartment grows are a bit risky, take very good care for light leaks from your growroom to the outside, ifpossible grow inside a closet in case the landlord comes for inspection or watever you might have to let someone in, deodorize as much as possible, and when making the filter consider another filter for when your smoking your weed :)
i used to grow in an apartment and i had the most terrible experience, i was in mid flowerig plants were lookin great and i got a knock on my door on a saturday morning, the municipal police with building inspectors checking buildings for any construction violations, i had to deny them entry ask the to come next day! luckily it was saturday next workin day was monday i ad to move all my grow out of that place i put them in my an old place inside a toilet with the light hitting them sideways and just handwatered them, i suffered 50% of my yield and it was the most horrible nausea causing experience i ever had in growing
 
Another thing to keep in mind is at a certain temperature, I think it is 87 degrees, the plants will start to release even more of a pungent smell as a new set of terpenoids will start to evaporate. So keeping your temps down will help some along the way.
 

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