Low odor strain help!

OM - I dont think you will need a carbon air scrubber for a 250W grow. There will be some smell, but seriously if you get some glade plug ins and cook something spicy when the family comes over you should be ok. Also - I think the open door ventilation will work using two small 8-12" fans. This is what I would do - take one of the fans and blow it directly under the light - use an old chair or something to keep it at the right height. Use the second fan to blow air out. Try to run the lights at night when it is cooler so your temps dont get to high and people arent as likely to come through. Is someone gonna be home to close the door when you are in 12/12?

The truth is this - unless you want to be there opening and closing your door every twelve hours to block out the light you are gonna HAVE to ventilate using other methods - if you dont it will get too hot and your buds will turn out shitty. I have attempted this EXACT same grow before in a slightly smaller space (a cab) but I ventilated with a squirrel cage fan and honestly - it still got too hot and I wound up with weak nugs. The resin glands do not develop right when the temps go high. The main problem you will have is not smell - it is the ventilation.

I did think of one thing you could do though that might work. This is kinda hard to explain without a drawing but -- you could take a large piece of cardboard, the length and width of your door (or maybe put two pieces together that total the width of your door) and cut holes in it for exhaust. You could then set up the exhaust system - one fan blowing air in, one fan blowing air out. You would put the cardboard frame a few inches inside of the doorframe and you could leave the door open while the cardboard frame (with exhaust holes built in) blocks out the light. You could even paint the inside of the cardboard white or put some mylar on it. Basically you are making a cardboard wall that will block out light and will provide ventilation but can be hidden when guests come over. When people come over, you could shut the ventilation system down, close the door, maybe raise the light and throw one of those C02 pucks in there so the plants wont sufficate. Your cardboard wall with all the crazy ventilation looking shit will be completely hidden when the door is closed. If you dont get what Im sayin let me know and I will draw it for you.

dude just put some odor neutralizers throughout the house and in the room so it doesn't smell since you cant set any big shit up. Good luck.
ps. From two seeds it is likely that one is male so cross your fingers. Mabe you can clone some and flower them to see what gender they are before really continuing when they are a foot tall.

The last plant that I grew that didn't stink was shitty weed. Best weed I've ever grown nearly knocked me down with the smell. My two cents.

Lol man I keep constantly saying that closet is down stairs and it's cold down there already. IT DOES NOT GET HOT. EVEN WITH THE 250W IT DOES NOT GO OVER 80 DEGREES!. Until 2 pm (a few hours ago) the light was on for all the previous hours. That room just does not get hot. I do not need to open my door ever unless I want to visit my ladies. I'm still getting a fan though how ever just because I think it's the right thing to do. But thanks for the suggestion. I was pretty sure I didn't need a damn carbon filter for 3 plants lol.

Btw Guerilla I have 3 seedlings not 2.

Damn my plants are really doin good. It seems like in just 8 hours they make progress lol. Just went down to check, now I have timer set up they are in the dark but I took em out to look at em. They are even bigger than they were this morning. I would take pics but I'm too afraid of that new top rated threads and pics thing so I probably won't post pics until I have buds so I don't have to post anything really much. Yes I am paranoid I know, but better safe than sorry.

Oh btw for those that use liquid nutes I have a question. The directions says I only need 2 tsp per gallon so I was wondering if it was alright if I just bought a gallon of water and just add 2 tsp to that gallon and just keep it in the room and use that jug when ever the plants needed feeding? I don't know if the nutes will still have the same effect if it has been sitting in the water for like a week or so. Any feedback?

Ok I think I might end up getting this

Odor Sok - Activated Carbon Filters. Odour Sock makes carbon canister filters obselete. Perfect for hydroponics - Home

I think it'll work fine :).

edit: Btw how will I know which fan I should get for the filter? Do I search for a matching CFM descrip or what?

Hey Orangeman, I think I have the same light you do, only 400w (econogro mini?) Probably about the same weight, and it's heavy as hell. I love mine except for the heat.

Instead of hooks I used eyebolts drilled and threaded through a closet shelf and again through a 2x4 piece of wood for reinforcement, and locked down the bolts with a washer and nut. I also didn't raise or lower the light (why tempt fate?). Instead, I raised and lowered the plants!

It's tore up now, cause I switched to CFLs for a lowryder 2 seed run or I could show you.

You might want to at least washer and nut those hooks, maybe try to bend the hooks back with pliers, cause it looks like the chain could slip.

Good luck! Show pics.

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Oh btw for those that use liquid nutes I have a question. The directions says I only need 2 tsp per gallon so I was wondering if it was alright if I just bought a gallon of water and just add 2 tsp to that gallon and just keep it in the room and use that jug when ever the plants needed feeding? I don't know if the nutes will still have the same effect if it has been sitting in the water for like a week or so. Any feedback?

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I've used Miracle Grow Bloom Booster and Peter's 20-20-20, mixed to outdoor strength...but for those I'm pretty sure it's one level tablespoon (the bigger spoon of the two) to a gallon of water. 1st Feeding, I dump 3/4 of the jug out and filled it back with regular water, diluting the mix to 1/4 outdoor strenghth. Then 2 or 3 regular waterings (with heavy flushing, steady streaming out the bottom). 2nd feeding, 1/2 strength, then regular water, working up to full strenghth. By the time I hit full strength it's time to convert to 12/12...flush real good, then repeat with bloom booster.

It might seem wasteful to dump the mix, but I'm on my 3rd grow since Jan 06with the same two boxes and plenty left!