Hi im going to grow bout 4-6 plants in my basement and was concern bout the smell.How is the best way to get rid of odor?I can run exhaust fans up to my attic
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Hi im going to grow bout 4-6 plants in my basement and was concern bout the smell.How is the best way to get rid of odor?I can run exhaust fans up to my attic
4-6 plants wont stink up the entire basement. Build a carbon scrubber, those are the best and is a nice addition to your exhaust fans.
Ion genarators, elctrostat filters, carbon filters, and HEPA filters are all effective ways of fighting order.
Just get a ozone generator and use a tiny fan to mix the air being sanitized.
Do not use an ozone generator in the same room as your plants, it will kill them. Buy some active charcoal from the pond fish store (it's cheaper there). Get 3 furnace air filters and a good fart fan. You can make a scrubber with little effort and it will handle all your odor problems for 6 to 8 months then you just change the charcoal. I use 6 pounds in 3 layers in a 7x7x7 sealed room and it works great.
Peace
Do you have a drain/sewer in your basement?
If so, I've heard of people removing the lid from the drain and attatching a fan to it so the odor goes down the sewer.
Here's the link-
http://www.overgrow.com/growfaq/1457
i have been using ozone generators in the same room and it does not kill your plants. ozone is O3 (3 oxygen molecules) and it neutralized any free radicles (nasty stuff) in your area. it does NOT harm your plants. it actually makes it more sanitary and less of a chance of mold/mildew/and any other nasty growths.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zandor
Ozone, a major smog constituent, inhibits the ability of plants to open the microscopic pores on their leaves and breathe, according to research published Tuesday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Quote:
Originally Posted by kuri
"Our work has shown, for the first time, that, rather than causing the pores or stomates on a plant's leaves to close, as was generally assumed, ozone actually inhibits stomatal opening by directly affecting the 'guard cells' that control the opening", said Gro Torsethaugen, a researcher at Penn State University
Here is the link if you wish to read more detail,
http://healthandenergy.com/ozone_damages_plants.htm
Peace
interesting article, thank you. i have two sharper image ionizer. one small desktop one in the closet and one regular size one in the room next to it. i'm not sure, but i know that the amout of O3 that is put out is very minimal and is safe for humans. i've read that ozone is not good for humans to be exposed to but the amounts of ozone these put out they say are below those readings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zandor
so do you think it is okay for the plants with the devices i have? where it can have just enough to kill any free radicles? but not "harm" the plant.
I don't think those are ozone generators are they? Ionizer's are different and could work fine but you could build a carbod scrubber for less then 100 bucks and it's easy to do.
Peace
yeah those sharper image Ionizers emit O3 Ozone and no Negative Ions, well they have come out with a negative ion fan and just came out with around christmas, an Ionizer WITH negative ions now. i remember asking the workers there why it is called an IONizer when it emits ozone....Quote:
Originally Posted by Zandor
do you have a link or something on how to build a carbon scrubber for less than 100 bucks!!! i would love to know how. thanks
There are some at OG but there is really nothing to it.
You get 4 furnace filters not cheep ones and not expensive ones. Get the ones that cost about 5 bucks at HD. They have a metal screen on one side to add support. Place the first one with the metal down. Add 2 pounds of active charcoal and spread it around (I get mine from the fish store that sells pond stuff it cost 4 bucks a pound). Then you place another filter (screen side down) add another 2-pound bag of charcoal then the third filter and the last 2 pound bag of charcoal. Last you want to place the last filter with the metal screen side up. Line them all up and use gray tape to seal all the ends together so the air can only go through the filter and not lose any charcoal out the ends. Make a box that all 4 filters fit snugly in. At the top of the box leave about 8? of space. Install your fart fan at the top of your box the 8? spacing will help to even out the air pressure on the intake. Now I use a furnace screen like a house uses slightly larger then the filters so with 4 screws I can change it out and access what I need to. Mine is installed in the roof and the return just pumps it back into my room. Really it??s that easy the whole thing is to seal all the filters together so they are just one thick filter and to have the air gap at the top so your fart fan does not just draw air from one place in the filter. It really does work.
Peace
I have the best air purifier in my home...it gets rid of ALL odors...if you would like information on this unit let me know as the guy I bought it from gave me a 5 day trial to see if I liked it before I bought it! I couldn't go wrong there...so I tried it! He didn't care as to why I wanted one and he was really helpful with everything and still calls me to make sure everything is good and that I am happy. It does my WHOLE house and does not use filters! So there is no additional cost to me! It has killed my mold and I haven't been sick since I got this. Something else I noticed is I don't have to dust nearly as often as I did before. Can you tell I am a happy customer and excited about my purchase? If you're interested let me know and I'll give you his information.
Some relatively cheap alternatives, (excluding the carbon air filter), would be to get about 3 cups of coffee grinds, 1/2 cup vanilla extract, and a cup of ground cinnamon and place them all (after mixing) in a few coffee filters. Then take a rubber band and seal the filter so that nothing falls out, then fasten them onto the top of a ceiling fan and turn it on. It masks the skunk smell extremely well, so long as there arent many plants growing. Another alternative would be to actually make your own electrostatic negative air ioniser with rotating ion thrust emitters, sharper image style, if you would like to do that pm me and i'll send you the schematics and give you any other info you may need to build it.