major odour issue

[sirruler]

Hi peeps im wondering if someone would offer some good advice.
ive cut some of my crop down today and trimmed them right back to the bud removing all fan leaves and smaller leaves on the bud infact as many leaves as i could see but its stinking my home out badly and it can be smelt from outside is it best to just chop and take off the fan leaves then hang? also if it is best to do that is it a good idea to remove all smaller leaves after its dried? the reason i ask is because when i trim all the smaller leaves off it stinks more and i cant control the smell.
i am drying them in my loft as i cant use my cuppboard because i have already begun to put new ones in for flowering but i still have 2 more left to harvest. this is a real dilema, hope someone can help.

sirruler Reviewed by sirruler on 10-24-2008. major odour issue Hi peeps im wondering if someone would offer some good advice. ive cut some of my crop down today and trimmed them right back to the bud removing all fan leaves and smaller leaves on the bud infact as many leaves as i could see but its stinking my home out badly and it can be smelt from outside :D is it best to just chop and take off the fan leaves then hang? also if it is best to do that is it a good idea to remove all smaller leaves after its dried? the reason i ask is because when i trim Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

Do your trimming before you hang them. If smell is an issue you can use a blower with an odorsok on it as an air scrubber to cut down the smell, and fill your house with air fresheners for the few days it will take before tehy are dry enough to jar up. In fact, when they are ALMOST dry, you can put them in a paper bag for the last day or 2 before they go from dry to the touch to stem snapping dry.

[sirruler]

i have nothing to use for sucking air not even a hoover unfortunatly my 24inch fat bud which was the best had some bud rot where the condensation dripped on it from the ceiling but im just happy to see it grow to that size. im using one of those spray air freshners and spray occasionally to avoid the drying bud from having the same taste as the spray. i honistly think i grew too much but its a lesson learnt. poor air filteration and ventalation was the only problem i had with this grow but growing in such a small cuppboard i guess thats to be expected.
the help i had from your peeps while i was growing has been super, many thanks

[Revanche21]

Use febreeze to spray the entire area and have some odor killers

[stinkyattic]

If you had rot while it was on the plant, remove ALL the sub-buds from the stem so that there are no large dense colas that can mould from the inside-out. I learned this one the hard way...

[Wobster]

I had the same odour issues. The smell will be the most intense whilst trimming so I left them hanging as they were (untrimmed) until about 3am. Then I did all the trimming as I knew it would be unlikley that anyone would be around at that time. The smell will calm down a lot after trimming so it minimises the risk of anyone smelling it.

If you can I would do the trimming in your attic or the highest point in your house as people on ground level wont smell it as much if the smell is above them. :yippee:

[sirruler]

the bud rot looks to be at least a week old and when you poke your figer into it its kinda mushy there are a few shriveled up leaves that fell strait out as soon as you touched them also it it 'did' have mould over the tops of some of the mould spots. im not too worried because the general size of the bud will make up for any loss caused by mould
i was using the large black square plastic pots which are pretty common but even though i watered well the bottom of the soil always remained dry. there was quite a bit of condensation dripping from the ceiling onto the buds but i had no way to control it other than stop watering but then the plants wilted due to lack of water.
from the start i knew i'd have problems but xmas is near and i cant get any smoke from anywhere so i thought i'll grow me own to last me, wont be growing 8 again next time its way more than i needed so im gonna freeze half and save it for spring oh i got about 100 seeds from them too so im well chuffed :thumbsup:
i didnt have any money to buy fancy extraction fans or filters so i built my own filter using active carbon though the fan wasnt powerful enough the whole setup was done pretty cheap but i got what i wanted and plenty of it so im happy
oh btw in a rage of panic i realised the old fasioned way of getting rid of nasty odours, i used vinegar on a plate, seems to have helped a lot. thanks again for the tips :thumbsup:

[Help_Needed]

the bud rot looks to be at least a week old and when you poke your figer into it its kinda mushy there are a few shriveled up leaves that fell strait out as soon as you touched them also it it 'did' have mould over the tops of some of the mould spots. im not too worried because the general size of the bud will make up for any loss caused by mould

Do yourself a favor and take Stinky's advice. I lost almost an entire crop on one grow because I got mold in the buds. I thought I'd gotten rid of it all when I trimmed, but I didn't bother breaking up the largest cola because it looked cool and I didn't think there was any mold on it. There was, and it spread, and once that happened, nothing I could do saved the contaminated bud.

[sirruler]

ok im back
ive just chopped that one down and jeez i had to cut off 4 sections because of the mould that was on my 24 inch bud but i have taken all the advice you yous and gals have given me and i cant thank you enough.
i decided to go into my little bathroom and close all doors and windows then cut it down and trim it in there. when i finnished i opened the window and let the smell out all in one go as its very late here.

while i am here i'd like to ask 2 questions about cutting and trimming.
1)
when cutting/trimming is it posible to get stonned while handling with no gloves?

2) is it posible to get stonned while cutting/trimming from breathig the air?

ive been cutting away and feeling verry unusually happy and i cant stop smiling and was wondering if im just happy cos its harvest time or if its the effects of cutting them down :jointsmile:

[Wobster]

Probably from anticipation and pride in your grow rather than actual stonedness. lol. Still feels nice tho hehe. Sounds like u got a great harvest. Good goin mate!!