Odor Question

[Pothead4204life]

Hey, I'm new to growing and am growing two plants in an enclosed area. They are very young (5 days), I am wondering how strong they will be when they are flowering and what to expect? What precautions do I need to take? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks....

Pothead4204life Reviewed by Pothead4204life on 06-16-2006. Odor Question Hey, I'm new to growing and am growing two plants in an enclosed area. They are very young (5 days), I am wondering how strong they will be when they are flowering and what to expect? What precautions do I need to take? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.... Rating: 5

[busteruk7]

just do a little bit of searching dude
cheers all

[Jdog7000]

My vegging plants are starting to smell!
Can only imagine what this Black Bubba is going to smell like!
You need a carbon Scrubber.
Or everyone who comes in your house will smell it.

[YASoob]

image reaper has these cfl bulbs that take out odor. i don't have one myself but i am interested. he said they give off 167 F heat on surface? idk what thats means but i'm trying to find out how much heat it would give off. it seems like a good investment till i get a filter.

http://boards.cannabis.com/showthread.php?t=63136

[iwantFUEGO]

what is a carbon scrubber?

[GaGrown]

It's a canister filled with carbon filters.Odor is a particle.It can be caught in a manner than it would be displaced or removed odorless! Much like what charcol does for moisture.It removes it from the grow room and traps it.I'll tell ya a simple way to remove moisture.Build a small can out of sheet metal or use a five gallon bucket.Fill it with KINGSFORD charcol,to the top! Cut a 4 inch hole in the bottom before ya fill it.Cut the same in the top.Attach 4 inch dryer flex to it on both end put a fan drawing not blowing,and vent to underneath the house.Change the charcol twice a month.Moisture will make charcol mold and mildew.No worrys bout mold if ya change it.

Ga Grown

[Pothead4204life]

cool, thanks.

[YASoob]

whats the diff between the kingsford charcol and activated carbon?

also when using kingsford charcol does give odor?

[GaGrown]

Heres a definition for ya! Or the difference between the 2.

Ga Grown

Activated Charcoal

Definition
Activated charcoal or activated carbon is an amorphous form of carbon. This means that it has no regular atomic structure, unlike the other forms (allotropes) of elemental carbon: diamond, graphite, fullerenes or nanotubes.
Activated charcoal differs from the familiar charcoal that is used in barbecue grills. Common charcoal contains other organic residues, is much less porous, and has a lower surface area.

Trade names for activated carbon include Norit and Ultracarbon.


Additional Info
Charcoal is obtained by burning wood, nutshells, coconut husks, animal bones, and/or other carbonaceous (carbon-containing) materials. Charcoal becomes activated by heating it with steam to approximately 1000 oC in the absence of oxygen (O2). This treatment removes residual non-carbon elements and produces a porous internal microstructure having an extremely high surface area. A single gram of such material can have 400 to 1,200 square meters of surface area, 98% of it internal!
The chemical nature of amorphous carbon, combined with a high surface area and porosity, makes it an ideal medium for the adsorption and absorption of organic chemicals. Adsorption means that the chemical has an interaction with the surface of the material; absorption is incorporation into a host structure through pores (interstices). To avoid confusion, we can refer to the incorporated material as "sorbed".

Activated carbon can remove organic materials from gas streams or solutions. The amount of material removed depends on the capacity of the activated carbon as well as the affinity of the material for the carbon. Typical uses are to remove odors and volatile organic compounds (VOC's).


Hope this helped!
Holla!

[Aaron385]

the "activated" of activated charcoal means charcoal that has been exposed to a chemical or process like described above which increases the effective surface area by some moderate percentage.. I understand that this may be critical in efficiency ratings of expensive fish tank setups but for getting dank odor out of the air I dont think the difference will be worth the cost. *I could be wrong..

I just ordered a charcoal filter and i have a bag of kingsford sitting here.. although I would highly reccomend you dont use the "match light" or "lighterfluid not req" versions since that would be.. stupid.

I have good ole hard as hell to light plain jane charcoal and Im going to bash it up.. wash it off in the bathtub.. then refill my filter with it.. which as I understand may not last as long as "activated" charcoal but should have the same effectiveness for maybe (Im hoping) at least half the life of activated.

If so it will be my new solution to odor control.. cuz activated is expensive!!