Stoney McFried's diary of a level two plant slayer(a grow journal)

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Leilani Garden

Leilani Garden

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Stoney McFried said:
Well, I best get some odor absorbing gel, then...

Yeah, I don't have much company, either.But what if folks can smell it outside when it gets going?Gonna have to take steps, man!
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That was a huge problem for me first time around. Well, no, not huge, just in ONE small area, not even directly in front of the door to that room, you could just whiff it every now and then. It was exasperating. And there were people I did NOT want in my home at the time. Lemme tell you, that was one nervous week in my life.

Then I had my scrogged skunk. I don't know if it's because I finally laid out the bucks for a good carbon filter, or not, but it seemed that plant just had no odor. IT was amazing. It had, get this, a light, peppery smell to it, lol. Really. I would LOVE to grow that strain again, just to see if I'm right that it's great for stealth because it hardly had any odor (it was one of attitude's freebies--G13 Labs Power Skunk).

If you've got odor problems now, you might want to tell Old Man that you've got to invest the bucks in a real carbon filter. It could get overpowering.

So. When are you going to start scrogging? I may have missed something, as I went from, I think, page 15 or so, to the end, then started reading backwards (yes, I am aware that sounds too weird, but this IS the Internet, right??).

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LST and scrogging, anything that messes with a plant. That's what I found out about myself when I finally got around to growing. I could not leave them alone. I know, I know, I know . . . such a newbie thing. But my scrog came out so nice and I just LOVED doing it. Too cool. First I did LST, and then it just looked like I could scrog it. Having had zero experience with it, I just figured out what I was going to do, how I was going to do it, and I made the screen out of a cheap picture frame. It was FUN!

Wonderful thread, lots of great info from a lot of people here. Kudos Stoney, kudos! Here's to your little baby growing into a bushy shrub! I'll definitely be sticking around to see how it all goes. And wow, so interesting about the cinnamon! (Did you know that ants hate spearmint? If you ever get them marching in thru a window, or something, sprinkle some on the sill, and presto! Gone and no poisons!)
 
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It seems ok now...maybe I'm just used to it.Some days it's smellier than others. I saw a thread panhead made on making your own carbon filter...I tucked that away in my little head for later. As for scrogging, I'll be doing that soon, I just have to get the man to trim the screen for me,because he has such big strong hands, and the wire cutter is dull. And i didn't know that about spearmint, but I always heard that hedge balls.get rid of ants, too.
Leilani Garden said:
That was a huge problem for me first time around. Well, no, not huge, just in ONE small area, not even directly in front of the door to that room, you could just whiff it every now and then. It was exasperating. And there were people I did NOT want in my home at the time. Lemme tell you, that was one nervous week in my life.

Then I had my scrogged skunk. I don't know if it's because I finally laid out the bucks for a good carbon filter, or not, but it seemed that plant just had no odor. IT was amazing. It had, get this, a light, peppery smell to it, lol. Really. I would LOVE to grow that strain again, just to see if I'm right that it's great for stealth because it hardly had any odor (it was one of attitude's freebies--G13 Labs Power Skunk).

If you've got odor problems now, you might want to tell Old Man that you've got to invest the bucks in a real carbon filter. It could get overpowering.

So. When are you going to start scrogging? I may have missed something, as I went from, I think, page 15 or so, to the end, then started reading backwards (yes, I am aware that sounds too weird, but this IS the Internet, right??).

I LOVE LOVE LOVE LST and scrogging, anything that messes with a plant. That's what I found out about myself when I finally got around to growing. I could not leave them alone. I know, I know, I know . . . such a newbie thing. But my scrog came out so nice and I just LOVED doing it. Too cool. First I did LST, and then it just looked like I could scrog it. Having had zero experience with it, I just figured out what I was going to do, how I was going to do it, and I made the screen out of a cheap picture frame. It was FUN!

Wonderful thread, lots of great info from a lot of people here. Kudos Stoney, kudos! Here's to your little baby growing into a bushy shrub! I'll definitely be sticking around to see how it all goes. And wow, so interesting about the cinnamon! (Did you know that ants hate spearmint? If you ever get them marching in thru a window, or something, sprinkle some on the sill, and presto! Gone and no poisons!)
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Leilani Garden

Leilani Garden

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Stoney McFried said:
It seems ok now...maybe I'm just used to it.Some days it's smellier than others. I saw a thread panhead made on making your own carbon filter...I tucked that away in my little head for later. As for scrogging, I'll be doing that soon, I just have to get the man to trim the screen for me,because he has such big strong hands, and the wire cutter is dull. And i didn't know that about spearmint, but I always heard that hedge balls.get rid of ants, too.
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I haven't got a clue as to what hedge balls are, so no opinion on that; but I can tell you that spearmint works on ants. And sometimes cayenne will get rid of certain bugs.

YOu know, I really, really respect Panhead. He was one of the first people whose posts on this site stood out to me, as in: "Listen to this guy; he knows what he's talking about." BUT . . . I tried several DIY filers, and I wound up wasting money and time. I finally gave in and just bought the filter. For $90 I think it's money well spent.

Just ask Tips and New Growth what I went thru with filters and fans! OMG, I blew up their maliboxes with HELP ME HELP ME messages. Answers: From Tips: I don't care. I don't have that problem (He's so mean). From New Growth: KEEP THE FILTER.

Since I do need to be concerned with odor, I took NG's advice and kept the filter.

But honestly, I have no idea if it was the filter working or if this plant just has a "light, peppery, refreshing" odor (doens't that sound like a commercial for something? So refreshing!). Even curing in the jar, this stuff does not have a strong odor (but it will work just fine on your brain, yes indeed).

I would never, ever skimp on a filter again if stealth was an issue. That's just my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt. And if Panhead's DIY filter works for you, more power to you. God knows I tried a lot of stuff, then wound up kicking myself in the behind and bought the darned thing.

Oh, I also bought an Ionizer? I think that's what it's called. It's an air "cleanser" or some such nonsense. Glyclolized? All I know is that I saw it my way overpriced hydro store and then found it for half the price on amazon. I wound up paying about $50 with shipping for the mister itself, which has a 15-min timer, and two cans of the ionizer air freshener/cleanser. I have it in the room (where I've also got things in bags that let off odor, ya know??? even though grow is done), and I've used the other can to just spray into the air when I'm smoking in the house. All in all, I have to say that I'm pleased with it. I do not, however, think it would cover up the odor coming from a really steamy plant. It helps, definitely.

And now? Sometimes when I walk by that room? I **think** at first that I can smell weed, but then I realize it's just ionizer; I must be associating that odor with weed.

That's my input. Get a real filter if you have to remain very stealthy.

I'll find you the link to the thing I got from amazon, if you're interested. So refreshing!

EDIT: Oh yeah, if you're going to scrog this plant, you need to start doing that pretty soon. That's what I think, anyway, but I'm not an expert by any means. It seems to me, from my experience with two grows, taht if you wait too long, the branches get too rigid and you can break them off. LST them when you can . . . when the branches are still pliable; then scrog--which really is a form of LST, in my humble opinion. What you need is for the branches to be very pliable. And at one month, your plants might start getting too much strength in the branches for it to work well. IT would suck, suck, suck, to break the branch now, you know?

Also, I believe it is in the advanced section . . . check out GenFranco's threads on supercropping. You can do all of these things together. Very cool stuff. I cannot wait to do more supercropping, now that I"m not afraid of it anymore. I did do it to my skunk, and I got good results; I just did not do more than one spot because I was too afraid of killing something. Nah, that was silly.

My two cents. Take with a grain of salt. Not an expert at all.
 
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Yeah, I'll take a look at that link.I'm just trying not to spend any more right now, lol.He just now agreed to vents.I bet I can get away with some perfume oil on the exhaust,ot even a dryer sheet.I'll just have to experiment. I can always blame the skunky smell on my tomcats.As far as stealth,yeah, it's ideal, don't really want the kid knowing I grow.But vents aren't exactly stealthy.
Leilani Garden said:
I haven't got a clue as to what hedge balls are, so no opinion on that; but I can tell you that spearmint works on ants. And sometimes cayenne will get rid of certain bugs.

YOu know, I really, really respect Panhead. He was one of the first people whose posts on this site stood out to me, as in: "Listen to this guy; he knows what he's talking about." BUT . . . I tried several DIY filers, and I wound up wasting money and time. I finally gave in and just bought the filter. For $90 I think it's money well spent.

Just ask Tips and New Growth what I went thru with filters and fans! OMG, I blew up their maliboxes with HELP ME HELP ME messages. Answers: From Tips: I don't care. I don't have that problem (He's so mean). From New Growth: KEEP THE FILTER.

Since I do need to be concerned with odor, I took NG's advice and kept the filter.

But honestly, I have no idea if it was the filter working or if this plant just has a "light, peppery, refreshing" odor (doens't that sound like a commercial for something? So refreshing!). Even curing in the jar, this stuff does not have a strong odor (but it will work just fine on your brain, yes indeed).

I would never, ever skimp on a filter again if stealth was an issue. That's just my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt. And if Panhead's DIY filter works for you, more power to you. God knows I tried a lot of stuff, then wound up kicking myself in the behind and bought the darned thing.

Oh, I also bought an Ionizer? I think that's what it's called. It's an air "cleanser" or some such nonsense. Glyclolized? All I know is that I saw it my way overpriced hydro store and then found it for half the price on amazon. I wound up paying about $50 with shipping for the mister itself, which has a 15-min timer, and two cans of the ionizer air freshener/cleanser. I have it in the room (where I've also got things in bags that let off odor, ya know??? even though grow is done), and I've used the other can to just spray into the air when I'm smoking in the house. All in all, I have to say that I'm pleased with it. I do not, however, think it would cover up the odor coming from a really steamy plant. It helps, definitely.

And now? Sometimes when I walk by that room? I **think** at first that I can smell weed, but then I realize it's just ionizer; I must be associating that odor with weed.

That's my input. Get a real filter if you have to remain very stealthy.

I'll find you the link to the thing I got from amazon, if you're interested. So refreshing!
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Twistyman

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Stoney McFried said:
It seems ok now...maybe I'm just used to it.Some days it's smellier than others. I saw a thread panhead made on making your own carbon filter...I tucked that away in my little head for later. As for scrogging, I'll be doing that soon, I just have to get the man to trim the screen for me,because he has such big strong hands, and the wire cutter is dull. And i didn't know that about spearmint, but I always heard that hedge balls.get rid of ants, too.
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Stoney.. my plants are less than 8' from my front door.... if you only have a plant or two they're not THAT smelly.. I just keep the old febreeze spray near and one pssst and you can't smell it.. They also sell odor rocks at most grocery stores where the air sprays are...... just don't put glade, other air fresh cones/etc near the plants... they don't like them and will react..
 
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Twistyman said:
Stoney.. my plants are less than 8' from my front door.... if you only have a plant or two they're not THAT smelly.. I just keep the old febreeze spray near and one pssst and you can't smell it.. They also sell odor rocks at most grocery stores where the air sprays are...... just don't put glade, other air fresh cones/etc near the plants... they don't like them and will react..
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The problem with febreeze is that it just does not last. I tried that. I also tried the little febreeze carbon filter battery operated thing--nada. It sucked.

But you're right. If it's just one plant, how overpowering could it get? I don't know. My concern would be that if it's got a noticeable odor right now, at this age, that it might get worse, or even overpowering later on while flowering.

I've never heard of odor rocks.

I agree, don't put glade or any of that stuff near the plants. That's one thing that people around here to seem to agree on: none of that stuff near the plants. They'll taste like it. I wouldn't be too keen on smoking something that had been ingesting that via its foliage either. Sounds wretched!

One thing I just remembered that I did not too long ago when I did have an odor problem from plants drying: I put a good quality scented candle inside a metal bowl and let it sit overnight inside the room, right on the other side of teh door. No odor the next morning at all, just the candle. It's not a long term solution by any means, but it'll work in a pinch.

Edited to add: The hedge balls look interesting. It says on that site that they are from some sort of orange tree. Does anyone know if it's just a tree/bush that is called an orange tree, or is it really citrus? Stoney, you've tried these things?

Edited again to add: Stoney, I missed where you said you'd take a look at that thing I got from amazon. I've got to run, so I just did a quick search. There are SO many of these on amazon, so I just did a search and looked for the company I got it from via amazon, which is shoplet.

Here are some of their time mist/ionizer products. The one I got, via amazon, had the dispenser and two cans of product. Just check these out to see which deal best fits your needs. I've been using mine for about, ummmm, six weeks, and I've not run out yet and the thing spritzes every fifteen mins. You could probably stick one of these on the wall near the closet. If anyone asks, you're just trying to combat the kitty odor, right??

http://www.shoplet.com/office/cgi-bin/search8.php?mode=all&key=Time+Mist&ek=time mist&cat=all&cpu=all&range=0&SR=SRTESTSID&gclid=CICx0d7pvpkCFQEuxwodpDlIdA
 
Twistyman

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This is not exactly the one I meant.. they have them here and they're like putting baking soda in the fridge.. they draw odor and absorb them...

Super Stone Air Freshener, Vanilla

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onthedl0008

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Dang stoney how far back must i look to find some actual photos haha.
went back a few pages no pix but a post from NG's crazy ace stuck out for some reason.
Ill keep searching.
 
Stoney McFried

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My brother used them on cockroaches before. I'll check the link out.
Leilani Garden said:
The problem with febreeze is that it just does not last. I tried that. I also tried the little febreeze carbon filter battery operated thing--nada. It sucked.

But you're right. If it's just one plant, how overpowering could it get? I don't know. My concern would be that if it's got a noticeable odor right now, at this age, that it might get worse, or even overpowering later on while flowering.

I've never heard of odor rocks.

I agree, don't put glade or any of that stuff near the plants. That's one thing that people around here to seem to agree on: none of that stuff near the plants. They'll taste like it. I wouldn't be too keen on smoking something that had been ingesting that via its foliage either. Sounds wretched!

One thing I just remembered that I did not too long ago when I did have an odor problem from plants drying: I put a good quality scented candle inside a metal bowl and let it sit overnight inside the room, right on the other side of teh door. No odor the next morning at all, just the candle. It's not a long term solution by any means, but it'll work in a pinch.

Edited to add: The hedge balls look interesting. It says on that site that they are from some sort of orange tree. Does anyone know if it's just a tree/bush that is called an orange tree, or is it really citrus? Stoney, you've tried these things?

Edited again to add: Stoney, I missed where you said you'd take a look at that thing I got from amazon. I've got to run, so I just did a quick search. There are SO many of these on amazon, so I just did a search and looked for the company I got it from via amazon, which is shoplet.

Here are some of their time mist/ionizer products. The one I got, via amazon, had the dispenser and two cans of product. Just check these out to see which deal best fits your needs. I've been using mine for about, ummmm, six weeks, and I've not run out yet and the thing spritzes every fifteen mins. You could probably stick one of these on the wall near the closet. If anyone asks, you're just trying to combat the kitty odor, right??

http://www.shoplet.com/office/cgi-bin/search8.php?mode=all&key=Time+Mist&ek=time mist&cat=all&cpu=all&range=0&SR=SRTESTSID&gclid=CICx0d7pvpkCFQEuxwodpDlIdA
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An update: She was showing the same signs of mg def.again, so I went ahead and gave her the epsom salt treatment while it was early.
 
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