HEHE....I have hear that from others about NL and low odor, but mine stanky stank.....I have grown many different strains of meds but they all have a distinct smell to them when you harvest and dry watch out.....definitely need a filter for that.
One of the best ways to reduce odor problems is to keep your environment as close to optimum as possible. If the temperature and humidity are spot on, the odor will be less intense. Just like humans, when these plants are too hot and too humid, they stink! For a small closet grow, you should install an exhaust fan on your box or case (or in the closet door if you must). Then you can cover that small fan with a carbon filter from Walmart made for a cat litter box.
To emphasize what PapaSmoke is saying, yes certain strains have different smells to them...like candy, and pine, but imagine if you will that you've taken a mighty dump after a big ol burrito. That's gonna smell a might different than if you've been eating salad for a week... but it still smells like shit.
And weed smells like weed. Maybe it's fruity weed or fuely weed, or chocolate weed, it's still weed.
Even three small 1 1/2 foot tall plants will stink like you can't imagine. Would you not consider a small grow tent maybe? They do 60cm x 60cm x 120cm tents which are pretty small, but with a carbon filter/fan combo it'll be totally smell-less and if you need to you can just move it somewhere.I'll have 3 plants if I'm lucky (based on my fledglings now). They're bag seed, so I have no idea of the strain. I have no way to vent my closet for a carbon scrubber to blow the air out.
I did however discover that my DeLonghi Air Purifier (http://www.air-purifier-power.com/delonghi-air-purifier.html) has a carbon filter as well as a HEPA quality regular filter. It also has an ionizer, but I probably won't use the ionizer.
I'm hoping that with a few cans of odor absorbing gel, the DeLonghi in the closet will work, esp. if it's constantly on and set right in the closet.
I have an extra DeLonghi too, which I can run in the house, plus maybe I'll put a few cans of odor absorbing gel around the house.
Plus -- maybe I'll flower and harvest before the plants are monsters (if I'm lucky enough to get'em that far).
My biggest problem is that the closet is right next to the front door of my place, so anyone standing outside the door might get a whiff unless I'm careful. And any visitors (maintenance guys, etc.) will walk right past my babies, so the odor has to be completely covered.
I tell ya, the more I learn, the more I see why most people don't grow their own. But I really don't like drug dealers (and I really like weed), so I guess I'll stick with growing if I can.
I take it you've never flowered before bro? Forget thinking they smell now dude, no air freshener is gonna hide 7 plants flowering. Not a chance in hell, I'm actually a little worried for you to be honest cos it still surprises me sometimes quite how strong it can be when the tent door is open.
LOL. I know the air freshener won't work when they start to bud. It's just a cheap fix while they're in veg. I doubt all 7 of them are gonna be girls either. They weren't feminized seeds. The air freshener is just to tide me over until I can get or build a scrubber. I'm also planning on sealing up my closet with a zip door or panda film soon too. That should help some.
If you got an extractor and carbon filter it'd cool your tent and get rid of the smell.
There is no way. About the only way to "get rid" of the smell is to have it in a contained area with some sort of filter filtering the air that is in your tent.
Is your tent in a closet or something or out in the open in the room?
Man, that's a tough one. With it being in an open room it's gonna be tought to control the odor. What kind of lighting are you using?
Man... Ona gel maybe? I really can't think of anything that would get the smell out of an open room. This maybe?
Good luck brother! Take a look around at the air purification section of that site. There are a lot of options.
