Cheap odor control

(Inspired by4free)
....Do you know the Muffin fan
...the muffin fan
.... the muffin fan.

Actually, the whole setup cost about $30, and that is including the ONA.
You will need:
1. A five gallon bucket
2. A "muffin" fan, or a round fan of some sort that has the motor built into the compact frame of the fan.
3. A drill
4. A one pound container of Soil Moist, which is a water absorbing crystal. You can find it at almost all nurseries and grow shops.
5. ONA, or Odor Neutralizing Agent. YOu can get it at most grow shops or "baby" shops for new mommies.
6. A 5 gallong bucket lid, which may be optional.

(For what it's worth, another twist on this machine is I recently heard that pinesol & water in the bucket works good too.)



Get yourself a muffin fan, or a Durex brand or Holmes brand circular fan with base. They are very common at Wal-Mart and can usually be bought for less than $8 US. The reason you should get this brand of fan is because after you have removed the base, it fits perfectly into a five gallon bucket.


Step 2.
Using a flat screwdrive, pry of the nubs on the base and remove the screws.


Step 3.
Remove the fan from the base. Keep all the parts in case you might want the fan again someday.


Step 4.
Place the fan into the five gallon bucket, frontside up. If you boght the holmes brand fan pictures here it will fit VERY snugly. You don't even have to secure it in place.
(If it is smaller than the opening, then cut a hole, smaller than the diameter of the fan, into the bucket lid. Use some floral wire and secure the fan to the lid so that you can place the lid onto the bucket.)


Step 5.
Drill about 8 or 10 holes around the bucket.


Step 6.
Remove the fan/lid and put about 9 cups of water into the bucket. Then put about 1 cup of the ONA into the bucket and mix it up. Be careful, it can smell pretty strong at first.


Step 7.
Put about a cup or two of the soil moist into the bucket. Make sure that all of the liqued is absorbed. You don't have to use alot! The crystals expand to about 50 times their size.


Step 8.
Set the fan on the lowest setting and put it back on the bucket. Plug it in and put it somewhere in the corner of your grow room. I don't actually have mine in the closet itself...


You will notice a difference in about 5 minutes!
If you have a big grow room, I'd imagine you just use a bit more ONA or put the fan on a higher setting. Not only that, but ONA has a pleasant smell all by itself. It just smells *clean*, which is the best way to describe it.

The great thing is that the Soil Moist is re-useable. Once it dries out, mix up some more water/ona and pour it right in.

I'd say that that a cup of ONA, with the other parts water, lasts about 4 weeks or so.

I've been using mine now for a long time, and its perfect. When ppl come over, they always comment that our place smells "clean."
Using the soilmoist crystals REALLY makes the ONA last longer.

You may need to tweak it for your own grow room, but that's the basic design. Thanks!

Whats with all these re-posts, I thought this was in the faq's?

They are in FAQ but the number of newbies asking the same things over and over and over is too much. Thought I would just post some of the more asked things. Then maybe that would get people to think hmmmm there just might be something to check out in FAQ.

Any other suggestions on how to get newbies to check it out? Pleaseeeeeeeeee

Mogie....Are you moving all the Growfaqs over here to the forums?

^^^ Ignore that post please. ^^^

No replies showed when I posted my mine. Mine posted then all appeared.

IMO....

When a new accnt is started...all new members should be linked directly to the Growfaqs. There should be a check box at the end of the Growfaqs that needs to be checked BEFORE any new member can post in the forums.

True...they may just check the box...not read...then come ask the questions here. But if they do...ANYONE would be more than justified in ripping them a new one here for asking a question addressed in the Growfaqs.

The pics were not showing in mogie's original post when I pulled this up. Have they been deleted?

How About gibing newbies a link to the info in thr Growfaq. If you know where it is. I figure if I took the time to read it then they should too.
It's funny how people don't, or don't know how, to research what they are doing.

What it boils down to is that people would rather post a question, log off, do whatever and log back on and get their answer. They want someone else to do the leg work for them. We live in a fast paced throw away society. This isn't any different.

The fact that FAQ's can't be reposted (with pics and all) seems to be lacking. When you are flooded with a particular type of question or just to remind people about all the knowledge in FAQ every now and then post a good tutorial. You would impress newbies and people just lurking.