Smell outside your house

I realize that this is a somewhat stupid question. But I'm still going to ask it.

If you grow in your house or shed, and your filter is broken (or if you don't use one), how far from the building can you still smell the smell?

I also realize that this has to do with the wind direction, wind speed and how large your room is.
But is there a difference in the kind of scents you can smell?
With a BBQ I have the feeling that you can still smell it 3 blocks away. But other scents seem to disappear much sooner.

Neighbors , drivers, meter readers not worth trying unless you use some really low odor strain

Keesje said:

I realize that this is a somewhat stupid question. But I'm still going to ask it.

If you grow in your house or shed, and your filter is broken (or if you don't use one), how far from the building can you still smell the smell?

I also realize that this has to do with the wind direction, wind speed and how large your room is.
But is there a difference in the kind of scents you can smell?
With a BBQ I have the feeling that you can still smell it 3 blocks away. But other scents seem to disappear much sooner.

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I grow in a out building with no filter strong smell within couple hundred ft easy.

I don't want to try.

I am just curious.

Weed been grown is one of those smells that travels well.

Back in the late 90s we used to grow in attics without filters and if the wind blew in the wrong direction you could smell it a mile away and that was with northern lights which is a low smelling strain.

The other day I unplugged what I though was my extension for my clone area. It turned out to be my fans I tuned off.
The top of the house stunk when I came home after a few hours. A few more hours and the neighbours house would of stunk too.

Anybody using an UPS on his extraction fans?

Yes, intake (20W) and exhaust (30W). Fans and one of the two lights as well.

If it were my shed, with an exhaust and no filter i can tell you i would be able to pin-point it within at least a 50-80ft radius.

My unfiltered indoor grows would hit the whole block and you could tell it was me when you got near the driveway, at my front door it was pretty much undeniable.

Never again.

I tried growing without odor control when I first moved to Colorado, figured it's legal who cares. Well the skunk smell was very potent at the end of my driveway and I had a cop roll up one day while I was outside, beckoned me to come over and he asked "Can you please turn it down a notch?" I thought for a second, I am not making any noise then it hit me, oh duh! So I got carbon scrubbers and now the problem is solved. Being a good neighbor means don't stink up the block lol.

One thing you could try is to use an ozone generator. I used to vent into and out of a storage tote that had an ozone generator in it. Worked like a champ.

BodhiKarma said:

One thing you could try is to use an ozone generator. I used to vent into and out of a storage tote that had an ozone generator in it. Worked like a champ.

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Yeah the inline ozone generators are great for this. Just be sure to use galvanized duct and seal all the seams with duct mastic. You want about 12 - 15 feet of duct to allow the ozone to mix and do it's job, a bend or two helps if your run must be shorter.

I once had an ozon generator.
Didn't solve the problem.
Pehaps it wasn't good enough.
Do you guys have a link to the ozone generators you used?

ozone is not a good long term solution,it is not all that good for you.

If you put an ozone generator in a tube just before it leaves your house, it could do no harm.
So room > extraction fan > tube with ozone > open air.
Just don't use in the room where your plants or you yourself are.

Keesje said:

Do you guys have a link to the ozone generators you used?

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This is the one I have. The corona discharge units are much more powerful than the UV light ones.

ANC said:

ozone is not a good long term solution,it is not all that good for you.

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If exhausting from the residence it doesn't pose a problem. Thats why you seal all the duct work with mastic.

Even if you run fresh air in your room, if you are growing in a house you just need to seal up your room well. Then even in the unlikely event your power goes out unannounced you will have have several hours to figure out what to do if it is going to be a prolonged outage. The smell doesnt escape that quickly except if you are really really unlucky and the power goes out the day you chop 4 pounds and hang it.

If you are rural and dont bother with any filtration I would allow at least 100m between the op and anyone not involved with the op.

I dont see any need for ozone, carbon filters are more than enough.

klx said:

If you are rural and dont bother with any filtration

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Well... What if the power company wants to change the meter or you need propane delivered. Always control odor if growing where it is illegal to do so.

Renfro said:

Well... What if the power company wants to change the meter or you need propane delivered. Always control odor if growing where it is illegal to do so.

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Oh I agree. I was just answering the ops hypothetical question. You can stand outside the door to my op and have a 10 minute conversation and you wont know its there.

klx said:

You can stand outside the door to my op and have a 10 minute conversation and you wont know its there.

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Thats how mine is. Never know someone could wanna jack you too so even in a legal state you wanna be invisible.

Renfro said:

Thats how mine is. Never know someone could wanna jack you too so even in a legal state you wanna be invisible.

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Its how we have always been. First rule we learn is secrecy. These days we are looking at a suspended sentence for first bust and definite time for second bust.