how to build an indoor grow op: Odor & Contaminant control
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Hi and welcome to my course on “How to build an indoor garden,” brought to you by www.indicainstitute.com. I’m your Prof, a Canadian government certified teacher by trade. I’ve designed this course to teach beginner gardeners how to build their own indoor garden, so I hope you enjoy, learn and share. Visit www.indicainstitute.com, or subscribe to my YouTube channel to gain access to a growing list of marijuana related courses, tips, and more. In the meantime I hope you find this video useful, and please remember to like and share!
Hello and welcome to lesson 5, where I will explain the importance of odor and airborne contaminant control for your indoor garden. I will also review the options you have in order to keep your house smelling clean and your plants healthy.
The main objectives of this lesson are to learn (a) why you and your plants will benefit from odor and airborne contaminant control (b) what your options are for this (c) what is the best option and (d) where you can find the equipment for purchase.
The necessity for odor and airborne contaminant control in your garden will vary depending on what you are growing and how large you choose to make your garden. While odor control is needed to manage some plant odors from taking over your household, not all gardeners need this. Airborne contaminants on the other hand, can be a problem for your plants, your health and your home.
Let me first start with the health of your plants. The intake to your grow space should be feeding your plants fresh clean air, while the ventilation from your grow space should flush out the unwanted oxygen and lamp heat. For your own health on the other hand, airborne contaminant control helps to manage what is vented out of your grow space and into your home. These contaminants can also find themselves into your walls, creating another wholly separate issue of concern. A carbon filter system addresses both these issues, scrubbing the air clean of any mold and other contaminants that can be hazardous to you, your family and your plants.
On the issue of odor, a carbon filter has the added benefit of cleaning any odors from the air as well. Otherwise, you may opt for an odor neutralizing agent. Just make sure not to place the agent in or around the grow space, as it could neutralize the taste of your harvest.
Odor neutralizing agents are beneficial because they are cheap and highly effective, but they do not clean the air like a carbon filter would - it just bonds to the odorous smell and neutralizes it. A carbon filter is more beneficial because it serves the dual purpose of cleaning the air and neutralizing the smell, despite being the more expensive option of the two.
Regardless of the size of the garden I still believe your best bet is to get a carbon filter. Even if you keep your garden squeaky clean, it is not worth the risk mold could pose to your health and home. Filter sizes vary, but get one that matches the size of your vent diameter and you should be okay, generally. Click the link here to see recommendations of which filter and vent fan combos are the best for your grow space.
So in review, odor and airborne contaminant control is important to the health of both your plants and your family. Carbon filters are your best bet despite being the more expensive option, and recommendations for which styles and brands to buy can be found by clicking the link here.
That concludes lesson 5 on odor and airborne contaminant control. In lesson 6 I will be discussing the need for a healthy airflow in your grow space, and what equipment is necessary to achieve this goal.
I hope you found this lesson of the course “How to build an indoor garden” useful. For more marijuana related courses or recommendations on the best products out there for purchase, visit www.indicainstitute.com or subscribe to my YouTube channel. Please remember to like and share! Click here to skip to the next lesson.
Hello and welcome to lesson 5, where I will explain the importance of odor and airborne contaminant control for your indoor garden. I will also review the options you have in order to keep your house smelling clean and your plants healthy.
The main objectives of this lesson are to learn (a) why you and your plants will benefit from odor and airborne contaminant control (b) what your options are for this (c) what is the best option and (d) where you can find the equipment for purchase.
The necessity for odor and airborne contaminant control in your garden will vary depending on what you are growing and how large you choose to make your garden. While odor control is needed to manage some plant odors from taking over your household, not all gardeners need this. Airborne contaminants on the other hand, can be a problem for your plants, your health and your home.
Let me first start with the health of your plants. The intake to your grow space should be feeding your plants fresh clean air, while the ventilation from your grow space should flush out the unwanted oxygen and lamp heat. For your own health on the other hand, airborne contaminant control helps to manage what is vented out of your grow space and into your home. These contaminants can also find themselves into your walls, creating another wholly separate issue of concern. A carbon filter system addresses both these issues, scrubbing the air clean of any mold and other contaminants that can be hazardous to you, your family and your plants.
On the issue of odor, a carbon filter has the added benefit of cleaning any odors from the air as well. Otherwise, you may opt for an odor neutralizing agent. Just make sure not to place the agent in or around the grow space, as it could neutralize the taste of your harvest.
Odor neutralizing agents are beneficial because they are cheap and highly effective, but they do not clean the air like a carbon filter would - it just bonds to the odorous smell and neutralizes it. A carbon filter is more beneficial because it serves the dual purpose of cleaning the air and neutralizing the smell, despite being the more expensive option of the two.
Regardless of the size of the garden I still believe your best bet is to get a carbon filter. Even if you keep your garden squeaky clean, it is not worth the risk mold could pose to your health and home. Filter sizes vary, but get one that matches the size of your vent diameter and you should be okay, generally. Click the link here to see recommendations of which filter and vent fan combos are the best for your grow space.
So in review, odor and airborne contaminant control is important to the health of both your plants and your family. Carbon filters are your best bet despite being the more expensive option, and recommendations for which styles and brands to buy can be found by clicking the link here.
That concludes lesson 5 on odor and airborne contaminant control. In lesson 6 I will be discussing the need for a healthy airflow in your grow space, and what equipment is necessary to achieve this goal.
I hope you found this lesson of the course “How to build an indoor garden” useful. For more marijuana related courses or recommendations on the best products out there for purchase, visit www.indicainstitute.com or subscribe to my YouTube channel. Please remember to like and share! Click here to skip to the next lesson.
