- i'll be growing in my attic soon and i've noticed that helicopters do fly around my area every other day. I figure they're probably police copters because i've seen them at night using their spotlight. I also live in an area where there is a muslim population near me (not to offend anyone muslim or otherwise) and they actually put a police watch tower in front of the mosque recently. My question is since i'm going to be growing in an attic and i'm only gonna be using around 160 watts (4x 42 watt cfls)...is this going to cause suspicion if they are actually looking for grow ops using heat imaging technology? - i'm going to be growing in a small cab 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 3 feet, I really haven't bought anything to combat odor yet. What would you guys suggest for a cheap way to get rid of odor once the plant matures? Is Ona gel good to use or should I make a DIY carbon filter? My initial suggestion was that since i'm only growing one plant that I would just open a space on the cab to let air escape and open a skylight window to let the smell go out through the window...is this a bad way to go about this? All help is appreciated.
I heard somewhere that in the United States the use of thermal imaging alone is not enough to justify a warrant. However you might wanna look that up yourself.
bump... and also I had another question...is it really necessary to see preflowers before you switch to 12/12? Could anyone explain this to me please. and since i don't want to use tap water for my grow I was going to go out to a store and buy gallon water. Which one do I get....purified or reverse osmosis?
It is not necessary to see preflowers before switching to 12/12. Switch to 12/12 based on the end size you want the plant. When you start to flower it will double to triple in size.
do you have a link to support this? not to be rude but rumors do float around a lot go for RO but make sure you add in cal/mag since there will be none in the water like tap has
You won't have any suspicious heat signature running under 200 watts. I always wait until pre flowers if I start from seed since the plant is not ready to flower until then anyways. Going 12/12 before reaching maturity causes stress to the plants that I'd rather avoid, but it's not necessary. Just something I'd rather not do. Usually water labeled purified is RO. I think you mean distilled vs purified/ro. Get whatever is cheaper. Police absolutely use FLIR cameras btw. Even though a warrant can't be obtained based solely on FLIR evidence, that doesn't mean they don't use it to find grow ops. Either way it's irrelevant to your situation. Your wattage aint shit dude. They will never know. For smell get a carbon filter or build one if you want.
Think about incandecent lights. Just in my celeing fan there are 4 60 watt bulbs adding up to 240 watts. Or in the bathroom I have 4 100 watt bulbs. Seems arburtrary now with CFL's but the po wont notice 160 watts
Are you planning to have an exhaust fan? You will need one. As long as there is no one close enough to the window to smell the plant you can run ducting and exhaust to the outside. I think you'll also need a damper to prevent cold air from entering the duct at night and freezing the plant. And I agree about the choppers -- don't worry about them. We get them sometimes and they are a nuisance -- so noisy. Sometimes they're police and sometimes they're news. Usually it's cops first and news second. By the time the news gets there the crime is over and they're looking at nothing, but they still think it's interesting to show it on TV.