Kashka-Kat wrote:
In the meantime, some other air quality problems have reared their ugly head - including new nutjob neigbors whose laundry exhaust is literally 8 ft from our windows and who run some super-smelly laundry products in their dryer often for hours on end every evening and entire weekends they are home. I suspect they are covering up smoking and/or get off on the fumes or who knows why. Its just bizarre
I went shopping and bought a vau pack of bars of dove soap. Figured its mild and pretty normal. I put it in the bathroom, next day I opened the door and it really gave off a stink like no other. I hadn't even broken the packaging seal. I put it by the back fence and it was gone in notime, maybe it helped some street people or someone who needed it.
maybe if pot is illegal where you are they could be growing it and putting it in the dryer, perhaps masking the smell. If they have to hide it because it's prohibited then maybe it's done in some weird way to cover the smell. the dryer could be like a food dehydrator or similar. dryer sheets and soap may be heavily perfumed. I wonder if they are aware, perhaps moving the vent on the exterior wouldn't be a huge cost? If they are drying weed they may also be using a charcoal filter or similar. of course drying wouldnt go on forever if at allunless it was a lot of production.
Ending prohibition solved a lot of that here because it's legal for up to 4 plants and that satisfied most , other than maybe people living in compartments. They may have building rules. other signs may be things like snow melting weirdly fast in parts of the house, or covered windows and unless you were born just yesterday you probably know the odor. some strains are more pungent. I dont mind the smell myself
If they are boozers you will pick up on the loud music and childish behavior usually.
here is what i suspect more :
often they use a grow booth the fan connects near the light and takes the excess heat and smell away. a trick is to blow it down into the sewer if it is illegal. if so that fan may run with the lights or all the time. the lights will cycle through a time switch so you could notice it starting and stopping on a certain schedule. when they are growing over 12 hours and when flowering 12 hours or less probably. they smell a lot more when they flower. the fan could run with the lights or all the time. It will probably be a schedule.
the plants need fresh air and the heat is somewhat eliminated using LED's and that's common it will be a red or purple light probably. otherwise if it is a high pressure sodiium or metal halide it will just be really bright light.
I grew my 4 outside last year but since the hours of light are longer than I needed to flower properly , I brought them in for a month or so and then I had some smell and the fan going. I know my neighbors and they dont care, they know what it is and I'm not doing anything illegal. If it did bother them I'd do something. in their case maybe you could decide what to say. maybe the pot smell wouldn't bug you but some are super sensitive. I wondered of they are using a cover up scent and that scent is worse to you than anything. If that were the case it might be as simple as to ask them to stop trying to hide it. That's my guess for your weird fan situation, it would explain the long run times. Just a guess.
