Soil vs. Hydro on Smelliness

[ShorelineTex]

Howdy all.

My friend has a notoriously odoriferous strain that he now grows in soil. When he used to grow in a small ebb-and-flow, the strain reeked during the whole flowering period. Now that he has switched to a (mostly-)organic soil mix, the strain barely smells at all until harvest/drying, but a jar of it will still smell up a whole house after drying. It smells a little bit right after waterings, but the smell quickly dissipates (it did not when he grew hydro). The only odor control he uses is a small ozone generator, set to go on for 30 minutes once every three hours.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar? We've been curious about this for a while now...

 

[ShorelineTex]

Anyone? Someone here has got to have some opinion on smell differences between soil and hydro...

 

[TheGanjaMan]

Allright im pretty high but this is my thought. The plant has "poors" like our skin. When dialed in (perfect enviorment, perfect water/air ratio for roots ect.) it allows these "poors" to open or grow bigger allowing more uptake of water through roots, leafs, buds, stocks everywhere. Ever had a plant half eaten by something ...It STINKS. So im some kind of a way the plant is "breathing" meaning the air flowing past it is allowed deeper into its "tissue or skin" and is picking up dank smells. my 2 cents

 

[winta]

ive noticed that most strains have more of a smell when grown in a hydro setup aswell but once its cured they have pretty much the same funk? its interesting

 

[bud good]

my clones in my aero cloner stunk pretty good sometimes better then the plants flowering in the soil sometimes i think the water / flushing of the roots tickled it and made its stinky alot of my odors started going away the more i recycled my soil

 

[CALIPURP]

wel here is my 2cents my buddy grows in hydro/rockwool slabs ive seen him do every thing from granddaddy to sour D ,casy jones harborside cuts chem cheese and all wound up smellin like dank in flowering but after the dry/cure it smelt like well green i guess for lack of better word on the other hand a friend doing the same strains in foxfarm soil&nutes has been for lack of a better word FIRE so there it is when i start my med grow i wanna try soil foxfarm probley anyone use all foxfarm in your grow same experience ??PEACE keep it green..

 

[CALIPURP]

chem dogg not chem cheese but ummm sounds good