Stealth is everything to me and I will scrap this grow the moment I feel the odor is unmanageable. I say this because my grow setup is designed around that. I have a 120l rain barrel sitting on top of a 40l masons bucket. I've cut a hole in the bottom of the barrel that the net pot will sit in, a hole on the side of the barrel for the fan, and a hole in the lid for the carbon filter. The inside is lined with mylar and the lamp is hanging 5cm from the top of the lid and there is a wyze camera keeping an eye on things for me. There is a bluetooth hygrometer/temperature in the barrel too. The barrel has an air tight seal around the lid so the only way smell escapes is through the carbon filter, maybe the fan inlet and maybe through the net in the bottom. The mason's bucket has an aquarium thermometer/heat, air pump stones and an outlet at the bottom where I have attached a tube to drain and fill/test the water. I have everything set up so I can control the fan and lights remotely. I plan to only interact with the plant when I train it (week 2-3) and harvest, otherwise I will control all inputs from outside the barrel and let the plant grow as it wishes: hence the 'Cheesus Take the Wheel' technique: I don't plan on optimal yield as a result.
The first week of veg was ok though it seemed to stall; I noticed only a slight increase in height and girth. It's hard to tell as I can't really see anything on the Wyze when the lights are on due to the strobing and when I turn the light off the camera switches to nightmode and so the image is not great and is in black and white. (next grow I will add another regular light so I can turn it on when I turn the LED off as I need to see the plant in color.)
@NamasteDave, Tru dat but I live in a small house with teenagers in a country that equates cannabis with heroin so I decided to go full stealth from the get-go. I'm hoping to get enough bud to make it all worth it, but really this first grow is a proof-of-concept and shake down run.
Cheers