Exactly. I am a newbie so I don't know much about growing (yet), but I do know alot about napthalene, aka 'mothballs'. The name comes, of course, from using preparations of the chemical to kill the larva of moths, back when moths laid eggs on wool garments and the larva fed on the wool-- a natural substance, after all-- before pupating into moths. Napthalene vapors will make your pot smell nasty, but worse than that, it is carcinogenic (cancer-causing) if a person is exposed to enough of it. Even without the cancer issue, napthalene damages the liver, red blood cells, and probably the brain.
Sorry, but I wouldn't smoke anything that has been too close to that stuff for very long. I do use it to keep mice out of my Nissan Z in the winter months, but I drive with the windows open for the first couple weeks each year!
for all u outside growers, hi, I'm in the mist of my summer grow and I keep my smart pots off the ground about two inches. I cut down some milk crates to do this. The other day I had to move one off the stand to get better sun. I found a mouse nest! In between soil and stand naturally I had to look under the rest ... Yes under each was a nest. Of course I destroyed them but I still needed preventive. I've had some experience dealing with Mickie and my restored cars thay like to chew the insulation off the wiring. I spread mouth around and under plants as a preventive.... EXTRA...EXTRA.... I CAN'T SMELL the pot any more it's been over a week now since first applied I'm not in flower yet but plants are over ten feet tall and with lots of side branches. NO SMELL of pot just mouth balls I think I may have killed two birds with one stone !!!!!! Hope this helps u out. All for now CHOW
