Some South End residents might want to stock up on giant cans of tomato juice

When cannabis flowers, it gives of a distinctive skunky smell. It's not as noticable once it s dried and processed, but fresh plants smell VERY skunky.

I have the right to not

By R Hookup
Thu, 05/25/2017 - 10:29am

I have the right to not answer that question. I'm pretty sure it's a trap...

Pro tip:

By perruptor
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 3:17pm

Tomato juice is messy. Massengill works better, and is not messy.

For what it's worth, tomato

By Steeve
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 3:20pm

For what it's worth, tomato juice is an old wives tale. You will just smell like skunk _and_ tomato juice.

Yup

By ElizaLeila
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 3:54pm

Thankfully I never had to test it, but I was prepped for such an event with:

1 quart hydrogen peroxide
¼ cup baking soda
1 teaspoon dish-washing liquid.

Using water, wet your dog’s coat, work the solution through the fur. Let the solution sit for about 5 minutes (good luck - some dogs don't like just hanging out in this state). Rinse thoroughly.

The only thing that will

By Steeve
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 1:56pm

The only thing that will break down the skunk odor are enzymes. There are very small amounts in tomato juice, but it takes a much higher concentration to eliminate the odor.

I *have* had an issue where a skunk sprayed into a vent in my basement. That smell doesn't leave easy, and olfactory fatigue makes tracking down the source a futile event. To those who are shocked to see skunks, I say "welcome to the city". Not sure if the correlation is strong, but the neighborhoods with skunks tend not to have many rats, so it's six of one and a half dozen of another.

Our nickname for the neighbor's stupid dog

By anon
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 3:56pm

Pupper Puttanesca

That dog sounds like it gets

By Steeve
Thu, 05/25/2017 - 11:00am

That dog sounds like it gets around.

tomato cans

By Ishmael Jones
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 3:28pm

I read the headline too quickly and thought it was another Shaughnessy column.

Same smell.

By anon
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 3:56pm

Same smell.

Great neighbor, though

By Anony-Mouse
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 3:46pm

Great neighbor, though, as I'm sure dog-walkers -and every other neighbor for a few blocks- would agree.

PS- Kinda brave nailing that sign to the tree, though.

Voice of Experience

By MrZip
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 4:19pm

White vinegar (pretty cheap), diluted with a little water if you like, works well, same reason tomato juice (and Massengil) works, acetic acid does the work. Not perfect, and if you handle your sprayed clothes etc. you have to start over. I got skunked as a kid, got into mom's car, 2 months later the car still smelled.

Prevention is better than cure

By lbb
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 4:47pm

All these supposed remedies for getting skunked, and no suggestions to avoid the problem in the first place? Number 1, remove food sources. Stop putting out edible garbage, pest-proof dumpsters, etc. If the pickings are better elsewhere, the skunk will move on.

good idea

By Scumquistador
Wed, 05/24/2017 - 8:08am

ill also enforce these rules for everybody else i live near

Worth Harming the Tree?

By pat wok
Tue, 05/23/2017 - 7:38pm

Hate it when people nail notices into the trees..

Some South End residents might want to stock up on giant cans of tomato juice

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