cold drying or dry in grow tent with light on for clones

hi, did cold cureing last year, but it took forever to dry.
anyone tried drying in the upper part of the tent whilst the light is on down below for clones ect
any input wellcomed.
how long is too long in cold conditions?

Yes, I've dried plants in my flowering hut, away from direct light.
RH ~ 60 - 65, ~ 14°C lights off, ~ 22°C lights on. It works.
You could put buds in brown paper bags to avoid the light I suppose but I hang them on the branches so I don't bother.

Moflow said:

Yes, I've dried plants in my flowering hut, away from direct light.
RH ~ 60 - 65, ~ 14°C lights off, ~ 22°C lights on. It works.
You could put buds in brown paper bags to avoid the light I suppose but I hang them on the branches so I don't bother.

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thanx, yes, i thaught of brown paper bags too

I typically dry for 14-20 days, in cold conditions, in the dark.

Funkentelechy said:

I typically dry for 14-20 days, in cold conditions, in the dark.

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what do you call cold and what is the RH you have

Slow is the way to go but if you want to speed it up run a fan to move air in the room and another fan to exhaust.

Fallguy111 said:

Slow is the way to go but if you want to speed it up run a fan to move air in the room and another fan to exhaust.

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its a big room, soo there will be space heaters and a dehumidifyer running, i thaught just the one dehumidifyer woulden't be a bad thing

go go kid said:

what do you call cold and what is the RH you have

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I dry in an 8'x8'x8' unheated room detached from my house in the Northern Sierra Nevada mountains. The Sierras are relatively dry in general but fall is usually rainy, I'm an outdoor grower so drying is done in the fall. Temps in the room range from about 34-56 Fahrenheit, RH around 25-34. Mind you I don't grow in this room so these measurements are via a cheap indoor/outdoor thermometer, I don't know how accurate the RH info is.

If it's been raining for days and days and the room is full I will sometimes put a small heater in the room on a very low setting. I check the room every couple of days, I dry whole branches(these are outdoor so a branch is often times larger than a whole indoor plant), and use the bend and snap method to determine when the buds are dry enough to come down

Low and slows is best imo but like most things it can't be rushed