Drying in a cool climate

I know humid conditions are bad when you hang your plants to dry because it can promote mold/mildew. So my question, since humidity is an issue when the temperatures are warm, would it be best to dry in a cold room. Since cold weather is dry weather it should dry out just as fast as dry heat, and run less risk of mold.

Any thoughts? Temps are probably in the low 60's. Would like to see if temps could get even lower, maybe in the low 50's upper 40's. I would think it could also help harden up the trichomes so there is less damage when trimming.

I am quite inexperienced in this field but I would guess that as long as you are indoors and the temps arent higher than 72 F and lower than like 40 then you dont have too much to worry about unless your drying room is overly humid for some reason. like you said cold means dry. dry is what we want. I cant imagine that there will be any significant "trichome hardening" going on under the conditions you describe.

You don't want to dry in a space too hot or too cold.
Both extremes mess up the drying process, and in particular the way chlorophyll is moved out of the plant (or kept within).

noxiously said:

I know humid conditions are bad when you hang your plants to dry because it can promote mold/mildew. So my question, since humidity is an issue when the temperatures are warm, would it be best to dry in a cold room. Since cold weather is dry weather it should dry out just as fast as dry heat, and run less risk of mold.

Any thoughts? Temps are probably in the low 60's. Would like to see if temps could get even lower, maybe in the low 50's upper 40's. I would think it could also help harden up the trichomes so there is less damage when trimming.

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I have dried it living in South Florida in the spring with temps in the low 90's and humidity the same if not higher...never had a problem with mold

Everyone should remember...this is a WEED and its hard to screw it up!! Chill-lax.

Well, I hung mine up in a well ventilated box that i previously used for growing, lights went out for a couple hours while I was at work, I came back and the entire inside of the mini plant i harvested cuz it was a late-flower hermi was epicly coated in stringly cottony mold.


The deal isnt so much with the temps, you can dry buds in any temp - its a matter of how much ventilation the bud has. Make sure theres no stagnant air and a small constant breeze at all times.

I am about to go into another harvest in the same box this time run on an emergency battery that will kick on if the power goes out lol I bleached the entire inside and hopefully all will be well!.