NEED DRYING HELP

Ok so here's the situation: I need to dry my plants, but I have no space anywhere to hang them up.

I have researched a couple different methods including the brown bag method, etc.. I want o know what the community does to solve this problem.
I have a basement but I have to run a commercial dehumidifier that keeps it at a steady 30% RH which obviously wont work.

Has anyone ever built a drying box? I am thinking something like one or two of those boxes that they use to move clothes on hangars.
Maybe a plastic container with holes covered by air filters here? I am trying to be creative here but I am running dry on solutions


EDIT: would drying them in the tent with another grow going be a real issue? would the lights on affect them that much? even if they are technically above the lights?

I run a dehumidifier in my basement 24/7. I hang dry my plants maybe 10 ft away from it. Never had a problem. Light will degrade the trichomes; drying in a grow tent with plants in it is not the best idea. You can build a simple frame out of anything (i.e. pvc) and loosely drape black plastic or something as a light barrier over it for a drying box. I use an old stereo rack; works perfectly. You want there to be air exchange but little to no circulation; small spaces work well even if they are somewhat open.
The key is to keep the plant as whole as you can. Trim off the fans or anything without trichomes on it. Cut the main stem once at the base to harvest & hang dry. Keeping the plant whole should prolong drying to a week or more even with a dehumidifier running nearby.

Richard Drysift said:

I run a dehumidifier in my basement 24/7. I hang dry my plants maybe 10 ft away from it. Never had a problem. Light will degrade the trichomes; drying in a grow tent with plants in it is not the best idea. You can build a simple frame out of anything (i.e. pvc) and loosely drape black plastic or something as a light barrier over it for a drying box. I use an old stereo rack; works perfectly. You want there to be air exchange but little to no circulation; small spaces work well even if they are somewhat open.
The key is to keep the plant as whole as you can. Trim off the fans or anything without trichomes on it. Cut the main stem once at the base to harvest & hang dry. Keeping the plant whole should prolong drying to a week or more even with a dehumidifier running nearby.

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What RH does your dehumidifier keep?
because that's honestly my only problem with using my basement

It fluctuates because I also run central a/c through the house. Also shuts off when it fills up; usually empty it twice daily this time of year. I’ve seen it at 25% RH on up to 40%; I can set it to go off at a certain RH but I just run it continually. The digital readout is probably not super accurate either. It’s not a commercial size but is the biggest model they had at Home Depot. I doubt you’ll have a problem drying plants too fast with a dehumidifier running just try to build in some kind of a confined space to hang your harvest and keep the plant whole if you can.

Go to Lowes or some place like that and buy one of them large boxes 24 x 18 x 18, then seal one end with some good ducktape. Then 2 inches down inside the box, get a phlips-head screw drive and put a hole at the center on each side of the box, then from somewhere buy a 3/8 inch or 1/2 inch x 48 inch dowel and cut (2) 19 inches pieces from it. Then make a cross in the box with the 4 wall centered holes and the dowels, and then wrap tape around the ends of the dowels outside the box to keep them from moving. Then hang your branches in there, then simple close the top of the box and place a heavy object on the top to keep the box closed, then place the box in a cool dark place and begin checking it on the third day, and then every 24 hours after that for how far the branches have dried. And you can also place all your smaller buds in the bottom of that box in small cardboard boxes, 4 of the free small priority mail boxes from USPS fit nicely in the bottom of that size box 24 x 18 x 18!