Q&A - On Drying in a Box

Question:
If there was a scenario where someone needed to dry their plants outdoors do you have any advice? Are there any new or old methods of doing this in an outbuilding with no air condition? It would be in the United States in the Midwest and humid area.

Answer:
If you hang the plants up to dry then they can't dry further than the humidity of the air. 

What next? There are basically two solutions: 

1. After drying to the air, you could put the plants in a big cardboard box. Stick thin sticks through the box so the plants can hang on them. Close the box well to prevent moist air from coming inside. The cardboard will absorb more moisture from the plants, but there are limitations because the outside air carries more moisture. After a few days, the next step would be cutting the buds from the stems. Put the buds in a smaller, closed cardboard box. This will dry the buds further, to a normally quite safe level concerning fungus. Keep them in the box until you want to use them.
2. Warm air can contain a lot more humidity than cold air. That's why cold air feels damp immediately. So, after drying the plants to the surrounding air, the next step could be putting a heater in the room. That will make the air much less humid, and they will dry further automatically.

A combination of the two is also advisable. I like to keep buds in cardboard boxes. This keeps them dry enough but also not completely closed off, allowing them to release gases. Burping (like when you keep them in glass jars) is not needed.

Give them some time to dry. Two weeks is a good amount of time. Drying too quickly (by putting a heater in the room right away) will inhibit the enzymatic processes that break down starch, etc., which helps ensure the weed is smooth on the throat.

Seriously, 

Simon