i do it all the time just hang it in a place where the sun can not hit it that way it drys slower and trim it like it was ready to smoke befor you hang it to dry,but where i live we half cliffs to hang it under so the rain can not hit it
i onley grow out side so i always let mine grow till the frost has almost killed it then i cut it down.i personley think the longer it grows the better it is but i have never growed inside.
i trim my weed as soon as it is cut down and do the trim so when its dryed there is nothing to do but smoke.I them put mine in the freezer and it comes out just the same way it was put in.i can not tell no difference if its been keep in a jar or freezer and i been doing this for 35 years works...