3 different strains finishing at different times need to be dried in same tent/room

[Olddude420]

I have 3 different strains that are going to finish at different times and I am at a loss as to what to do. Do I let one plant go past it's prime time, one when it's ready, and one a little early? I only have one room and one tent to dry in. I'm already at a disadvantage because I can't get the temp down to 60 as the only ac in the room/tent is our house ac, which is set at 76*.

I actually I have 3 different strains. I am glad you brought up the different harvest times. I am a bit lost on that with this being my first grow indoors. Back in the late 70's & early 80's everything got harvested at the same time, same day. That is kinda what I was thinking I would have to do with this crop too. My grow tent is the only place I have to hang the plants that might be able to contain the odor/smell so i figured my Mango Kush would have to be harvested a little late and the other two strains maybe a little early. I'll post some pics of the different state of growth they are all at today.
1st two pics are of my Mango Kush. Farthest along from the start. Next is my Jamaican Lion X Maui Wowie cross I mangled to foxtail city by cranking my light up way too high about a month ago. Damage was done. Colas are huge but the top section spindly buds with foxtails galore. The last 5 pics are of my Acai-Berry X Gelato cross. Colas are big and it's coming on strong but still behind the Mango Kush.
I am really at a loss on how to dry these things without hurting the outcome. We keep this interior of the home at 76* and that's about as cool as the environment will be. Not ideal.
Next year I plan to frame out a section of my garage to a dedicated grow room with it's own mini-split AC so I can optimize the grow environment. I also plan to grow all 4 of my plants next grow from the same strain.

 

[Olddude420]

I am going to post 3 pics. 1 of each canopy to show how different they are. Same order. They are all 104 days old and 46 days in flower.

 

[BearWater]

Is there any way you can partition a section in the corner of the tent?

 

[SlyDittin]

I have 3 different strains that are going to finish at different times and I am at a loss as to what to do. Do I let one plant go past it's prime time, one when it's ready, and one a little early? I only have one room and one tent to dry in. I'm already at a disadvantage because I can't get the temp down to 60 as the only ac in the room/tent is our house ac, which is set at 76*.

I actually I have 3 different strains. I am glad you brought up the different harvest times. I am a bit lost on that with this being my first grow indoors. Back in the late 70's & early 80's everything got harvested at the same time, same day. That is kinda what I was thinking I would have to do with this crop too. My grow tent is the only place I have to hang the plants that might be able to contain the odor/smell so i figured my Mango Kush would have to be harvested a little late and the other two strains maybe a little early. I'll post some pics of the different state of growth they are all at today.
1st two pics are of my Mango Kush. Farthest along from the start. Next is my Jamaican Lion X Maui Wowie cross I mangled to foxtail city by cranking my light up way too high about a month ago. Damage was done. Colas are huge but the top section spindly buds with foxtails galore. The last 5 pics are of my Acai-Berry X Gelato cross. Colas are big and it's coming on strong but still behind the Mango Kush.
I am really at a loss on how to dry these things without hurting the outcome. We keep this interior of the home at 76* and that's about as cool as the environment will be. Not ideal.
Next year I plan to frame out a section of my garage to a dedicated grow room with its own mini-split AC so I can optimize the grow environment. I also plan to grow all 4 of my plants next grow from the same strain.

Problems that I don’t mind having!

 

[Olddude420]

Is there any way you can partition a section in the corner of the tent?

Not really. It would still be the same temp in the tent. Currently running at 78 to 80 degrees every day when the light is on. Overnight it cools down to around 75.

 

[Olddude420]

Problems that I don’t mind having!

@SlyDittin I'm not complaining either. About par for the course. Heck, I figured i would kill em by now on my first RDWC indoor grow. I am pretty happy to have made it this far this good. Worse case scenario I will make butter or oil for cooking out of anything that doesn't smoke well. ?

 

[BearWater]

Not really. It would still be the same temp in the tent. Currently running at 78 to 80 degrees every day when the light is on. Overnight it cools down to around 75.

Hmmm… thats all I could come up with. I think you are on the right track though with harvesting the first a little later and later a little earlier. You dont have a buddy you trust do you? Hahaha! “Hey dude can I dry this plant at your place?”

 

[2Water]

Honestly, plant 1 and 3 shouldn't be too far off from each other, kind of one will be at end of harvest window and 3 will be at the beginning (depending on preference of effects).

But #2 is way off, so you might want to DIY a cheap dry set up Not sure you locale or living situation, but I dont think you'd be happy with second plant if you tried to chop them all together

 

[Fuqer]

Besides chopping them at the same time and having different affects or making hash/edibles, you could maybe use a closet or something and stick a cooler with ice in it to try to cool that room down.

Or maybe try to stunt the other plants a little so they can catch up to each other. I'm not sure if they're too far along to have time to stunt them tho.

Some people don't mind harvesting a plant early because they want that type of high. You could smoke that strain during the day like a Sativa.

Maybe look into alternative drying methods.

Make live Resin from freshly harvested buds without drying if you can press rosin. Use a hair straightener if you don't have a press. I believe you just stick the plant on the freezer before pressing.