If you say so. I'm just going by my own personal experiences. In my climate, with a heater, fans, and dehumidifier to keep it at the right levels, around 5-7 days hanging and a couple additional days in bags, it's perfect, and then goes on to cure. I also wet trim and hang by the arm. Obviously if you're hanging whole plants, it takes much longer. I don't do whole plants because I usually wash my harvest, it's always covered in dust and pollen and bugs that I don't want to smoke. I don't use a tent because I grow outdoor... I have a whole garage full lol. Taste and smell always improves over time (to a certain point) in my jars... maybe I'm just old school.
Old school yes, but then again your key factors at what you said. Outside and a garage. I dry 3 to 5 plants tops. I am at an elevation of 10k so I run a dehumidifier and a humidifier. I don't need heat at all. I don't need to wash my nugs I don't have bug problems, and all that other stuff.
Again reread what said I might not be cost effective for you.
Yet I don't sell nothing ,and I will let my nugs sit in my tent from 14 to 21 days slow drying .
The biggest question have you tried it? Sounds like you never tried a drying room/ tent . Get a small tent and set up one. Throw a few branches and slow dry them. I promise you will sing a different note.
Even more so there is an industry building building around this concept, but it really is not blowing off the ground because the industry is turning into big corporations. Where they don't care and only want to throw out the most amount of bud the quickest way imaginable.
I am not trying to argue I am just trying to back my points .
I can google and post all the information on it. From small
Drying tents to the industrial mill vans.(train cart boxes)
Like I tell people 10 day drying and curing is like smoking a swisha compared smoking a true Cuban which they use humidors.
Peac and love keep growing homie