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biggglesworth
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freezing vs drying

#7048532 - 06/15/07 03:28 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

last year i picked several thousand wild mushrooms and dried them out for later use. i found that after 3 months, they had lost all potency. quite disappointing. i dont know if they weren't fully dry or what. i was expecting them to last longer than that. this years season has started again. already i have picked probably 1000 and dont want to suffer the same results as last year. if i freeze the mushies just after i pick and wash them will this preserve their potency until i thaw them out?? i dont see why it wouldn't. also if i dry them out, chop them up,weigh them into doses and then freeze them again in a snap lock bag full of water will i have any trouble preserving set doses??? any info appreciated

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guitarman
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Re: freezing vs drying

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#7048549 - 06/15/07 03:55 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

i hear freezing can be good but make sure they are completely dry before doin it. i also hear grinding and puttin into chocolate is a good way to preserve, because then the oxygen cant even get to them.

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Re: freezing vs drying

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#7048556 - 06/15/07 04:13 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

If you're going to freeze the shrooms, make sure they stay frozen until ingestion. Psilocybin breaks down fast after removing from freezer.

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Re: freezing vs drying

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#7048568 - 06/15/07 04:25 AM (16 years, 10 months ago)

Moisture - ANY moisture at all is the enemy!

1. Get shrooms ABSOLUTELY bone/cracker dry.
2. Grind until powder dry.
3. Pour into cleaned, sterilised, thoroughly dried glass jar.
4. Tightly screw on lid. Wrap jar in cling-film, rubber band the neck. Wrap jar tightly in tin foil.
5. Store in dry, dark, room temperature place.

I find this method works and in my experience the powder retains pretty much full potency for at least 18 months.

eg. Two weeks ago I took five grams of some Koh Samui powder from a flush grown well over a year ago and at the peak I found myself in a intricate lattice of colours conversing telepathically with the "mushroom people". They were hugging and caressing thoughts they had read from my mind.

No loss of potency there clearly!

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biggglesworth
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Re: freezing vs drying

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#7049124 - 06/15/07 10:49 AM (16 years, 9 months ago)

can anyone shed anymore light on the freezing fresh shroom bit?? has anyone tried it??

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guitarman
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Re: freezing vs drying

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#7059355 - 06/17/07 10:29 PM (16 years, 9 months ago)

if you freeze fresh shrooms the cells expand which causes bruising, turning the shrooms blue, and i assume resulting in a loss of potency.
If anyone can shed more light on the cell expansion part that would be good.

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