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MindFood
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Best way to dry shrooms without losing potency?
#5187610 - 01/16/06 03:51 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is my first time growing shrooms, and have successfully got my first flush of B+ shrooms, with some help of this board I ordered some calcium chloride last week to dry them out with as i heard this was the best way to dry them out without much of the psilocin or psilocybin oxidizing. The problem is i have not got my order yet and my mushrooms are ready, i read somewhere that another good way to do it is to dehydrate them using a gentle heat over a long period of time. What would be the best way to do this, could i just use a fan heater and put the mushrooms in front of that for abut 12 hours? or is this likely to be too hot. Sorry if this is a stupid question i just don't want to dry them wrong and them have them all wasted.
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Aiko Aiko


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Re: Best way to dry shrooms without losing potency? [Re: MindFood]
#5187628 - 01/16/06 03:55 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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The opinions on this are many. And actully there has been quite a few posts on this latelty, but I'll say it again FOOD DEHYDRATOR. Cracker Dry, and I mean CRACKER DRY in 24-36 hours. No potency loss what so ever.
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coda
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms without losing potency? [Re: Aiko Aiko]
#5187639 - 01/16/06 03:59 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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food dehydrator. If you dont want to spend the cash just stick them on some wire racks and use a fan to blow air over them. Make sure they are elevated a little bit off of the ground as well.
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MindFood
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms without losing potency? [Re: coda]
#5187683 - 01/16/06 04:07 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ok thanks guys, i don't have a food dehydrator but i'll just use a wire rack and a fan.
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crazy_mofo
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms without losing potency? [Re: coda]
#5187743 - 01/16/06 04:22 PM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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You ordered calcium chloride? Get yourself some Damp-Rid, Bro. Damp-Rid is anhydrous calcium chloride (the kind you want). You can pick up a carton of the stuff at your local wal-mart, or at most major hardware stores. Build a bowl or other container with two levels of screen (a couple inches between them). put the Damp-Rid on the bottom screen (not touching the bottom of the container), and lay your shrooms across the top screen. seal off the container an wait! I think there is actually a diagram of this concept in the MMGG. Let me know if this helps.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms without losing potency? [Re: crazy_mofo]
#5189647 - 01/17/06 01:15 AM (18 years, 1 month ago) |
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Watch out, crazy mofo, it takes a LOT of desiccant to remove all the water from a batch of shroomies. A dehydrator is a no-brainer, but the folks who use damp-rid successfully use a fan to dry them most of the way first, followed by the desiccant chamber to finish them off.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms without losing potency? [Re: Mepher]
#10017424 - 03/21/09 11:52 PM (14 years, 10 months ago) |
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i have had great success by putting them in a big box and putting a fan over them for 14 hours then baking the moisture out of epsom salt (magnesium sulfate..you will have to bake on 350 for about an hour until all moisture is out. it will become vary white then break up inside a sock with a hammer) for about 5 bucks you have an instant moisture absorber ! don't place directly on the salt i cut the screen out of a window until cracker dry
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