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how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant?
    #10412207 - 05/28/09 06:43 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

i've had them in front of a fan for a bit more than 48 hrs...

and the smaller ones are cracker dry.. but the bigger ones are still a bit bendy and (not cracker dry).....

should i wait longer, before storing them in an air tight jar.. with desiccant?
should i put some of the smaller ones in for the time being?


(i'm going to put them in a paper bag, inside a jar..  - with a couple silica sachets
underneath the bag.. at the bottom of the jar.)

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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412223 - 05/28/09 06:47 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

You want them dry enough, that any leftover water can be easily absorbed.
So, yeah- cracker dry is best for longer term storage. Also easiest for dosing.


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412228 - 05/28/09 06:49 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

I usually fan dry for about 12 hours for smaller ones and then put thm in a desiccant chamber for 24 hrs or so and then they are cracker dry and I keep them in a ziplock, for the bigger ones you should fan for 24 hrs and it should be good....I put em in with the desiccant even if they are bendy....I'm no expert though but it works for me


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: rlucas]
    #10412252 - 05/28/09 07:02 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

thanks..


yeah -  humidity is bloody high for U.K currently...    other day it was 83%.

so i don't reckon those 'bigguns will fully dry..
i'm gonna store them long term in a jar with a couple packets of desiccant to ensure they are dry..

only worry is that the bag the silica sachets arrived in was slightly open.. so they might already have absorbed some moisture...

so the silica desiccant should finish them off?      (they've been fanning for about 55hrs)
in my wind tunnel creation.... 
(big apple box with fan underneath, facing upwards... and mushrooms on a grill at the top)

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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412277 - 05/28/09 07:14 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

yeah and today humidity is 67% .....
don't reckon they'll fully dry at all..

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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412289 - 05/28/09 07:19 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

You might try LOW oven heat. Set it to whatever setting is lowest, put them on a cookie sheet, check every couple of hours.

And go find or make a dehydrator.


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: Doc_T]
    #10412356 - 05/28/09 08:02 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

well i had my wind tunnel.  - which worked to an extent...


you reckon the oven will be ok...            lowest is 80c.. (176f)
i know there's speculation as to whether heat is degrading.....

is 176f  gonna reduce their potency?

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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412368 - 05/28/09 08:07 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

176 is a little higher than I'm really comfortable with. Leave the door open a crack, maybe.
It's a trade-off, you want to get them dry and packed away from light and air as quickly as you can.


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: Doc_T]
    #10412389 - 05/28/09 08:16 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

i reckon i'll just take the four/five big ones that are still a bit wet and bang em in the oven for an hour to two.


do you think storing in the freezer is necessary?   
(considering i've already got 2x 10g silica gel sachets in an airtight jar)

should i just have them in a relatively dark place?
i'm trying to find oxygen absorbing sachets.. but i think they might not exist. 
(in the U.k anyway..)

cheers doc.

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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412393 - 05/28/09 08:19 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

I wouldn't put them in the oven. I put mine on top of my DVR and that lil bit of heat drys it to cracker dry in 2 days...If you put em away when they aren't cracker dry they will rot or turn to slime...


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412426 - 05/28/09 08:30 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

bob5 said:
i reckon i'll just take the four/five big ones that are still a bit wet and bang em in the oven for an hour to two.


do you think storing in the freezer is necessary?   
(considering i've already got 2x 10g silica gel sachets in an airtight jar)

should i just have them in a relatively dark place?
i'm trying to find oxygen absorbing sachets.. but i think they might not exist. 
(in the U.k anyway..)

cheers doc.




For a few months, cracker dry in a baggie is fine.
With my long term storage, I vacuum pack them and put in the freezer. Is it necessary? Dunno, but they have kept for a year that way.


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: Doc_T]
    #10412751 - 05/28/09 10:22 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

alright...        i just got them out of the oven.  and they are 'dry as a cracker'

i've put them in a jar with leaver to snap it shut  (two metal rings and a rubber seal)
and they're in there with the silica.....

the oven got quite hot .. i think..    despite me putting it on 80c
(i put it lower, but it had no markings below 80c.. so might have been just 80c)


the general consensus is that; it does lower potency.. but not by anything significant, or noticeable....
so i'm guessing they'll be fine?

Edit:  what do you use to vacuum pack?  if online.. could you post a link..  please.
thanks

Edited by bob5 (05/28/09 10:24 AM)

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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412775 - 05/28/09 10:30 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

I use a Foodsaver vacuum machine. You can find them at cookery stores and other places. Kind of expensive, but it's the perfect way to store mushrooms. And a million other things. And you can use it without the vaccuum for things like spawn bags.


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: Doc_T]
    #10412808 - 05/28/09 10:41 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

i see.
so how expensive we talkin?

i'm already down £250  ..      and currently unemployed..  :frown:

if it isn't too much..    that will be my next purchase.
i keep telling myself:  "it's a one off payment.. it's fine." 
heh..    -  now i'm broke.

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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412825 - 05/28/09 10:47 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

Oh, you aren't getting one soon. :sad:
How did you spend so much on the hobby? Pressure cooker?


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: Doc_T]
    #10412860 - 05/28/09 10:59 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

yeah..    i'll have to save up.
i'm very.. bored so here we go..

so-far:
Pressure cooker  (£35)
three aquarium heaters  (£60)              ->  don't ask...    :facepalm:
eight boxes            (65)                                  ->    (yeah  ^  ahem)
Spores x5              (40)
two metal grills,      (£6)
meat thermometer  (£10)
perlite 20 ltrs          (£15)
vermiculite 20 ltrs~  (£14)
24 1/2 pint jars        (£23)                              (had to get them delivered)
two mist-ers              (£4)
countless evian water (£?)
BRF                            (£6)
honey + trays            (£5)

phew...        £291  whopping pounds...      pricey!

thus why i am anxious to spend more money.

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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412899 - 05/28/09 11:09 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

I had to laugh at your  :facepalm: purchases Don't think you are alone there brother. If I had all the money that I spent on things I didn't need before I knew I didn't need them, I would buy us BOTH a dehydrator. :shrug:

Now I do a lot of this  :typing: before I buy ANYTHING. lol.


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: bob5]
    #10412924 - 05/28/09 11:15 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

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countless evian water (�?)




You feed your mushrooms Evian water?
:rofl:




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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: Doc_T]
    #10412971 - 05/28/09 11:27 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

your mushrooms drink better then I do!


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Re: how dry should mushrooms be.. before stored with a desiccant? [Re: trekie]
    #10418097 - 05/29/09 06:49 AM (14 years, 9 months ago)

lol...        yeah, thought i'd give those guys the respect they deserve...
edit: what do you use to water them?  (my tap water is hard as fuk)

- the problem  was, i did too much reading.. and decided on these elaborate incubated fc's and whatnot....


hey..  it's an (expensive) learning curve..


(on a side note...  bottled water increases the female hormone in men - due to the plastic used.)
so i stick with tap water (for myself)...    :  cheap and straight.

Edited by bob5 (05/29/09 06:50 AM)

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