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thrasher79
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fresh step crystals mushroom drying
#10898928 - 08/20/09 04:46 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I NEEED help in drying my shrooms i was told 2 buy fresh step crystal cat littet the silica gel type. what is the process for this method, Or is there a better method wo the use of dehydrator. THANKS
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Shea25
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: thrasher79]
#10898964 - 08/20/09 04:51 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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fan dry the mushroom while there on a mesh screen. then if not cracker dry use a desiccant. Just suspend the mushrooms over the desiccant making sure they don't touch the desiccant. But nothing beats out a good old dehydrator
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thrasher79
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: thrasher79]
#10898986 - 08/20/09 04:55 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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ps i reae all the sugested links and post,an am wondrring some of the post were many years old, IS the type of litter i got ok, maby some one would explain how 2 use the crystal cat litter, say 2 fan dry aday then fill a sock with the silica gethen place sock n large bag with the fruit,1-2 days you have dry as a cracker is this correct???
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: Shea25]
#10898995 - 08/20/09 04:58 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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alright dude, just go to your local home depot or home center and go into the painting isles, then look for there moisture control area, theres multiple different things you can use, i personally like to use Damprid, its just desicant, it draws the moisture out of the air and traps it in a bag or inside the crystals depending on which one you purchase. so after you get your desicant, go into your kitchen, get a tupperware container with a tight fitting lid and pour some of the desicant into the bottom of the container. then suspend your mushooms of the bottom by using a screen (be sure it doesnt lay ontop of the desicant, and put the lid on), they will dry in like 24 hours or so. good luck
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Shea25
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: thrasher79]
#10899010 - 08/20/09 05:00 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fan dry them for 24 hours before using the Damprid
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Project
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: Shea25]
#10899141 - 08/20/09 05:31 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Here's what I did for a desiccant chamber:
Get a good sized tupperware that has a lid and a good sized, flat bottom. Then lay down some metal jar rings, then a screen of some type on top of those jar rings (I used some paint strainers from Lowe's and cut them to the size I needed.) Then put some of your desiccant on this screen. Now lay down another layer of jar rings (stack them two high if you want) and another screen; place your mushrooms on this screen. So now you have desiccant on it's own level and your shrooms above it. Don't let your shrooms touch the desiccant.
Of course you should use a fan to dry them out at first. The desiccant will help get that remaining moisture out. Make sure your mushrooms don't blow away by the fan.
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thrasher79
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: Project]
#10899497 - 08/20/09 06:40 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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thanks all so r we saying not to ues silica gel type? if no any one have any sugested methods to use the 20 dollars in litter igot lol lol thanks (D)
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thrasher79
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: Project]
#10899536 - 08/20/09 06:46 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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thanks all so r we saying not to ues silica gel type? if no any one have any sugested methods to use the 20 dollars in litter igot lol lol thanks (D)
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thrasher79
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: thrasher79]
#10899558 - 08/20/09 06:48 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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SORRY I DID NOT MEAN TO POST TWICE.
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headofmike
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: thrasher79]
#10899840 - 08/20/09 07:32 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I have given up with believing that heat does anything to the potency (within reason). Put the oven on low, stick'm in there for awhile. Done. I hate using dessicants.
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Crack_Rocker
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: headofmike]
#11026311 - 09/09/09 09:47 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I searched this post cause i had teh same question. I also read fresh step crystals was good to use and i have cats so sounds fucking great. I have had no luck with it. I have tried two different setups. one with a big bowl nearly half full of the litter with pantyhose pulled over it and the shroom sit on top. then I tied it up in several layers of plastic bags and left for a day. If the shrooms were not pretty much cracker dry when i put them in there a day later they were wetter than when i put in. Next i took a small tupperware container and pulled pantyhose over it and put shrooms on top and closed lid over it. Left them in a day and they were still wet. All mushrooms were fan dried at least a day before i put them in and were mostly dry already. Ive given up on the litter shit and im just fan drying till i get a dehydrator
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Crack_Rocker
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: Crack_Rocker]
#11026340 - 09/09/09 09:53 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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So i just did some searching and ive read that you should bake the litter at 350 before and after use. Im not sure how long but i never thought of this it sounds like thats the problem
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Re: fresh step crystals mushroom drying [Re: headofmike]
#11026497 - 09/09/09 10:32 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
headofmike said: I have given up with believing that heat does anything to the potency (within reason). Put the oven on low, stick'm in there for awhile. Done. I hate using dessicants.
desiccant is just a waste of time, you can buy a dehydrator at wal mart for 40 friggin bux.......
i read on here yesterday(can't find the thread now) that psilocin and psilocybin only get damaged at some pretty exreme high heat temperatures...it was really high.
does anyone know what is the heat it can withstand before the psilocin and psilocybin gets damaged?
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