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a few drying questions
    #11684672 - 12/20/09 06:22 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Ok so i just harvested a few that decided to drop their veils however i cant find any desicant and cannot afford a food dehydrator. I am currently drying them on a metal rack with a fan heater gently blowing on them.




Is this adequate enough or can someone suggest anything else that may be better?

Thanks in advance :mushroom2:


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: dicky21]
    #11684685 - 12/20/09 06:27 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Get yourself to B&Q and get some unibond stop humidity tablets...

You dont need the little pot thing, just buy the refill pack of 2 tabs.....use a knife to break it into smaller chunks and put into a sealed tub with your shrooms (mushrooms hanging above on a mesh).

Edit: you will probably only need to break off a 6th of one tablet to dry those mushrooms you have so the tabs will last you a long time!

Edited by Zed (12/20/09 06:29 AM)

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Re: a few drying questions [Re: dicky21]
    #11684688 - 12/20/09 06:27 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

That's ok for now, but get some desiccant when you can for longer storage.


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Doc_T]
    #11684698 - 12/20/09 06:30 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

that should work great, might take a few days, but it will work.


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Doc_T]
    #11684704 - 12/20/09 06:32 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

wicked...... roads are pretty icey at the minute and have had already had a few close calls so i think ill wait a little while before going to bnq. Cheers for the tip ZED and Doc :thumbup:


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Doc_T]
    #11684706 - 12/20/09 06:32 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Ive found fan drying never truly dries mushrooms out to the point where you can put them in a sealed baggy and forget about them.

I fan dry till they feel dry then put into desiccant tub to really crisp them up.

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Re: a few drying questions [Re: dicky21]
    #11684722 - 12/20/09 06:37 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Hmmmm it seems my cat like this method ... LOL

If theres a new heat source in the house my cat will be the first to know!



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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Zed]
    #11684725 - 12/20/09 06:38 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Last resort for desiccant; go to a home depot or hardware store, with painting supplies. They will have a product called Damprid. Works great.

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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Zed]
    #11684728 - 12/20/09 06:39 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

nice cat

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Re: a few drying questions [Re: dicky21]
    #11684733 - 12/20/09 06:40 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Ok.... definately need to get some desiccant then.... :crazy:

Doesn't rice act as like a mild desiccant? Remember reading about it once when my phone went for a swim.

Haha... thanks Z


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: dicky21]
    #11684737 - 12/20/09 06:42 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I would just spend a fiver and get proper stuff..

the unibond tabs i spoke of are calcium chloride so will do the job brilliantly.

and the tabs will last you a couple of years probably (if your not going bulk)

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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Zed]
    #11684744 - 12/20/09 06:44 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Zed]
    #11684746 - 12/20/09 06:45 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

wicked..... might try and get out today then. So literally just get a tupperware container. Same sort of shelf that ive made at the minute and put the shrooms on it and the desiccant in the bottom? How long after that do you think?


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: dicky21]
    #11684751 - 12/20/09 06:47 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

excellent :thumbup: you got a new rating :tongue2:


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Zed]
    #11684755 - 12/20/09 06:49 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

yep, you have the right idea. depends on how much moisture your fan drying has already done...

I just generally leave my mushrooms in the tub until i have other fresh ones that need to take their place.

Id guesse at around 2 or 3 days till completely dry if youve fan dried the majority of moisture off.

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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Zed]
    #11684767 - 12/20/09 06:52 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

:thumbup: :grin: .... does the tub need to be air tight? ... i guess so but maybe im wrong?

Edited by dicky21 (12/20/09 06:53 AM)

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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Zed]
    #11684780 - 12/20/09 06:57 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

yes it does, otherwise moisture in the air will continue getting in

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Re: a few drying questions [Re: Zed]
    #11684796 - 12/20/09 07:02 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

thought so :mushroom2:


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: dicky21]
    #11685037 - 12/20/09 08:41 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Hey Zed...... got the goods already :smile:



Ill take some more pics of it once its all set up make sure i got it right :thumbup:


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Re: a few drying questions [Re: dicky21]
    #11685048 - 12/20/09 08:48 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

thatll do nicely :wink:

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