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ShroomDetector
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What temperature effects potency?
#14409955 - 05/06/11 12:07 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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I just dried my Psilocybe Ovoideocystidiata mushrooms with a blow dryer, i researched and found out that blow dryers reach a max temp of around 150F, should my shrooms be unaffected?
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I wouldnt have done that. Just have patience and let them dry.
Or eat fresh. Why risk killin potency with a blow dryer.. Even with a blow dryer it should still take a good while to dry.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: heratogwea]
#14409988 - 05/06/11 12:15 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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It took about 2 hours to dry with the blow dryer, i switched it from cool to hot about 6 or 7 times throughout the drying, do you think the potency will really be weaker?
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EeeEEeek.... Anything above even 95 id say your doing something bad. Letting it get past 150 is horrifying. Your work just went down the drain. However, now u know to fan dry for a few days then toss them into a bin with desiccant for another day or two. Good to go. Eat the shrooms anyways just don't give them to your friends because they might have lost there quality, perhaps the quality stuck with them... U wont know till you eat them. Just don't rip off your friends.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: Bstsneverr]
#14410030 - 05/06/11 12:26 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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is there any way to tell if they are still okay, i mean im checking them now and they still seem some-what moist, the dryer was on a pile of them so they weren't individually laid out. The mushrooms are still very blue, is eating them the only way of checking their potency?
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Bstsneverr
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Honestly in my opinion since they were piled up and some of them still have moisture id say your ok. Dose yourself properly and test them. Test the ones that got the most heat one week, then test the others far away the next.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: Bstsneverr]
#14410048 - 05/06/11 12:30 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Just get some damp rid from your grocery store for drying.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: Bstsneverr]
#14410050 - 05/06/11 12:31 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Sounds like a smart idea, I'm not selling these mushrooms I just wanted to dry them so i can weight out an eighth, Thsnks for the help!
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Bstsneverr
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You will be just fine i think. Just go get some desiccant AKA(damp rid) get them puppies cracker dry and you are good to go.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: Bstsneverr]
#14410063 - 05/06/11 12:35 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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will shop-rite have it? haha
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Bstsneverr
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Any hardware store will have it. Wall-mart has it as well. Well worth it brother.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: Bstsneverr]
#14410077 - 05/06/11 12:38 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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alright awesome! These are some potent little mushrooms man! We found them out in the woods in our town, i took them once but they were air dried, they produce a POWERFUL trip.
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Any wild mushroom, make sure you identify properly! Good for you, i am glad you were able to come across some. Be smart, Trip safe!
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: Bstsneverr]
#14410096 - 05/06/11 12:42 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yup we got the spore print and everything verified, 100% sure its Psilocybe Ovoideocystidiata, they are just showing up in New Jersey recently!
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Bstsneverr
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Awesome job, great research. Best of luck to you.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: Bstsneverr]
#14410181 - 05/06/11 01:00 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Bstsneverr said: EeeEEeek.... Anything above even 95 id say your doing something bad. Letting it get past 150 is horrifying. Your work just went down the drain. However, now u know to fan dry for a few days then toss them into a bin with desiccant for another day or two. Good to go. Eat the shrooms anyways just don't give them to your friends because they might have lost there quality, perhaps the quality stuck with them... U wont know till you eat them. Just don't rip off your friends.
I always dry mine in 140 range and they are absolutely fine. I could easily set my dehydrator to 95 if i felt it would be better, but i like getting them dried quick and storing them out of the oxygen.
OP, you shrooms will be fine! Store them in an airtight container, like a mason jar. If you dried them thoroughly, you dont even need any desiccant.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: awakendone]
#14410188 - 05/06/11 01:01 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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thats great to hear! Hopefully these babies pack as much of a punch as last time!
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Contrary to popular belief, heat in that range is not going to noticeably effect potency. Some people grill or saute their shrooms with other food with no loss in potency. I dry mine in a dehydrator at around 120° and then make tea by steeping them in near-boiling water. I've never noticed a drop in potency.
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: Boozie]
#14410384 - 05/06/11 01:47 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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150 F is fine... I just use a fan, no heat but you did not do anything horrible to your mushrooms that the mushroom gods will punish you for
If your using a chemical for dehydrating (I.e., desiccants) make sure you don't get any on your mushrooms... Some of the chemicals used will give you a nasty stomach ache...
Poor/rough handling and storage are more things to avoid... But even if you loose some potency, sounds like you have lots of mushrooms...
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Re: What temperature effects potency? [Re: HarryL]
#14410397 - 05/06/11 01:51 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Don't listen to me, these guys are right. To be honest i do not have enough information to back up my previous statement anyways so i shouldn't have said it. It is just what i thought was correct given information from out of date threads lol.
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