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Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? * 1
    #15190447 - 10/07/11 07:29 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Hello all,

I am curious what opinions are on drying mushrooms for long-term storage. I want to save them until Early Spring. Being a newbie I bought a grow kit from midwestgrowkits and it worked fine, Now I need to dry them, they sell a drying kit for $12. Should I go out and buy my own stuff?  Can I find the same desiccants for cheaper at the store?

I tried fan drying but its too humid here and they wont dry by using a fan only.. still feel spongy.

Any suggestions?


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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: rkmate] * 1
    #15190454 - 10/07/11 07:32 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Drying mushrooms has never been discussed on this site, good thing you brought it up

Use a dehydrator

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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: JaffyJaffar] * 1
    #15190481 - 10/07/11 07:44 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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JaffyJaffar said:
Drying mushrooms has never been discussed on this site, good thing you brought it up

Use a dehydrator




is that a hint of sarcasm I sense there? :smile:


i got a tub of damp-rid for cheap ($5) and it's been 3 days so far... still not sure if it's the best method. (a bowl with the damp-rid in the bottom, with the mushrooms in a sieve above it, all wrapped up in sarin wrap)

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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: JaffyJaffar] * 1
    #15190482 - 10/07/11 07:44 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

I thought dehydrator is not supposed to be used.. (heat is bad?) I ask again because I keep reading different opinions and trying to get a fresh one.. sorry if I brought something up that is common..


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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: rkmate] * 1
    #15190508 - 10/07/11 07:54 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

maybe fan then damp-rid for the last bit of crispiness

that's what I plan to do next flush
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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: keeno] * 1
    #15190548 - 10/07/11 08:09 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

i air dry for about 3 days and to get that last little bit of moisture out i lay them out on a cookie sheet, pop them in the oven on 150F with the door cracked open and keep a really close eye on them. it only take a minute or two in there to get them to that cracker texture.

your could get a dehydrator that uses low low heat

use that awesome little tool in the top right corner, its called a search bar. it will give you pages and pages of information

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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: SickDog] * 1
    #15190580 - 10/07/11 08:27 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Fan dry til almost crisp (24-48hrs) then buy silica gel kitty litter and fil bottom of ice cream tub.  put mushies on screen in icecream tub.  Another 12 hrs will be cracker crisp.  Thats how i do it!

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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: tophermak] * 1
    #15190619 - 10/07/11 08:40 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

dehydrators are the way to go.


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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: TheDrake] * 1
    #15190722 - 10/07/11 09:07 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

:shrug:


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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: tripdawg420] * 1
    #15190774 - 10/07/11 09:21 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

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Dang!  What do you do when the little ones fall through there and get hit by the fan blades?

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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: ky_distiller] * 1
    #15190776 - 10/07/11 09:22 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

theres a screen i cut out a window


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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: tripdawg420] * 1
    #15190783 - 10/07/11 09:24 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Ahh!  I didn't notice it the first time.  That makes a lot more sense.  It would suck to have little bits of mushroom flung around the room by the fan. LOL!

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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: ky_distiller] * 1
    #15190787 - 10/07/11 09:25 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

:thumbup:


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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: tripdawg420] * 1
    #15190954 - 10/07/11 10:17 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

this was one of those threads that coulda been easily dealt with in the search engine. if you at the point in your grow and you have mushies and you've not read about drying yet, then theres probibly an issue.

not trying to be mean, its just crazy how ive awnswerd that question in the last little while :smile: lol crazynessssss


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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: jimmyjame1] * 1
    #15190969 - 10/07/11 10:20 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

Someone posts a drying question at least once a day.


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Re: Best way to dry my first mushroom harvest? [Re: arp180] * 1
    #15190975 - 10/07/11 10:20 AM (13 years, 3 months ago)

so true


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