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Re: Preservation method anyone tried this? [Re: Tahnioca]
    #16198377 - 05/08/12 03:59 AM (12 years, 8 months ago)

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Tahnioca said:
The real problem is however, that when i dry them i seem to be losing more than 90% of the weight. For example this months mono tub yeilded 800 grams wet (40 X 20g doses)... But after drying them i had only 21 X 2.7gram doses. 





This is not a problem, it's based on faulty expectations.
Mushrooms are not exactly 90% water, and it can vary quite a lot dependent on the conditions at harvest time.
If you harvest soon after a heavy spraying, or when the caps are relatively dark, you will have a lower dry weight, than if you harvest when the caps are very light and haven't  been sprayed for some time. They are like little sponges, they'll 'suck up' as much  moisture as they can, while the 'going is good' as it were.

If I harvest 1000g I don't expect 100g dry, more like 80-90g.
Basically. I knock off a nought, and a further 1-2g per 100g of the fresh starting material, for a closer idea of dry weight.

As for potency reduction. It may help to keep the mushroom whole rather than grinding to a powder. For longer term storage you could try one of those vacuum containers.


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