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Drying without Descatin
    #16816114 - 09/09/12 09:19 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

Is it possible to dry shrooms without using descatin chicken wire and a bowl? cant i just throw them on a glass plate and let them dry on their own? is that safe? does it rob it of all its active ingredients?

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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: zerobeat4393]
    #16816141 - 09/09/12 09:26 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

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yeah its pretty easy.


rotten mushrooms will always turn black and mushy.


if they are cracker dry, and stay cracker dry. they will NEVER go bad.


depending on how long you are storing them, you might want to put a tiny little desiccant pack inside the bag for long term storage



also, if you are looking for a cheaper desiccant, check this out.
http://www.rollitup.org/do-yourself/283945-diy-drying-agent-desiccant.html

skip the part about drying everclear.

you just need to bake epsom salt, and then it turns into a desiccant.

then when it rehydrates, you just bake it again.

infinite, cheap desiccant.




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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: TurbanJuice]
    #16816164 - 09/09/12 09:31 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

oh baking espom salt works? i have tht just throw it in the oven and guess when its ready??? or should i have it at a certain degrees for a certain amount of time

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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: zerobeat4393]
    #16816179 - 09/09/12 09:33 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

If you read the tek in the link you will have plenty of cheep drying agent forever.

I would recommend fan drying them for a day or 2 before you throw them in a box with the drying agent.


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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: TurbanJuice]
    #16816182 - 09/09/12 09:34 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

Oxygen robs it of active ingredients.  So there's that.  You want to dry them as fast as possible without destroying the actives in order to keep them from molding/rotting and to remove them from an oxygenated environment (if possible).

You could use a screen rather than a glass plate to stimulate airflow and wire up a computer fan as well.  Though I would HIGHLY recommend a dehydrator.

Lastly, I think you can 'dry' a liquid, such as acetone, with magnesium sulfate, but I don't think it will pull moisture out of the air.

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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: Thadeous]
    #16816188 - 09/09/12 09:35 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

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Set your oven to its maximum setting, which in my case is 550°F (288°C). To a non-stick pan, add a layer of Epsom Salts no thicker than 1 cm (about the diameter of a penny). Crumble any chunks and then shake the pan to evenly layer the salt. Any thicker and you will end up with a rock-hard layer on the bottom which can only be easily removed by washing in water. Don’t worry; this method will not harm the metal pan you are using




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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: TurbanJuice]
    #16816219 - 09/09/12 09:43 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

:whathesaid:
Badass link.  Should have read it earlier.

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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: zerobeat4393]
    #16816245 - 09/09/12 09:49 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

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zerobeat4393 said:
Is it possible to dry shrooms without using descatin chicken wire and a bowl? cant i just throw them on a glass plate and let them dry on their own? is that safe? does it rob it of all its active ingredients?



A food dehydrator would be your best bet.  I don't get whats up with your aversion to using a desiccant.  Why not make things easier on yourself and just buy a $10 bucket of damprid?

You could sun dry, but still would want a desiccant to finish em off IMO
http://www.instructables.com/id/Free-green-solar-dehydrator/

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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: Mush 4 Brains]
    #16816259 - 09/09/12 09:54 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

wow that link is great thanks alot! :laugh:

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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: zerobeat4393]
    #16816269 - 09/09/12 09:58 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)


all i use is a box fan


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Re: Drying without Descatin [Re: zerobeat4393]
    #16816293 - 09/09/12 10:03 AM (12 years, 4 months ago)

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