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desiccant Drying
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So my batch is fully grown and ready to be picked.  Is there any way to dry them completely within 36 hours?  I have desiccant on hand but need them dried within 36 hours.  Would a dessicator do the trick or should I try another method?  Also, how long do they stay good for once picked off the cake?


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Re: desiccant Drying [Re: senorpsilo]
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Fan dry them for 24-48hrs and then place in a desiccant chamber for 24-48hrs.(They must be fan dried first or you will over saturate the desiccant)

Or get a dehydrator and have them dry in 12 hours.


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Re: desiccant Drying [Re: senorpsilo]
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Put your desiccant in a few cups in a tup and then put a small fan in the tub, and cut a hole for the plug to go out and some air to escape. Drys mine really fast..

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Re: desiccant Drying [Re: Zerovirus]
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If you are using desiccant you do not want any air exchange with the outside environment. All that does is waste your desiccant as is has to pull the moisture from that new air comming into the container as well. An airtight bin with desiccant lining the bottom and something like a window screen suspended over the desiccant to hold the fungus works pretty good. The less empty space in the bin the better. A fan like a computer fan can be added inside the chamber to move the dry air around and speed things up. After every day check on the desiccant and remove any chunks that have absorbed moisture and bound together in clumps, once removed, mix up the desiccant and close it back up again.

A Dehydrator kicks the shit out of desiccant drying. If you're serious about this hobby get a dehydrator, you will be very glad you did. They are cheap and beat the hell out of buying new desiccant or recharging dessicants.


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Re: desiccant Drying [Re: Juiceh]
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Juiceh said:
If you are using desiccant you do not want any air exchange with the outside environment. All that does is waste your desiccant as is has to pull the moisture from that new air comming into the container as well. An airtight bin with desiccant lining the bottom and something like a window screen suspended over the desiccant to hold the fungus works pretty good. The less empty space in the bin the better. A fan like a computer fan can be added inside the chamber to move the dry air around and speed things up. After every day check on the desiccant and remove any chunks that have absorbed moisture and bound together in clumps, once removed, mix up the desiccant and close it back up again.

A Dehydrator kicks the shit out of desiccant drying. If you're serious about this hobby get a dehydrator, you will be very glad you did. They are cheap and beat the hell out of buying new desiccant or recharging dessicants.


If you fan dry them first, you would replace the desiccant less often.

A desiccant chamber is used to get the remaining 10-15% of moisture that is left in the fruits, that fan drying could not get.

If you place fresh mushrooms in a desiccant chamber, you will over saturate the desiccant, and it will take much longer to dry.


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THIS HOBBY IS NOT FOR THE IMPATIENT! PLEASE BE PATIENT, DON'T BE A PATIENT!
A Tale of 10 Isolates, GT Cluster Clone Monotubs, RR's Let's Grow Mushrooms DVD,
SGFC(Shotgun Fruiting Chamber), Monotub Tek, Damion5050's Coir Tek, TL's Tek List, Frank's Tek List,
EvilMushroom666's Pasteurization Tek, How It Should & Shouldn't Look - NEW CULTIVATORS GUIDE
*** *** AFGHAN KUSH GROW LOG *** ***

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Re: desiccant Drying [Re: PussyFart]
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buy a dehydrator on amazon.com for $30.

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