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How many silica gel packets per musroom?
    #22348319 - 10/08/15 12:33 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Mushrooms were leather dry. I have put them in a zip bag with silica gel packets. After two days they dont seem to have dried much. Should I add
More packets? Should I reactivate those packets? Should I add more packets?


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22348354 - 10/08/15 12:57 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Id say head over to goodwill get you a dehydrator for $5 and use the packets for storage rather than drying.
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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: PhlacidWeenis]
    #22348424 - 10/08/15 01:35 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Silica/desiccant has no purpose when it comes to drying mushrooms. Get a dehydrator. Then add the silica to the bag once they are completely dry.

I don't think that I would put fresh mushrooms in a zip lock bag. You should open the bag up


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: tahoe]
    #22348449 - 10/08/15 01:54 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Silica/desiccant has no purpose when it comes to drying mushrooms.

I don't think that I would put fresh mushrooms in a zip lock bag. You should open the bag up



They were not fresh. but leather dry.
There are many posts about drying with silica gel.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22348504 - 10/08/15 02:35 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

You can also just throw them in the oven at 250f for 15 minute intervals until cracker dry. If not, you want Damprid (calcium chloride), not silica gel packs.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: Sksoul]
    #22348603 - 10/08/15 03:51 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

1. Do I need to separate the calcium chloride from mushrooms with a paper?
Who long should it take to dry in an oven if the mushrooms are leather dry? I have a very limited access to oven.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22348605 - 10/08/15 03:55 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

A single unit is enough for a two quart jar. Put your DRIED shrooms in the jar and toss one unit. They will be fine. Story in a dry and dark place.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: AkashicExplorer]
    #22348635 - 10/08/15 04:17 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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A single unit is enough for a two quart jar. Put your DRIED shrooms in the jar and toss one unit. They will be fine. Story in a dry and dark place.



They are not completely dry. They are leather dry. I want to completely dry them with desiccant.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22361338 - 10/10/15 11:56 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

I have a few zip locks with mushrooms.
I have changed packets and 3 days later a few of them dried out completely and some not.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22366825 - 10/12/15 06:26 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Those who were still not dry, I have put with  calcium chloride, and they dried out quickly.
I'll stick to  calcium chloride next time


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22366867 - 10/12/15 06:59 AM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Calcium chloride is for keeping cracker dry shrooms cracker dry. Don't dry them like a noob, go pony up and get a dehydrator or find a new hobby


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #22373459 - 10/13/15 01:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Calcium chloride is for keeping cracker dry shrooms cracker dry. Don't dry them like a noob, go pony up and get a dehydrator or find a new hobby



This is not the best way to do it, but that is what I have. It reminds me being in India, in a mountain Koday kanal where mushrooms grow. I met a old local man who loved mushrooms. Before the season ended he made me dry mushrooms in the air for a few days, then he cracker dried them in a pan over fire made by wood. made a powder of it manually in a mortar and mixed it with honey to preserve. It lasted me for a few months, and was still good.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22373519 - 10/13/15 01:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

You don't live in India you're on the internet asking questions, get a dehydrator


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: bodhisatta]
    #22373540 - 10/13/15 01:59 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

http://www.amazon.com

I saw at least 3 under $40, and 3 under $30. They'd work just fine.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22373608 - 10/13/15 02:11 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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Calcium chloride is for keeping cracker dry shrooms cracker dry. Don't dry them like a noob, go pony up and get a dehydrator or find a new hobby



This is not the best way to do it, but that is what I have. It reminds me being in India, in a mountain Koday kanal where mushrooms grow. I met a old local man who loved mushrooms. Before the season ended he made me dry mushrooms in the air for a few days, then he cracker dried them in a pan over fire made by wood. made a powder of it manually in a mortar and mixed it with honey to preserve. It lasted me for a few months, and was still good.




Nice story..

That's should be a great way to preserve the dried mushroom powder using honey...


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: micelio]
    #22373797 - 10/13/15 02:44 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

There's more than one way to skin a cat. A fan will get your shrooms pretty close to cracker dry if not all the way there. You can then put them in a decasant chamber for storage after thay. I use this set up to dry LARGE quantities at a time


Nothing more than a fan on one end with large holes to let air in and a lot of small holes to let air out the other sideside. Move them around a little  once a day just because I'm not sure how even the airflow is but from fresh to cracker dry is about 3 days you can just slip it under the bed whole it's running


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: micelio]
    #22373829 - 10/13/15 02:50 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

mmm blue honey


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: Mad Season]
    #22376466 - 10/13/15 11:28 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

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http://www.amazon.com

I saw at least 3 under $40, and 3 under $30. They'd work just fine.



With shipping outside the US, it is 100 $, which unfortunately, I find it hard.
Also I don't plan to grow mushrooms forever, just the amount I need for now.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22376499 - 10/13/15 11:36 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)

Then dry them in the oven, with the door cracked, on the lowest setting, with a fan blowing toward the cracked door. Turn em every 15-20 min to keep from burning. Fan drying and desiccate takes days to dry, the longer it takes, the more potency you lose.


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Re: How many silica gel packets per musroom? [Re: jivangilad]
    #22376518 - 10/13/15 11:42 PM (8 years, 3 months ago)





I don't plan to grow mushrooms forever, just the amount I need for now.




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