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echoechoecho
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desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok?
#23637585 - 09/12/16 02:47 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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drying my first batch of shrooms was wandering if a heat mat under the Epsom Salt tek and a fan would dry them at mad speed, or will it just fuck with the desiccant or something?
Thanks
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Psilosoulful

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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: echoechoecho]
#23637714 - 09/12/16 05:56 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Too complicated..get a food dehydrator...stuff mushrooms in there, turn dial to max setting. Problem solved
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: Psilosoulful]
#23637721 - 09/12/16 06:01 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: Smoothcat]
#23637958 - 09/12/16 08:32 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Dried under fan for two days. Then put it in a big container with CaCl desiccant. Cracked into Piece without burning a whole in the pocket
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Chk
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: Dare2d]
#23637970 - 09/12/16 08:39 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Heat is needed to dry mushroom correctly, by just fanning you don't disactivate the enzyms that destroy psilocybin.
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just_curious
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: Dare2d]
#23637974 - 09/12/16 08:42 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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When I hunted Cyans in Washington, I didn't have a dehydrator. I would bake the Epsom salt to make a desiccant, lay it down in a BIG bowl with a lid, and place paper towel down over the desiccant. I would then place my shrooms on a peice if cardboard and place in the oven on the lowest setting (170 degrees) with the door cracked open about 4-6 inches, with a fan directed towards the open door. This was essentially a dehydrator. I would get them as dry as I could, and then put them on top of the paper towel, that is on top of the desiccant, place the lid on, and keep covered for 24 hours. This always did the trick.
People are going to argue that psilocin breaks down from heat, but it is at much, much higher temperatures. Dehydrators use heat paired with a fan too. I assure you, while you're waiting to buy a dehydrator, this will work.
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: just_curious]
#23637987 - 09/12/16 08:52 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: bodhisatta]
#23638000 - 09/12/16 09:03 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Mad Season
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: just_curious] 1
#23638079 - 09/12/16 09:47 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Nice. Everybody loves a double poster.... People and their dehydrator aversions. Costs like 1/4-1/2 the price of a PC.
Anytime someone's like noooo I can't afford $30, I'm like how the fuck are you even surviving right now?
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TerryTate
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: Mad Season] 1
#23638419 - 09/12/16 12:41 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Mad Season said: Anytime someone's like noooo I can't afford $30, I'm like how the fuck are you even surviving right now?
I know a lot of decent, hard working people that don't have $30 to spare. Count yourself lucky you don't understand how that can happen, but sneering isn't cool.
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Inocuole
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: TerryTate]
#23638422 - 09/12/16 12:43 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Maybe those people shouldn't be growing drugs if they can't shell out 30 dollars. I can think of a lot more important things...
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The Mycologist
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: TerryTate]
#23638425 - 09/12/16 12:44 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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TerryTate said:
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Mad Season said: Anytime someone's like noooo I can't afford $30, I'm like how the fuck are you even surviving right now?
I know a lot of decent, hard working people that don't have $30 to spare. Count yourself lucky you don't understand how that can happen, but sneering isn't cool.
That may be true, but if money is that tight then why start the hobby.
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echoechoecho
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: The Mycologist]
#23638439 - 09/12/16 12:53 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Because I like to have some shred of enjoyment in my life? So people with no money should give up on hobbies? and give up psychedelics?
I can if I pool all my spare money together buy a dehydrator but I would rather use some stuff lying around then spend what I could instead use on something more important...
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echoechoecho
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: Mad Season]
#23638443 - 09/12/16 12:55 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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1 post was directly using a heat mat and the other was mainly questioning whether i could have a set up with a heat mat under a tub with desiccant in.
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The Mycologist
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: echoechoecho]
#23638454 - 09/12/16 01:03 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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The oven might be a better move. I have seen some oven drying teks around here I think.
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Inocuole
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: echoechoecho]
#23638458 - 09/12/16 01:05 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Go ahead and pioneer it yourself. Find out how far you, personally, are willing to go, with your mushrooms/hard work as the cost of travel.
If I worked hard on producing mushrooms I know I wouldn't be trying to use makeshift means to dry them. Seems wasteful to get that far and then fuck it all up because you're broke.
Who knows though, maybe if you make 4 more threads about the same thing you'll eventually get the answer you want.
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The Mycologist
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: echoechoecho]
#23638459 - 09/12/16 01:06 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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echoechoecho said: Because I like to have some shred of enjoyment in my life? So people with no money should give up on hobbies? and give up psychedelics?
I can if I pool all my spare money together buy a dehydrator but I would rather use some stuff lying around then spend what I could instead use on something more important...
I think if money is that tight you don't have to give up psychs but wait until you have money for the correct tools. It would be a waste of all the precious money if the shrooms do not get dried properly.
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: Inocuole]
#23638469 - 09/12/16 01:11 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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A dehydrator is definitely worth the investment. For my first grow I used a fan for most of it and then a desiccant chamber for the final bit of drying. Not only did it take over 2 days, but the mushrooms looked crappy afterwards. Sure, you can use alternative means to dry your mushrooms, but all it comes down to is that you're sacrificing quality to save a few bucks.
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Mad Season
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: TerryTate]
#23638479 - 09/12/16 01:15 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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TerryTate said:
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Mad Season said: Anytime someone's like noooo I can't afford $30, I'm like how the fuck are you even surviving right now?
I know a lot of decent, hard working people that don't have $30 to spare. Count yourself lucky you don't understand how that can happen, but sneering isn't cool.
Is this actually serious? >.> The only people who "can't afford" $30 are people with other problems more important sucking up their money. In which case, is growing really something you should be doing?
I mean like cmon man. How fuckin hard is it to not spend $30 from your paycheck? Hell when I wasn't working, I'd go loot coins tossed in fountains and shit. Lol..
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Inocuole
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Re: desiccant, Heat mat and Fan? <- is this ok? [Re: Mad Season]
#23638483 - 09/12/16 01:17 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Just go take your half dried mushrooms and turn them into the police station now... at least then you'll get 3 meals a day and won't have to worry about not having 30 bucks..
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