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Dabrit


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Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator??
#23816955 - 11/09/16 05:30 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hi,
Before my last month grow I purchased a dehydrator. The Excaliber 2400 which is a 4 sliding tray unit( Picture included) Unit has 5 different temperature settings. I used the 130f setting to dry my fruits. It does go up to 165f.
After my fruits were done drying they looked weird and very shriveled up and overly crispy. Not all all what dried zooms like any time I've bought them off a dealer. Am I using the wrong type of dehydrator?? Wrong temperature? I should mention I decapitated the caps and split the stems in half before drying as.they seemed to large to fit on a tray and fit between the upper and lower tray.
As mentioned zooms just didn't look right and the whole batch were duds nobody got high???
Any advice that get a well polished end product?
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Dabrit]
#23816968 - 11/09/16 05:34 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use the 9 tray Excalibur and it works great. I crank the temp up all the way.
They're supposed to be shriveled and dry enough to crumble when you squeeze 'em. (Cracker dry)
The dehydrator wont affect potency at all, you just had bunk shrooms.
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Greg]
#23816994 - 11/09/16 05:40 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Greg said: I use the 9 tray Excalibur and it works great. I crank the temp up all the way.
They're supposed to be shriveled and dry enough to crumble when you squeeze 'em. (Cracker dry)
The dehydrator wont affect potency at all, you just had bunk shrooms.
Did you cut up your fruits before dehydrating??
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Dabrit]
#23817002 - 11/09/16 05:41 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Also they werent just shriveled they seemed way too crispy especially the caps
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Dabrit]
#23817011 - 11/09/16 05:43 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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 crank that jawn up.
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Dabrit said: Also they werent just shriveled they seemed way too crispy especially the caps
yup! cracker dry dude.
I too noticed a difference in the shrooms i first grew and dried. because it was done right. and the guy i got them from before told me he half dried them to stretch the weight to make more $$. what a douche.
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Dabrit]
#23817020 - 11/09/16 05:46 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Dabrit said: Did you cut up your fruits before dehydrating??
No, I just take out some of the trays to fit the bigger ones in. That might not be an option for you because you're using the 4 tray version though.
It shouldn't matter either way.
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: mushboy]
#23817021 - 11/09/16 05:46 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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mushboy said:
 crank that jawn up.
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Dabrit said: Also they werent just shriveled they seemed way too crispy especially the caps
yup! cracker dry dude.
I too noticed a difference in the shrooms i first grew and dried. because it was done right. and the guy i got them from half dried them to stretch the weight to make more $$. what a douche.
Hmm then in that case every single person I've ever gotten shrooms from had done the same as.mine looked nothing like anything I'd ever gotten before. Lots of blue bruising maybe I shouldn't have cut them? Way too crispy caps and stems.
Either that or maybe all my dealers dried theirs using fans perhaps??
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Greg]
#23817028 - 11/09/16 05:50 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Greg said:
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Dabrit said: Did you cut up your fruits before dehydrating??
No, I just take out some of the trays to fit the bigger ones in. That might not be an option for you because you're using the 4 tray version though.
It shouldn't matter either way.
Hmm well I could just up some cash for a bigger dehydrator. Seen as I doing monos it was evident from thr first flush that thing isn't nearly big enough to fit a flush in there took 3-4 cycles.
At full heat( 165f) how long on average would full sized fruits take to dry??
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Dabrit]
#23817049 - 11/09/16 05:57 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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12 - 24 ish hours depending on how wet/dense they are and how full the dehydrator is.
Basically check them every so often. When they're cracker dry, they're cracker dry 
I don't have your exact model of dehydrator so the times could vary.
Edited by Greg (11/09/16 06:02 PM)
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Greg]
#23817087 - 11/09/16 06:09 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I use a cheap Nesco and you can get a small load of shrooms done in as quick as 4-6 hours. About a tray's worth packed reasonably close. Time goes up as you fill more trays. 160f does the trick.
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Greg]
#23817110 - 11/09/16 06:14 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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 did they look like these?
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: mushboy]
#23817125 - 11/09/16 06:19 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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All of this thread and the first pic is by someone who is trying to help you. Where is your pic if you're going to make a thread asking wtf is wrong with your mushrooms?
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: mushboy]
#23817197 - 11/09/16 06:35 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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mushboy said:
 did they look like these?

No not really they were extremely bruised and stems looked overly fiberous liked really old rope or string that was crispy caps were extremely brittle and felt as delicate as dried up leaves and would shatter as such.
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Dabrit]
#23817202 - 11/09/16 06:36 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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It should be so dry it turns to dust if you squeeze it. Most times mushrooms you buy from people will no longer be that dry, meaning you aren't getting the weight you pay for.
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Inocuole]
#23817211 - 11/09/16 06:38 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Inocuole said: All of this thread and the first pic is by someone who is trying to help you. Where is your pic if you're going to make a thread asking wtf is wrong with your mushrooms?
My last grow was months ago, I'm now just starting a new monotub had meant to ask back after harvesting but as the zooms were duds and didn't get anyone high I just tossed to the whole flush before taking pictures.
B+ variety btw grown in coir.
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Re: Dehydration Question - Am I using wrong kind of dehydrator?? [Re: Greg]
#23817218 - 11/09/16 06:41 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Greg said: 12 - 24 ish hours depending on how wet/dense they are and how full the dehydrator is.
Basically check them every so often. When they're cracker dry, they're cracker dry 
I don't have your exact model of dehydrator so the times could vary.
Excalibur 2400 which I guess is a 220 watt model.
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