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Dehydrator and Alternatives
#24265766 - 04/23/17 07:54 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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My first attempt at growing mushrooms was a flop, however, I got a few big ones off of one cake. I know some people say they need a lot of mushrooms to trip, but the few times I have consumed mushrooms, I feel effects after two or three. By third, every time, I am seeing patterns all about.
So, now a few large shrooms have grown and are ready to be picked. The thing is, due to my current financial predicament, I have yet to buy a dehydrator.
I thought of scuffing these lil beauties down now, but I would rather wait a few days.
My questions are...
1. Is there an effective, temporary alternative to a dehydrator?
2. From the pictures below, which look to be a better dehydrator?
Edited by tamales (04/23/17 09:20 AM)
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: tamales]
#24265771 - 04/23/17 07:57 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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You can put them in a folded up paper bag in the fridge if your going to eat in a couple days, or put in front of a fan. Moving air will dry them fast enough to be safe.
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Do buy a dehydrator.
My first flush of first grow yielded WAY more than I expected. Tried to use desiccant to dry. Overloaded it. Long story short, they got a little nasty. Threw them out expecting to easily replace... Well, next flush not so bountiful. Put effort into fixing my (broken) "drying" method. Instead Should have hit the Goodwill and made the purchase. I did get them cracker dry, just in hindsight would have embraced dehydrator earlier even with cash restrictions.
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: tamales]
#24265868 - 04/23/17 08:58 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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tamales said: My first attempt at growing mushrooms was a flop, however, I got a few big ones off of one cake. I know some people say they need a lot of mushrooms to trip, but the few times I have consumed mushrooms, I feel effects after two or three. By third, every time, I am seeing patterns all about.
So, now a few large shrooms have grown and are ready to be picked. The thing is, due to my current financial predicament, I have yet to buy a dehydrator.
I thought of scuffing these lil beauties down now, but I would rather wait a few days.
My questions are...
1. Is there an effective, temporary alternative to a dehydrator?
2. From the pictures below, which look to be a better dehydrator?

Could always oven dry until you get a dehydrator. Basically put the oven on low, place the shrooms in a aluminum baking sheet with holes in it and put it in the oven with the oven door open a few inches. But definitely invest in a dehydrator
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Thanks everyone for the input and for not being a spelling bitch because I did have a typo in the post title. <3
Which dehydrator looks better from the pictures I posted?
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: tamales]
#24265900 - 04/23/17 09:23 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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The cheap nescos work fine
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: tamales]
#24265984 - 04/23/17 10:25 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cant go wrong with presto
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: ichugwindex]
#24266119 - 04/23/17 11:35 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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get a dehydrator, but a hair dryer and cardboard box works wonders
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: Just_A_Noob]
#24266143 - 04/23/17 11:45 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Get a cheap space heater with a built-in fan, a dirt cheap pp5 laundry basket, secure wire meshes as trays, tape all the holes and drill a 1,5" hole on the lid, melt a window at the bottom with a red hot box cutter to fit the heater, melt a front door and you're done.
 Stuff from the ghetto The pic was taken before taping all the holes, it gets them cracker dry faster than my old dehydrator.
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: Josex]
#24266182 - 04/23/17 12:09 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Search oven teks, you only use oven and a fan.
You ll also need zip lock bags.
And buy a scale to measure your dosages.
Edited by oontribe (04/23/17 01:21 PM)
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: Josex]
#24266222 - 04/23/17 12:39 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Good idea
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: pibbles]
#24266260 - 04/23/17 01:08 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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I found a used dehydrator at a thrift shop for $18 that works great. Craigslist is also a good place to look. You don't have to break the bank to find a good enough dehydrator.
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: MMM3278]
#24266324 - 04/23/17 01:37 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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hit up goodwills. bring some donate-able shit and get chatty with the olg hags that run the place. they might let you check out the back before new shit goes out. find out which day they do that before you go in.
i got three dehydrators for 15bucks.
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: MMM3278]
#24272245 - 04/26/17 04:02 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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MMM3278 said: I found a used dehydrator at a thrift shop for $18 that works great. Craigslist is also a good place to look. You don't have to break the bank to find a good enough dehydrator.
I was thinking thrift store, but I live in the wee country town in Ireland; there's a lot less in their thrift stores.
No one really uses craigslist other than prostitutes here. Yeah, I checked out every section of Ireland's craigslist to see if it is commonly used in this country. Even other personal selling sites do not have dehydrators, but from retailers, the dehydrator is not too expensive. About 40 euro. It has gone down from when I first looked out for em.
Thanks for the advice everyone on which one to go for.
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Edited by tamales (04/26/17 04:04 AM)
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: tamales]
#24272418 - 04/26/17 07:19 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Back then i used to just lay the babies on a sheet of scott towel and dry them with a regular fan i had at home. It works. I would say they didn't become completely cracker dry but dry enough to store.
I then put them in airtight glass jar with cooked rice to absorb humidity and preservation was good.
Drying in the oven? If people say it works i guess it works but i prefer not drying with much heat so potency doesn't degrade too much. I just don't like the idea.
I purchased a really nice dehydrator and it works like a charm with low heat but the next problem I expect is the space. I only had 500g wet to dry and i was already lacking space. People here doing monotubs and harvesting 10 times this amount can't rely much on a home dehydrator i guess.
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Drying with heat locks in potency...
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Re: Dehyradtor and Alternatives [Re: bodhisatta]
#24272436 - 04/26/17 07:27 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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bodhisatta said: Drying with heat locks in potency...
Sorry for asking (english = 2nd language for me)
Locks in potency means it's trapping the psilocybin more effectively inside the the dried shroom? Like it's even better for long term preservation?
If so i'm learning something big here.
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yes heat = better for long term storage.
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Re: Dehydrator and Alternatives [Re: tamales]
#24272683 - 04/26/17 09:31 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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I find a table, a desktop lamp and a sheet tinfoil with the shrooms on it.
Basically "sundried" but indoors using an incandescent lamp. Takes about 2 days to dry, flip as needed.
U can also use your oven, just put on lowest heat setting, and lowest rack. Takes several hours.
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You need em to be cracker dried too, not "dried enough" or "just dried"
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