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Am I air drying these the right way?
#26354819 - 12/01/19 12:00 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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http://imgur.com/a/pg5Fb1U
I put all of the whole shrooms on a baking sheet and have a fan blowing above them on low. The air is not directly touching the shrooms and I'm not sure if that's okay. If the air was directly touching the shrooms I think they would blow away.
After they become mostly dry from this, I plan to put them in a Mason jar with a non-toxic desiccant.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: shroomaway69]
#26354820 - 12/01/19 12:02 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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You should use a dehydrator. Fan drying doesn't work properly nor do dessicants.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: Failboat]
#26354826 - 12/01/19 12:10 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Unfortunately, I don't have one and I think it would take days before I could have one delivered. I've seen lots of threads here where people are recommending the technique I used, but I'm not sure if I'm doing it to the way they are recommending because they rarely show pictures.
Anyway, if my information is out of date, should I go to some specialty store to buy a dehydrator?
Edited by shroomaway69 (12/01/19 12:11 AM)
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: shroomaway69]
#26354828 - 12/01/19 12:11 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Walmart might have them. Cabelas/Bass Pro should. Rural king and Menards certainly will. Target might carry dehydrators, especially considering all the sales currently. Perhaps there is a Williams Sonoma or other cooking store local for you. It's not that hard to find em especially if you call around.
Edited by Failboat (12/01/19 12:17 AM)
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: Failboat]
#26354832 - 12/01/19 12:13 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Dehydrators always seem to get mine way too dry by the time they are dry enough to keep.
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What the fuck does that even mean? Either they are dry or they are not. They can't be too dry.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: Magenta]
#26354860 - 12/01/19 12:45 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quirkmeister92 said: You should use a dehydrator. Fan drying doesn't work properly nor do dessicants.
This is wrong information. I can't talk for humid climates but in regards to temperate climates, initial fan drying and then using desiccants to finish the process is definitely feasible.
Regardless what you want to aim for is 'cracker dry'. What this means is that if you bend the stem, it snaps, not bends.
Good luck mate.
But am I doing it the right way? Do I need to have the fan blow directly on the shrooms?
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: shroomaway69]
#26354861 - 12/01/19 12:48 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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I would, jst put em in a corner if your worried about them blowing away
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: shroomaway69] 1
#26354865 - 12/01/19 12:56 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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If you live in humid conditions, what i have to say may and most likely will be redundant.
Your setup looks okay to me.
Position you fan further away from the shrooms and then direct the breeze directly into them. Work out the sweet point where they don't blow away but endure the breeze at maximum intensity. Check on them regularly because as they dry out they'll become lighter and probably blow away. The fan will need adjusting to accommodate this.
If you live in a temperate zone keeping them there for a couple of days should mediocre dry them. They'll be maximum air dried at this point. They'll seem very very dry but they're evidently not complete by the stems. They will still bend. You need to finish the drying process. Finish it by transferring them to a home made desiccant chamber. It should only take a week after transfer for the mushrooms to become cracker dry. This is the optimal condition to store shrooms for future use.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: shroomaway69]
#26354874 - 12/01/19 01:17 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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It depends an your local climate, and this is a personal preference try and use a "porous" surface like a drying rack or a bamboo mat. In a humid state I used a closet and 20 dollar drying net rack thing with humidity collector and they usually go crisp within a week. It's not wrong the way your doing it, but there are more "efficient ways". Honestly going to goodwill and buying a dehydrator is always the best.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: shroomaway69]
#26354948 - 12/01/19 04:02 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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shroomaway69 said: http://imgur.com/a/pg5Fb1U
I put all of the whole shrooms on a baking sheet and have a fan blowing above them on low. The air is not directly touching the shrooms and I'm not sure if that's okay. If the air was directly touching the shrooms I think they would blow away.
After they become mostly dry from this, I plan to put them in a Mason jar with a non-toxic desiccant.
How did you grow those? Just curious...I. doing my first tub and was really hoping for a lot more than that...
Oh and to contribute to your post:
I just bought one of Amazon prime for 30 bucks shipped got here the following day...
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Or if you really need to dry them suckas you could put them in the oven and set your oven to "warm", its usually below 170, and also crack the door. That'd probably do it in under 10 hrs
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I blow a fan directly on mine for 24 hours then stick them in a storage tote with a desiccant. I use a tub of dry-rite personally, you can find it in the automotive section of Wal-Mart etc.
Fan drying is good because it takes out 70% of the moisture so your desiccant will last longer but fan drying alone will definitely not be enough.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: shroomaway69]
#26355004 - 12/01/19 05:53 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Using a food dehydrator will most certainly decrease the potency of the shrooms a little bit. I have always fan dried my mushies and placed into a chamber with desiccant and have always had great success. They usually always turn out cracker dry and never had a problem. I usually keep them in front of a fan for around 36 hours give or take.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: Skyz] 2
#26355104 - 12/01/19 07:54 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Dehydrators most certainly DO NOT decrease potency. They preserve it by deactivating enzymes and quickly getting the mushrooms dry. The alkaloids are stable into >300°F. Fan drying doesn't achieve either, even with dessicants. That week of processing Magenta describes ia a week of degradation. If you won't take my word for it let the TC's chime in.
If you're gonna half ass it do what SpunkyMonkey88 said with the oven. If you want to preserve your hard work for years conveniently buy a dehydrator.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: Failboat]
#26355121 - 12/01/19 08:09 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Lol? Food dehydrators definitely DO decrease potency. Its quite obvious. You are one of the first people I have ran into that would make such a ridiculous claim. Go read Paul Stamets book "Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World", it says in there mushies lose potency when using heat to dry them.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: Failboat]
#26355137 - 12/01/19 08:19 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Unless your dehydrating your mushies on one of lowest setting possible (which is around 90-115 degrees Fahrenheit), you will more than likely lose potency. which at that point you mine as well fan dry them. Now wether or not its to an extent where you would notice the loss in potency is up for debate. Personally I believe it to be self preference. Dry shrooms are dry shrooms. I would never waste my hard work using a dehydrator though.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: Skyz] 2
#26355141 - 12/01/19 08:30 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Myco_Anjelo420 said: Dehydrators always seem to get mine way too dry by the time they are dry enough to keep.
You cant make them too dry. You need them to get to 100% dry. They cant get more dry than totally dry
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Skyz said: Using a food dehydrator will most certainly decrease the potency of the shrooms a little bit. I have always fan dried my mushies and placed into a chamber with desiccant and have always had great success. They usually always turn out cracker dry and never had a problem. I usually keep them in front of a fan for around 36 hours give or take.
Dehydrators LOCK IN potency. Anything that takes longer than a day to dry your shrooms is losing potency.
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Skyz said: Lol? Food dehydrators definitely DO decrease potency. Its quite obvious. You are one of the first people I have ran into that would make such a ridiculous claim. Go read Paul Stamets book "Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World", it says in there mushies lose potency when using heat to dry them.
That book is a pile of stamets shit. Do some research on the guy.
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Re: Am I air drying these the right way? [Re: Skyz] 1
#26355142 - 12/01/19 08:31 AM (4 years, 1 month ago) |
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Skyz said: Unless your dehydrating your mushies on one of lowest setting possible (which is around 90-115 degrees Fahrenheit), you will more than likely lose potency. which at that point you mine as well fan dry them. Now wether or not its to an extent where you would notice the loss in potency is up for debate. Personally I believe it to be self preference. Dry shrooms are dry shrooms. I would never waste my hard work using a dehydrator though.
The lowest heat setting is worst for potency preservation. You want it hot and to take less time.
Heat above 160F denatures the enzymes that cause potency degradation. The longer the fruits have moisture in them the longer those enxymes can do damage. And if you don't use heat you won't destroy them. Fan drying is your worst method for potency preservation.
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