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Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question...
    #26415937 - 01/04/20 12:03 PM (4 years, 25 days ago)

Hey guys, I’m at it tonight with the requests for help.

I have a second flush due in about 5 days, so wanted to expirement. I usually fan dry in ambient air for a few days until dry then put in a desiccant chamber for a couple more days, then freeze in sealed containers with desiccant sachets.

But I’ve heard that this:
  • doesn’t get the mushrooms 100% cracker dry
  • loses more potency due to the amount of time exposed to air

So rather than splash out £60 on a dehydrator, I want to try oven drying.

I have heard that 2 hours on the top shelf at 160-180 degF with a fan on them will get them cracker dry.

That is what I plan to do, but firstly two questions:
  • why do you need the fan?
  • why is the oven door left open? Surely door shut and lower temperature?

Many thanks for your responses, shroomery
DJ Ed


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26415949 - 01/04/20 12:13 PM (4 years, 25 days ago)

It’s the moving air that causes dehydration, the heat just helps things along.
Or more exactly the heat increases the holding capacity of the air so it can absorb more evaporating water, while warming the fruits also helps this along, it’s the lower humidty air being moved across Much higher humidty mushroom that causes it to dehydrate.

In an oven setup you are wanting the fan to be blowing across or above the hot elements to heat the air.  In fact if you have one, a hair dryer is a better option.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: StygianKnight]
    #26416123 - 01/04/20 02:35 PM (4 years, 25 days ago)

Ah, light bulb moment. So we have a fan-assisted oven. I guess with that, keep the door closed and check on the mushrooms often........

Mush love,
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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26416570 - 01/04/20 07:30 PM (4 years, 25 days ago)

I implore you to get a dehydrator. It is very much worth the investment. Even the $30 ones on amazon will work. It's not like you are making jerky in these


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: Corundum]
    #26416654 - 01/04/20 08:44 PM (4 years, 25 days ago)

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Corundum said:
I implore you to get a dehydrator. It is very much worth the investment. Even the $30 ones on amazon will work. It's not like you are making jerky in these




And even if you were making jerky, the $30 ones will work fine. The fancier functions of the more expensive models include on/off switches, timers, and variable temperature settings. I use mine to make chicken jerky for the dogs. They love it, and it helped me justify the expense.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26416666 - 01/04/20 08:54 PM (4 years, 25 days ago)

Personally, right now i'm using a collapsible drying/cure rack. It does what it needs to do for roughly 15-20 bucks (it's been awhile since the purchase for it.) I would recommend it as an alternative.

But, the oven method, is just basically getting your oven to lowest temp and keeping constant airflow to help lock in potency, i've tried it, but didn't receive the results I was looking for.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26416723 - 01/04/20 09:35 PM (4 years, 25 days ago)

I recommend using the Lamp Method. Its like sun drying but artificially. It involved a office lamp, an incandescent bulb 60W or more and some tin foil.

Lay tin foil down, place shrooms on top and point lamp with incandescent bulb at the shrooms for 12-24 hours. The light and heat of the bulb will dry the shrooms completely.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: rido]
    #26416942 - 01/05/20 01:57 AM (4 years, 24 days ago)

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rido said:
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Corundum said:
I implore you to get a dehydrator. It is very much worth the investment. Even the $30 ones on amazon will work. It's not like you are making jerky in these




And even if you were making jerky, the $30 ones will work fine. The fancier functions of the more expensive models include on/off switches, timers, and variable temperature settings. I use mine to make chicken jerky for the dogs. They love it, and it helped me justify the expense.




Thank you rido,  Corundum,
I am seriously tempted, given the overwhelming advice to get a dehydrator. The other snippet I didn’t mention was that my last harvest was about two years ago. I got much fruit from my first successful monotub grow that I’ve been living off the fruits now for over two years. I don’t seem to have done that well this time round (550g wet off first flush - think it was 3x that last time round!). But all the same, I’m just thinking £60 for something that may only be used once every couple of years.....

Still, if it was to save potency it would be worth it.

Mush love,
DJ Ed


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 1
    #26416945 - 01/05/20 02:01 AM (4 years, 24 days ago)

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LogicaL Chaos said:
I recommend using the Lamp Method. Its like sun drying but artificially. It involved a office lamp, an incandescent bulb 60W or more and some tin foil.

Lay tin foil down, place shrooms on top and point lamp with incandescent bulb at the shrooms for 12-24 hours. The light and heat of the bulb will dry the shrooms completely.



You know what , LogicaL Chaos,  I have never even considered that. That to me sounds safer than using the oven by a long way. I think I’ll give the oven a miss (my oven is in Celsius not Fahrenheit) so the temperature scale is much narrower than for degF, making me even more nervous (160 -180 F is about 70 -80 C).

Plenty of food for thought, thank you.

DJ Ed


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26416946 - 01/05/20 02:03 AM (4 years, 24 days ago)

Yeah, try it out. It works great.

Ive tried to "dry" shrooms in the oven, but every time I tried, the shrooms "melted". With the lamp technique, never had an issue.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
    #26416955 - 01/05/20 02:13 AM (4 years, 24 days ago)

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Yeah, try it out. It works great.

Ive tried to "dry" shrooms in the oven, but every time I tried, the shrooms "melted". With the lamp technique, never had an issue.



Thank you LogicaL Chaos, that’s given me confidence.

DJ Ed


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26417007 - 01/05/20 03:44 AM (4 years, 24 days ago)

Shame on me! Just checked my desiccant chamber; it was at 40% RH last night, sealed in a tub, inside a sealed bin liner. Checked again this morning expecting to see about 15% RH, but it was reading 43% 😱

Looks like my desiccant gel beads have been recharged once too often so now they’re actually adding moisture to the mushrooms not removing it. So panicking, I’ve just ordered a dehydrator from Amazon.

I feel almost embarrassed, but reckon from all the feedback that my investment will be worth it. If it saves as much potency as I believe it will, then I’ll recoup the costs from a single flush........

And I can make beef jerky for my dogs 👊🏻

Thanks for all your advice, very much appreciated.
DJ Ed


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed] * 1
    #26418371 - 01/05/20 08:38 PM (4 years, 24 days ago)

Dried fruit is pretty awesome in the dehydrator too. I like doing apples sprinkled with a little cinnamon and bananas


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: TheStallionMang]
    #26418502 - 01/05/20 10:23 PM (4 years, 24 days ago)

Dried flavored fruit with dried shrooms. Might taste pretty good together :strokebeard:


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: TheStallionMang] * 2
    #26418650 - 01/06/20 01:22 AM (4 years, 23 days ago)

I’ve already justified the cost to my wife with all the healthy snacks il be able to make. I fancy a bit of apple and banana, and reckon the dogs will love some jerky 👊🏻

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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26418664 - 01/06/20 01:54 AM (4 years, 23 days ago)

Good call :thumbup:

Dried fruit is dank, the shroomy kind and the traditional kind :wink:


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
    #26418667 - 01/06/20 01:59 AM (4 years, 23 days ago)

Good shout, LogicaL Chaos.
My mushroom knife turned up yesterday, ready for slicing my fruits. I had to show ID to the Amazon delivery driver..........had to tell him its not a gang-knife!
DJ Ed


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26418917 - 01/06/20 08:08 AM (4 years, 23 days ago)

Have I just messed up, folks?

Just sliced up some mushrooms to dry in the dehydrator, and this happened:


Isn’t blue a sign of oxidation, and does that mean by slicing you’re losing loads of potency? Should I put whole mushrooms in the dehydrator in future?

Thanks for your answers,
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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26418919 - 01/06/20 08:10 AM (4 years, 23 days ago)

It's just bruising.  You can put them in whole next time but I don't think it matters much, they'll dry quicker sliced like that though


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    #26418931 - 01/06/20 08:20 AM (4 years, 23 days ago)

Nice one, thanks.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26419034 - 01/06/20 10:03 AM (4 years, 23 days ago)

Amusingly you should try making dehydrated snacks, they can be quite good, especially since you can control how dehydrated you want things.  Mostly but not completely dehydrated strawberry and cherry chunks on icecream is damn good!
A warning though, dehydrate habaneros outside! 

Also you’re fine, bruising is oligermization of psilocin but is so intense they would need to go jet black before you notice any lose in potency from bruising.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: StygianKnight]
    #26419081 - 01/06/20 10:49 AM (4 years, 23 days ago)

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Amusingly you should try making dehydrated snacks, they can be quite good, especially since you can control how dehydrated you want things.  Mostly but not completely dehydrated strawberry and cherry chunks on icecream is damn good!
A warning though, dehydrate habaneros outside! 

Also you’re fine, bruising is oligermization of psilocin but is so intense they would need to go jet black before you notice any lose in potency from bruising.



Thank you for that, that’s very comforting. The instructions are well, brief! So google and YouTube hopefully will give me ideas. Like the sound of “fruit leathers” and chicken jerky; that’s supposed to be good for the dogs too, though ive got two labradors and they eat anything!

Thanks for the confidence booster, I’m pressing on at 70 degC.

Cheers
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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26419252 - 01/06/20 12:35 PM (4 years, 23 days ago)

Quote:

DJ Ed said:
Have I just messed up, folks?

Just sliced up some mushrooms to dry in the dehydrator, and this happened:


Isn’t blue a sign of oxidation, and does that mean by slicing you’re losing loads of potency? Should I put whole mushrooms in the dehydrator in future?

Thanks for your answers,
DJ Ed




Nice!! Congrats on the dehydrator, it's definitely a must (one of the first things I bought when I was starting oddly enough :hehehe:)

Those look great, I always slice or rip then in half so they can fit into the racks on my dehydrator, no problems unless you were to just leave them lying around for a while before putting the in the dehydrator.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: Socrateshroom]
    #26419264 - 01/06/20 12:46 PM (4 years, 23 days ago)

Call around to thrift stores like goodwill I got one there for 3 bucks.


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: Socrateshroom]
    #26420290 - 01/07/20 02:11 AM (4 years, 22 days ago)

Minor update, folks: I dried 122g sliced fresh at 70degC for three hours. I have never had my mushrooms so “cracker” dry. Wow, and the stuff I air dried iover the years is still potent after three years in the freezer, so these new beauties are going to be good. Final weight, 9.2g.

So I’ve grabbed my first flush out of my desiccant box: still at 35% RH after almost a week, and that was after five days air drying!

I have a new process for drying, and it rocks.

Thanks for pushing me into the purchase, guys. LogicaL Chaos, thanks for the light bulb tip,but don’t need that now.

Mush love everyone,
A happy...DJ Ed


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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26422237 - 01/08/20 12:30 AM (4 years, 21 days ago)

Glad it worked out for ya.

I'm sticking with the lamp tek for now, till i really need that dehydrator :wink:


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    #26422713 - 01/08/20 10:35 AM (4 years, 21 days ago)

Cheers, buddy. Yes, I’ve actually been really impressed by it. Wet to absolutely cracker dry in 3 hours. 123g wet to 9.2g dry. It’s the driest I’ve ever had them, and the previous ones have been strong and sound. Really poor second flush, though; Didn’t think I needed to soak the substrate after the first flush, so just heavily misted. I got about 15 fruits and about 100 aborts :-( You live and learn........

Gonna have to grow more to get my moneys worth out of it 🤣

Cheers,
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Re: Can’t afford a dehydrator. Oven method question... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26423775 - 01/08/20 11:32 PM (4 years, 20 days ago)

Yup, growing is all about trial and error. It takes practice and patience to grow those magical mushies :thumbup:


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    #26423924 - 01/09/20 03:16 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

Glad to see you got a dehydrator :thumbup:


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    #26424117 - 01/09/20 08:09 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

I built my dehydrator with the following materials:

A computer fan run by a power adaptor.
A small cardboard box
A small metal-screen pasta strainer
A box cutter
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I mounted the fan inside the box and cut some holes for it to blow air out of.
Then I cut a hole in the top of the box big enough to set the strainer in.
Tape the box shut so air gets sucked through the strainer with the shroomies and blows out of the holes in front of the fan.

It works like a charm! You can smell the shroom smell blowing out of the holes and in a couple hours that stuff is cracker-dry.


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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry over method... [Re: Universe]
    #26424137 - 01/09/20 08:25 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

Ive seen some really dope "high volume" DIY dehydrators in mush cult. They are simple to huild too. They dont need much to work.


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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry over method... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26424213 - 01/09/20 09:23 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

I urge you to get a dehydrator and to keep the temp. relatively low....110-135 degrees.

I completely ruined a pound or so of ovoids last year by trying to speed the process up and raising the temp to 185. Long story short, it completely killed the potency and I lost my whole spring crop.

The only thing that I did differently was raise the temp....I have never had any considerable loss of potency at lower temps. Near as I can figure, the high temps caused the fruits to release the psilocin prematurely.Really dumped on my season.:facepalm3:


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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry over method... [Re: Thayendanegea]
    #26424291 - 01/09/20 10:03 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

Hmm, I set the dehydrator to the maximum temperature, 70degC, which is roughlym150/155degF. Hope they’re alright, but having said that when I make the tea I pour over BOILING water then simmer, with no apparent loss of potency.

You may have had a bad batch....

Gonna sample some of these GTs tomorrow night. No idea on potency, so if it’s duff, it could be the spores, could be the drying. We’ll see.

Thank you all for your input, as always, very much appreciated.

Right off to Cultivation to post a question there.......

Mush love,
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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry over method... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26424304 - 01/09/20 10:11 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

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DJ Ed said:when I make the tea I pour over BOILING water then simmer, with no apparent loss of potency




Exactly, everything I've seen says that they can take a lot of heat without potency loss.  150-155F is totally safe


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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry over method... [Re: TheStallionMang]
    #26424315 - 01/09/20 10:16 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

Cheers, pal.

Intending to trial them tomorrow. Sort of excited because I’ve been working through a (good, strong)batch of Psilocybe Cubensis B+ for a couple of years :-)

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    #26424330 - 01/09/20 10:25 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

Oh no! What did the fruits look like afterwords?

One time, back in the day, i used a dehydrator to dry some wild Pan cyans. Well, that was a bad idea because after it was done, they turned completely black like they were burnt to a crisp. I learned a hard lesson that day :nonono:


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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry oven method... [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
    #26424346 - 01/09/20 10:33 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

Hi LogicaL Chaos.

They didn’t look burnt, though they were crispy. Not quite as white as when I’ve previously air-dried them. I’d go and take a photo but my daughter is downstairs! If I remember, I’ll take a photo tomorrow before dosing, then post it back here ✊🏻

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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry oven method... [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
    #26424415 - 01/09/20 11:07 AM (4 years, 20 days ago)

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Oh no! What did the fruits look like afterwords?

One time, back in the day, i used a dehydrator to dry some wild Pan cyans. Well, that was a bad idea because after it was done, they turned completely black like they were burnt to a crisp. I learned a hard lesson that day :nonono:




My daughter’s in the bath, so here’s a quick piccy:-


9.2g.

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    #26424526 - 01/09/20 12:11 PM (4 years, 20 days ago)

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Oh no! What did the fruits look like afterwords?

One time, back in the day, i used a dehydrator to dry some wild Pan cyans. Well, that was a bad idea because after it was done, they turned completely black like they were burnt to a crisp. I learned a hard lesson that day :nonono:



They looked perfect, not black at all and I know the potency was good before drying because I ate a few fresh ones before drying and was surprised at how potent they were.

I remember your thread about the black ones...that once happened to me when I put them in the dehydrator when they were still soaking wet. I don't think it mattered though, they were just ugly. Still decent potency.
As far as the guys saying they dry them at 155 without problem...that is a long way from 185 which is just 27 degrees shy of boiling water temp. In any case, I'll stick with the lower temps from here on out because I've never had any troubles other than having to wait an extra few hours.:mushroom2:


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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry over method... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26425169 - 01/09/20 05:59 PM (4 years, 20 days ago)

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Hmm, I set the dehydrator to the maximum temperature, 70degC, which is roughlym150/155degF. Hope they’re alright, but having said that when I make the tea I pour over BOILING water then simmer, with no apparent loss of potency.

You may have had a bad batch....

Gonna sample some of these GTs tomorrow night. No idea on potency, so if it’s duff, it could be the spores, could be the drying. We’ll see.

Thank you all for your input, as always, very much appreciated.

Right off to Cultivation to post a question there.......

Mush love,
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People such as myself often make tea from mushrooms in greater temperatures than 150f, your shrooms are definitely fine in that regard


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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry oven method... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26425536 - 01/09/20 10:02 PM (4 years, 20 days ago)

Looks OK to me. Just some oxidation. They definitely look potent thou!

Yeah, i didnt even bother eating those black sticks of dried Pan cyans. Didnt look appealing at all.


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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry oven method... [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
    #26426208 - 01/10/20 09:12 AM (4 years, 19 days ago)

Thanks everyone for the comments.

Gonna try them tonight.........

DJ Ed


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    #26426213 - 01/10/20 09:15 AM (4 years, 19 days ago)

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Thanks everyone for the comments.

Gonna try them tonight.........

DJ Ed




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    #26426220 - 01/10/20 09:22 AM (4 years, 19 days ago)

No worries. Just had a minor falling out with the wife :-( Almost put me off dosing. But gonna spend an hour chilling, then change my intentions. I’ve signed up for the three months Spotify trial so I have the Johns Hopkins playlists, and I’ve got Infected Mushroom, which sounds so much better when you’re not suffering from concussion!. So my intention to concentrate on smoking etc is now going to be more like, ok let’s chill, take these new Golden Teachers, nd just see where they take me. If it goes downhill, I’ll get some Shpongle on (that I’m familiar with).

So could be a bit of a random trip report. See what I can do.......

Mush love,
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Re: I can afford a dehydrator. Sorry oven method... [Re: DJ Ed]
    #26426227 - 01/10/20 09:29 AM (4 years, 19 days ago)

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No worries. Just had a minor falling out with the wife :-( Almost put me off dosing. But gonna spend an hour chilling, then change my intentions. I’ve signed up for the three months Spotify trial so I have the Johns Hopkins playlists, and I’ve got Infected Mushroom, which sounds so much better when you’re not suffering from concussion!. So my intention to concentrate on smoking etc is now going to be more like, ok let’s chill, take these new Golden Teachers, nd just see where they take me. If it goes downhill, I’ll get some Shpongle on (that I’m familiar with).

So could be a bit of a random trip report. See what I can do.......

Mush love,
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Don't sweat the report, if you feel like writing one at some point afterwards you will. But I know not all trips have subsequent reports for various reasons. If it comes, it comes, just excited to hear you are going on your next trip :cheers:

I did my August trip with the Hopkins playlist (3.5g cubes). It got incredibly intense (in a good way) but I was with someone so I kept coming out of the trance the playlist put me in to make sure they are doing O.K. I definitely recommend it.


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