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that was only for transport. They are already dry. I went straight to my dehydrator. I know better than to wait. My dry weight was almost 2 ounces. Great haul
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Very nice
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doctorghosty said: Take em out of those bags before they become goo my guy
Never use plastic bags for mushrooms, if you have to use them, leave them open because sealing the bag will increase spoilage.
Edit: what's your general location? This past week was excellent in my area along the Northwest Florida panhandle/Alabama line. I was seeing Cubensis and Panaeolus every day that I went, which was literally every day.
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Re: Cubes & Blue meanies [Re: Doc9151]
#26442072 - 01/19/20 05:51 PM (4 years, 28 days ago) |
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Somewhere between east Texas and Mississippi lol
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You should be looking anytime it rains and temperatures are not lower than 50°f but I have found them with temperatures in the 30's, but this past week has been perfect.
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Re: Cubes & Blue meanies [Re: Doc9151]
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thanks, I'll keep that in mind. I have a special spot with the perfect amount of tree coverage that fruits like crazy upto 98 degrees or so. But nothing there right now. Maybe a different cube variety, idk, but this was nice.
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Since youre in the sub-tropics, you can even sun-dry. All natural style
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There’s no science to back it up but my kookie anecdotal evidence tells me they are more potent when sun dried, I’d love to hear other takes on that
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Interesting.
Id love to experiment with this, if I only lived in the sub-tropics... (shit!).
Sun-drying could be the most gentle method to dry, therefore better at preserving potency?
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I use a dehydrator and it has never let me down. If I remember correctly, I believe I read that sun drying is counter-productive as far as potency goes. I could be mistaken though. After all, I wouldn't think it's worse than my dehydrator.
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Well, if you feel like conducting a simple experiment, that would be awesome. Would love to hear the results even if just by trip reports
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Wow I need to try the dehydrator that sounds great I didn’t expect that to dry to 2 ounces. Learning experience two of those big bags turned to goo in the rain when I left them under a tree for too long. Motivational experience to dehydrate the shrooms
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Re: Cubes & Blue meanies [Re: Rangiku]
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I havent had cubes turn to goo, but I have had them get moldy from being in a bag too long. One time i had some big beautiful shrooms from Texas and I ruined the whole ziplock bag. I was devastated, but it was a valuable learning experience.
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Thinking about it some of the bigger shrooms I’ve found got kind of moldy and they are just harder to dry than smaller ones
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doctorghosty said: There’s no science to back it up but my kookie anecdotal evidence tells me they are more potent when sun dried, I’d love to hear other takes on that
I don't sun dry, I air dry without any heat and I can tell a big difference between doing it like that and using a dehydrator.
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You should try sun dried, it is quite pleasant
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Re: Cubes & Blue meanies [Re: Doc9151]
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I have also dried them by placing them all on a tray turning on a fan but not blowing directly at them instead pointed slightly up so that the air just passes over them. But this doesnt work for me anymore as I dont live by myself and discretion now is a priority.
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doctorghosty said: You should try sun dried, it is quite pleasant
do you use a solar oven by chance?
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that's pretty cool
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Reuse. Reduce. Recycle.
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