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Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator?
#26620538 - 04/22/20 04:56 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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What is the optimal and best way to dry shrooms in the dehydrator? Do you do the highest temperature for a short period of time, or a low temperature for a high period of time? My dehydrator goes all the way to 150 degrees, so should I do it full turned up at 150 for like 5 or 6 hours? Or lower the temperature and for how long? What's the best way?
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: psycho_nauticus] 1
#26620556 - 04/22/20 05:05 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Highest temperature until they are cracker dry.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: Growtech] 2
#26620645 - 04/22/20 05:28 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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I use highest temp, depending on the thickness I go overnight or up to 12 hours
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: DeckardCain]
#26620706 - 04/22/20 05:50 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Fyi and unsure if still available but amazon had dry dry 5g desiccant packs for $9.99 for 50ct 
Bought 3 bags. Great for bulk storage.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: shevanel]
#26620713 - 04/22/20 05:53 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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I definitely recommend high heat for a full 24 hrs. If u just have a couple of small ones then go 12 hrs but if u have a good harvest go a full 24. You dont want bendy shrooms in your bag later on.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: Growtech]
#26621312 - 04/23/20 01:20 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Growtech said: Highest temperature until they are cracker dry.
Yup. Check after 24 hours.
For Pan cyans, dry at medium heat cause they are more delicate.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: LogicaL Chaos] 1
#26621343 - 04/23/20 01:47 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yup, 24 hours is good. I’ll even go 36 depending on “circumstances”.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: psycho_nauticus] 1
#26621450 - 04/23/20 03:43 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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my dehydrator goes up to 80 C ( I do not know how much F they are) and in general I leave my shrooms there for 6 to 12 h ( depends how big they are).
the only way know sure when they are ready is to check them from time to time until they are cracker dry
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: mr. whothehell]
#26621516 - 04/23/20 05:15 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Good advice!
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Ryan_Spalding2727 said: Yup, 24 hours is good. I’ll even go 36 depending on “circumstances”.
Y’all growing some thick sluts or have weak dehydrators
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: DeckardCain]
#26622191 - 04/23/20 12:06 PM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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I use a nice dehydrator set to 158 for about 24 hours. I split thick fruit like PE lengthwise and cut wide caps off the top of the stem for stuff like PESA. Learned my lesson..... fruit that appears to be dry really isn't totally dry, gotta go 24. When done I dump straight into a big, wide steel bowel and the fruits quickly cool while I weigh them out and vaccumm seal by the ounce. Goal is to have them sealed just before they begin to rehydrate from moisture in the air. I keep a z or less on hand in a jar with desiccant pack.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: InfraredRick]
#26623971 - 04/24/20 05:37 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm trying to consolidate my knowledge about mushroom growing but in every thread I am guaranteed to find conflicting information. How do I know what and who to trust?
"There are several ways to dry them, but we will only cover the best way. What ever you do, don't use heat to dry them. Heat is very harmful to the psycho-active compounds. You will drastically reduce the mushroom's potency if you use heat to dry them." (http://en.psilosophy.info/the_magic_mushroom_growers_guide.html)
Could someone clarify?
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: Sockadin]
#26623987 - 04/24/20 06:00 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: Polyphony] 1
#26623998 - 04/24/20 06:18 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Polyphony said: I'm trying to consolidate my knowledge about mushroom growing but in every thread I am guaranteed to find conflicting information. How do I know what and who to trust?
"There are several ways to dry them, but we will only cover the best way. What ever you do, don't use heat to dry them. Heat is very harmful to the psycho-active compounds. You will drastically reduce the mushroom's potency if you use heat to dry them." (http://en.psilosophy.info/the_magic_mushroom_growers_guide.html)
Could someone clarify?
As with all information, it's only as good as the source. The one you're quoting was last revised 35 years ago. If you'd like a more recent recommendation, use the search in this forum, then sort by date. The latest posts will be the most scientifically accurate.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: LadysKnight]
#26624008 - 04/24/20 06:35 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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LadysKnight said:
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Polyphony said: I'm trying to consolidate my knowledge about mushroom growing but in every thread I am guaranteed to find conflicting information. How do I know what and who to trust?
"There are several ways to dry them, but we will only cover the best way. What ever you do, don't use heat to dry them. Heat is very harmful to the psycho-active compounds. You will drastically reduce the mushroom's potency if you use heat to dry them." (http://en.psilosophy.info/the_magic_mushroom_growers_guide.html)
Could someone clarify?
As with all information, it's only as good as the source. The one you're quoting was last revised 35 years ago. If you'd like a more recent recommendation, use the search in this forum, then sort by date. The latest posts will be the most scientifically accurate.
Thank you. You're right, that information dates to 1996.. time flies. I wonder what kind of basis they had for assuming that heat would ruin the shrooms back then.
It's really hard to gauge what's right and what's wrong. Thanks
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: Polyphony]
#26624034 - 04/24/20 07:05 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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According to Erowid, the melting point of Psilocybin is 220C or 428F: https://www.erowid.org/plants/mushrooms/mushrooms_chemistry.shtml
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: Polyphony]
#26624061 - 04/24/20 07:28 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Polyphony said: I'm trying to consolidate my knowledge about mushroom growing but in every thread I am guaranteed to find conflicting information. How do I know what and who to trust?
"There are several ways to dry them, but we will only cover the best way. What ever you do, don't use heat to dry them. Heat is very harmful to the psycho-active compounds. You will drastically reduce the mushroom's potency if you use heat to dry them." (http://en.psilosophy.info/the_magic_mushroom_growers_guide.html)
Could someone clarify?
I started here and it got me where I wanted to go. Its bod's list of good teks. https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=24297804&page=0&vc=1#24297804
The general advice is follow teks to the tee, and this is solid advice in the beggining. What you will find is you will likely have to tweak a few things because your environment is different than the author's. If it's really dry, you may have to mist more often, or humid, not at all, or adjust the poly, or tape or the crack in the lid. It all depends. I had it in my head that I was going to use rye or wheat and my feed store let me down. Now I have a big ass bag of wild bird seed and it works fine.
So pic some teks that look good to you and give em a try because the best way to learn to grow is to grow.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: LogicaL Chaos] 1
#26624062 - 04/24/20 07:29 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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there's a guy whose fried some shrooms and it did not ruin they psylocybin content, so why I dehydrator should ?
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: mr. whothehell]
#26624078 - 04/24/20 07:42 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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Exactly! I wonder if Shroom Tempura tastes any goood.......
Just whatever u do, never Oven Dry! Its the worst way to dry shrooms besides deccisant packets and electric fans.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#26624163 - 04/24/20 08:41 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm just putting mine in a dehydrator and letting it run for 12 hours overnight while asleep. I switch it off in the morning to go to work, and then restart it when I get back home. Something about leaving a dehydrator running on 100 plus degree temperatures while you're not at home makes me uneasy. I probably got another 12 hours to go when I get back home and plug it in. But I'm going to go longer than usual just so I can assure they are cracker dry, so I think I'm going to let it run for an extra 12 to make it 36 hours. 36 hours won't destroy any properties will it?
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: psycho_nauticus] 1
#26624497 - 04/24/20 11:18 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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There is no textbook answer for how long it'll take.
Thickness of fruits Total weight in dehydro Temp of dehydro (I run mine on high @ 160) Air circulation of dehydro RH of room Temp And size of room (I built an insulated box around mine so it can achieve high temp and low RH without having to do it to the whole room.)
I want my fruits to last I'm storage so I dry until totally dry. To do this I let it run until I think they are done. Then I set the fattest fruit in the load in the center of whatever rack is farthest from the heating element. I check this fruits weight and write it down to the hundredth of a gram ( 0.00 G). I check in on it from time to time and don't stop drying until it quits losing water weight.
That process is not needed if you know that you've run it long enough to be sure they're dry. But you might be surprised if you start actually scientifically verifying water weight. Specially if you grow any monster fruits/ monster harvests. Let alone a huge dehydro packed full to the gills with thick ass dense fruits
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I’m using a 4 rack Excalibur , it’s a pain in the ass to load because the caps always get stuck as you slide the trays in and out, but it seems very effecient. Almost all of the mushrooms are cracker dry 12 hours only time they aren’t is if it’s over loaded. I’m no pro so I don’t get like 80g fresh mushies to dry but anyways What is everyone else using and how do they like it?
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: DeckardCain]
#26626652 - 04/25/20 09:17 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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LogicaL Chaos said: Exactly! I wonder if Shroom Tempura tastes any goood.......
Just whatever u do, never Oven Dry! Its the worst way to dry shrooms besides deccisant packets and electric fans.
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LogicaL Chaos said: Exactly! I wonder if Shroom Tempura tastes any goood.......
Just whatever u do, never Oven Dry! Its the worst way to dry shrooms besides deccisant packets and electric fans.
probably it will, I hope one day I'll try it
I can use oven to dry shrooms but it's a PITA ( you've to put the oven at minimum temp and the let the door a bit open ) but why someone wanna do all this work when dehydrator are so cheap and reckless ?!
there's a Friend of mine how use desiccant and fan, cos it a retard, and you're right it really SUCKS
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: mr. whothehell]
#26626659 - 04/25/20 09:20 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Desiccant and fan is one of the worst. Its just the wrong way to dry fruits basically.
In my experience, Hot Dry moving air is the best way aka a dehydrator. Then dry air drying/sun drying is second best, then maybe low temp oven drying third.
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Re: Best way to dry shrooms in dehydrator? [Re: LogicaL Chaos]
#26626788 - 04/25/20 10:20 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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I dehydrated mine, they're all the way bone cracker dry. I put them in some mason jars with two desiccant packs each, bottom and middle/top, and have them in the back of a cupboard.
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