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booradleypunk
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Drying Techniques
#2647725 - 05/06/04 08:50 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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I don't know if this is the correct forum for this but what do you all think is the best technique for drying out mushrooms?
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OldSpice
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A ceiling fan
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Gr0wer
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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: OldSpice]
#2647765 - 05/06/04 09:01 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think a box fan pointing up with a screen over it might work better. How would you use a celing fan?
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ATWAR
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Dehydrator. You can guarantee they get cracker dry this way, and it is much faster. I have cooked mine at the highest setting (140F checked with thermometer), and I have not noticed one bit of potency loss. But, it would be better if you could turn yours down, the lowest mine goes is 90F.
Fan drying works too, but usually took a few days. I dry regular mushrooms with a dehydrator so I tried cubes (I never did before because I heard heat breaks down the alkaloids, bullshit). The result was perfectly dry shrooms in a matter of hours.
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OldSpice
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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: Gr0wer]
#2647802 - 05/06/04 09:09 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Chunk em in a cardboard box under a ceiling fan for 48 hrs and finish em off with dessicant
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MikeShrooms
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What worked best for me was to use my hepa air filter. I would ductape aluminum foil over the exhaust and poke holes in it with a pen. Place the shrooms on top of this layer and cover with another layer of alumnium foil and ductape that down. Finally poke holes througout the top layer of alumnium foil to allow the air to escape.
I find that by going through the filters the air coming out seems very dry to me. I can get them to be cracker dry by 48 hours.
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frock
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I set them in front of a fan for 48 hours and then stick them in with the rest of my stash. I keep that in a container with damp rid.
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tokio
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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: frock]
#2674029 - 05/13/04 02:50 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hi all, a stupid question. Is the fan that you are talking about a heated fan or a regular desk type fan?
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empath
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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: tokio]
#2674653 - 05/13/04 04:28 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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regular fan.
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Dr. Greenthumb
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I'v heard a lot of this dessicant on here. Where would one buy that stuff? Is it cheap?
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empath
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Walmart, Home Depot, Lowes, or Arts n Craft stores(used to dry flowers to make prints). Mostly everyone uses Damp-Rid brand. Its not expensive.
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Hrethic
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Not too cheap, but i found mine at Bed Bath and Beyond for about 5 bucks. Good news is that it lasts a long time.
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PapaSurf
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You can buy it at Mycosupply -> http://www.mycosupply.com/cgi-bin/shopper.cgi?preadd=action&key=DRIE01
it's $16.95 for a pound of it, but you can use it over and over!
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empath
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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: PapaSurf]
#2674936 - 05/13/04 05:46 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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wow thats a rip off. I got 5lbs of Drierite at my local art store for $10.
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SgtStone
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I use a food dehydrator with the heating element removed for 48 hours, then into a tupperware box with Drierite in it for a couple days. Finally when cracker dry, I stuff into mason jars, then fill the jars with co2 and store in the deep freeze with a small amount of Drierite.
Best price I've seen online for Drierite is $4.15 a pound, from www.drierite.com.
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OldSpice
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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: SgtStone]
#2675525 - 05/13/04 07:53 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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I did a nitrogen purge on some shrooms once and ruined them...fan 48 and dryerite is K3y
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Citric
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Post deleted by Anno [Re: OldSpice]
#2675548 - 05/13/04 07:58 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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-------------------- Self Healing lid tek ** Update 10.17.17 ** Mini casing pictures: Pins to harvest Cup O' Shrooms Magash: I noticed my contams were in the shape of fingers Hyphae: Yes "Loss of moisture from the substrate" is not a casing trigger. My final Grow!
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OldSpice
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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: Citric]
#2675571 - 05/13/04 08:02 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah it works as long as you arent storing them...you gotta finish them off with a dessicant or they still have a bit of moisture which will funk them out
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Citric
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Post deleted by Anno [Re: OldSpice]
#2675580 - 05/13/04 08:03 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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-------------------- Self Healing lid tek ** Update 10.17.17 ** Mini casing pictures: Pins to harvest Cup O' Shrooms Magash: I noticed my contams were in the shape of fingers Hyphae: Yes "Loss of moisture from the substrate" is not a casing trigger. My final Grow!
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Hallucinogen
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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: ATWAR]
#2675624 - 05/13/04 08:12 PM (19 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
ATWAR said: Dehydrator. You can guarantee they get cracker dry this way, and it is much faster. I have cooked mine at the highest setting (140F checked with thermometer), and I have not noticed one bit of potency loss. But, it would be better if you could turn yours down, the lowest mine goes is 90F.
Fan drying works too, but usually took a few days. I dry regular mushrooms with a dehydrator so I tried cubes (I never did before because I heard heat breaks down the alkaloids, bullshit). The result was perfectly dry shrooms in a matter of hours.
Is that so ?? if so Ill get myself a food dehydrator off ebay.
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