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Drying Techniques
    #27788463 - 05/22/22 04:51 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

Last fall, I harvest a ton of P. Allenii. I dried them with a fan, until they were cracker dry and put them in either Mylar bags or large ziplock storage bags (~3 gallon capacity). I put way more desiccant packs in each bag than I thought I’d need. Each desiccant pack is like 50g. Some bags are better than others, but none of them are cracker dry at this point. Some are mostly cracker and some are leathery. Can I re-dry and fix this issue? Do I need more desiccant? I don’t have the specs on hand, but from recollection I did like 3x as much as I thought I’d need. I’m hoping to preserve what I can without too much potency loss. I have enough to last a decade though so I’m not overly concerned about that aspect. Mainly just want to know if I should pull them out and put them in front of a fan again and re-bag them. Should I put them in the freezer after they’re re-dried? Is there a better method for storage? Part of the problem is that I ended up with over several lbs once dried so Mylar bags were an easy solution for me since that would take a ton of quart mason jars to store that kind of weight.

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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: Dandurn777]
    #27788710 - 05/22/22 08:14 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

Invest in a dehydrator. Fan drying or air drying makes mushrooms leathery.

Not sure if they can be fixed with a dehydrator. Worth a shot.

The wrong type of bag can let moisture in over time if the bag is super porous. I vaccume seal.

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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: 0001001]
    #27788753 - 05/22/22 08:56 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

I live in a fairly dry area with low humidity. They were definitely all cracker dry when packaged. I think vacuum sealing is the way to go.


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Re: Drying Techniques [Re: Dandurn777]
    #27788757 - 05/22/22 09:00 PM (2 years, 7 months ago)

As long as they're not moldy Id say buy a cheap dehydrator and re dry then vaccume seal them. (The basic presto series works good) the digital one with temp settings is nicer but not necessary. I have both.

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