|
Warren123
Stranger
Registered: 09/20/23
Posts: 29
Last seen: 2 months, 4 days
|
Will light affect potency? Drying in oven
#28509001 - 10/18/23 05:39 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
I’m drying my shrooms on a very low heat setting in oven with door open and fan blowing in. Will the light in the oven damage the shrooms? I’ve always read light can be harmful
|
Giermmo
You fuckin' druggo



Registered: 01/01/22
Posts: 360
Last seen: 15 hours, 7 minutes
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Warren123]
#28509002 - 10/18/23 05:40 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
Where did you read that lol, are you growing inoculating etc in darkness? Also drying in oven sucks, get a dehydrator.
-------------------- Don't worry mate, what you're gonna feel is a slight burning in your heart, your lungs, your brain, your kidneys, your liver, bottom of your feet, your eyeballs, then you start bleeding from your nose and ears, then you start tripping out and seeing everything in the form of an anime cartoon which is really fucking cool.
|
Warren123
Stranger
Registered: 09/20/23
Posts: 29
Last seen: 2 months, 4 days
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Giermmo]
#28509005 - 10/18/23 05:47 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
On Google lol. Yeh it was my first time of growing, only just realised people used a dehumidifier haha so making good with what I’ve got for now. so I take it the light is no problem? They were growing in a mono tub by the window, not in darkness
Edited by Warren123 (10/18/23 05:47 AM)
|
DERRAYLD
Constructus


Registered: 05/13/02
Posts: 9,281
Loc: South Africa
Last seen: 10 hours, 25 minutes
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Warren123]
#28509006 - 10/18/23 05:49 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
An oven can work fine, it's a dehydrator by the way not a dehumidifier.
|
CultiV8
cogito, ergo rum


Registered: 08/16/14
Posts: 296
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: DERRAYLD]
#28509009 - 10/18/23 05:54 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
you're good light will not affect potency
|
Huskies
Boop More Snoots



Registered: 03/22/16
Posts: 1,048
Last seen: 4 hours, 29 minutes
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: CultiV8]
#28509040 - 10/18/23 06:47 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
i'd avoid it, just go to Walmart and grab a dehydrator, or get a used one on craigslist!
when I did it in the oven, which was only once, they caramelized and got kinda ruined. I'd avoid it.
-------------------- I call them Huskies cause you tell them to go "Mush! Mush""
|
DERRAYLD
Constructus


Registered: 05/13/02
Posts: 9,281
Loc: South Africa
Last seen: 10 hours, 25 minutes
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Huskies]
#28509047 - 10/18/23 06:52 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
That's not true, sorry.
Just remember we don't all live in the US and have access to thrift stores, craigs list, Amazon, etc.
I used an over for 2 years without a single issue and I grew a lot and dried a lot in the oven.
It cost me almost 4 times the price of the presto dehydrator to import it yet it was still cheaper than the locally available Excalibur.
|
Warren123
Stranger
Registered: 09/20/23
Posts: 29
Last seen: 2 months, 4 days
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: DERRAYLD]
#28509056 - 10/18/23 06:59 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
How did you do it in the oven? I’ve got my heat at fan oven 60 degrees celcuius laid out on paper on a chopping board 😂 oven door basically fully open with a fan on full speed blowing in. How long should it take?
|
Giermmo
You fuckin' druggo



Registered: 01/01/22
Posts: 360
Last seen: 15 hours, 7 minutes
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Warren123]
#28509065 - 10/18/23 07:06 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
Quote:
DERRAYLD said: That's not true, sorry.
Just remember we don't all live in the US and have access to thrift stores, craigs list, Amazon, etc.
I used an over for 2 years without a single issue and I grew a lot and dried a lot in the oven.
It cost me almost 4 times the price of the presto dehydrator to import it yet it was still cheaper than the locally available Excalibur.
I'm also not from the US and i got the dehydrator for like 30 bucks and it was delivered next morning. What about the elctricity bill? Running an oven that is trying to get to the temperature you set up but never will as you have the door open and fan blowing inside. You probably had the fan integrated in your oven already, no?
-------------------- Don't worry mate, what you're gonna feel is a slight burning in your heart, your lungs, your brain, your kidneys, your liver, bottom of your feet, your eyeballs, then you start bleeding from your nose and ears, then you start tripping out and seeing everything in the form of an anime cartoon which is really fucking cool.
|
DERRAYLD
Constructus


Registered: 05/13/02
Posts: 9,281
Loc: South Africa
Last seen: 10 hours, 25 minutes
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Warren123]
#28509068 - 10/18/23 07:07 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
I used to put cardboard in the oven and placed the mushrooms on the cardboard. Door open maybe 15cm and a fan blowing directly at the gap, oven set to around 60C.
Generally the mushrooms dried in the same time as a dehydrator and looked very similar to be honest.
|
DERRAYLD
Constructus


Registered: 05/13/02
Posts: 9,281
Loc: South Africa
Last seen: 10 hours, 25 minutes
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Giermmo]
#28509071 - 10/18/23 07:09 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
Dehydrators only became commercially available recently in South Africa at an affordable price, maybe the last 2 years.
Beyond that I could only get large commercial dehydrators with pull out drawers.
|
B Traven
Stranger



Registered: 03/10/20
Posts: 2,478
Loc: Central Megalopolis
Last seen: 10 minutes, 29 seconds
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: DERRAYLD]
#28509084 - 10/18/23 07:19 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
It really depends on the oven, and the exact technique. I've also turned a batch of mushrooms to toasted uselessness in an oven before. Granted, it was a gas oven, and I didn't use cardboard or crack the door.
Seriously, though, even when it comes to cooking, my game is completely thrown off when I use someone else's oven. And trying to dry mushrooms in an oven is a delicate process.
-------------------- Beware of advice- even this.
|
DERRAYLD
Constructus


Registered: 05/13/02
Posts: 9,281
Loc: South Africa
Last seen: 10 hours, 25 minutes
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: B Traven] 1
#28509087 - 10/18/23 07:20 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
Very valid point, I've forgotten the oven door and turned an entire batch of Puerto ricans black and a total loss of potency.
Dehydrators are infinitely better for sure.
|
fiddle_head
I'm not the dude, guy



Registered: 08/05/08
Posts: 1,877
Last seen: 1 day, 9 hours
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Warren123]
#28509089 - 10/18/23 07:22 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
Dehydrator is a must for this hobby. Along with an SAB or FFU and PC
|
Kinoko314
Stranger Danger



Registered: 12/16/22
Posts: 1,521
Loc: Colorado
Last seen: 13 days, 8 hours
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: fiddle_head]
#28509286 - 10/18/23 10:42 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
In terms of long term storage, light can cause potency loss, but (probably) not nearly as much as oxygen. Really though, I don't know if house lights are truly a problem or if it's just sunlight that causes degradation.
|
FriedEgg



Registered: 09/22/14
Posts: 2,536
Loc: Taiwan
|
Re: Will light affect potency? Drying in oven [Re: Kinoko314]
#28510140 - 10/19/23 01:45 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Kinoko314 said: In terms of long term storage, light can cause potency loss, but (probably) not nearly as much as oxygen. Really though, I don't know if house lights are truly a problem or if it's just sunlight that causes degradation.

light does affect potency but only by a little bit. i wouldn't worry about the light in your oven but i do store my dried mushrooms in an air tight bag in the dark.

source: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/PREVENTIONWELLNESS/Documents/Stability%20of%20Psilocybin%20and%20Analogs.pdf
-------------------- (Yes, the egg is real)
How to post pics
|
|