Huskies said:

What's the consensus on Water weight for cubensis nowadays? Back in the day 10% dried mass was the major consensus, but I often saw closer to 8.

Had around 600 fresh of APE, but that dried down to 36g, so it's closer to 5% after 24 hours in the Excalibur. Maybe this dehydrator is just way more powerful and previous drying protocols were not enough?

I haven't been measuring wet/dry like I used to but I will in the next ones for better data.

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Mr Piggy said:

I have one rolling for most of harvest season and it's never been an issue.  They really are designed to just run.

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A dehydrator is really just a portable heater mounted at the back or bottom of (usually) plastic shelves.

Oddly, they are the only heaters that don't come with a warning to keep all combustible materials 3' away from the unit.

Jrey16 said:

Are there fruits that don't get totally cracker dry no matter how long you dehydrate them?

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Huskies said:

How many days? The older the prints/swabs the less spores are alive, therefore slower growth. Could be other mechanisms as well.

Could also be how wet the agar is, but if its from the same batch it should be fine. More likely just a case of slower varieties or older prints.

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BertsBOOMn said:

So my other tub I’ve got l, that I used a different kind of method on, seems to be working well. I’m kind of thinking my substrate on my doomed one was WAy too wet but idk, but I noticed on this second one that I was getting those white veins (I’m sure this isn’t the right term) that seemed to be stretching around all over. I’ve introduced indirect light for about 8 hours a day and I’ve been misting them regularly. Please tell me I’ve got somethin with this one, and can someone explain how I can do messaging on here, would anyone who is willing to discuss my stuff let me know, I’d really appreciate a dialogue to help me out.

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humble student said:

Did I screw-up the shrooms on this cake?

Yesterday morning, 6/11/25, I felt that I needed to harvest the shrooms on this cake (I didn't know because this is my first cake ever to fruit).

You probably should have harvested them at the time of the pic. Veil is broken on some and about to on others.
Another day shouldn't pose any issues other than it being a late harvest. What makes you think they are no good?









I didn't have time to do it then, so, ten-and-a-half hours later, when I returned, most every shroom had turned a darker color; they looked like they were going bad. I harvested all the fruits on the cake, cleaned them up, and put them in the dehydrator.

My concern is that I waited too long to harvest, and the shrooms are no good?

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