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Can they go soft after a few days even if dry??
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Can dried fruits go soft after a few days even though I dried them till cracker dry in a dehydrator for 12 hours on 55. Then stored into a air tight jar with silica packs after a few days I just checked and they seem to have gone a bit squishy again.

Is this normal?

They're Yeti's by the way.


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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: JimmyJazzz] * 5
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Most likely they weren't cracker dry and moisture spread throughout. Run your dehydrator at 70°C(160°F) for 24 hours :rockon:


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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Kloakk]
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Should I stick them back in overnight again?


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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Kloakk] * 4
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If you can't crush them into powder with your fingers they are not dry yet.

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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Pastywhyte]
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Should I put them back in overnight again?


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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: JimmyJazzz] * 2
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I would put them in until they can be crushed into powder with your fingers.

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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: JimmyJazzz]
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JimmyJazzz said:
Should I put them back in overnight again?



Yes at full temp.


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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Kloakk]
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Last time I had them in at 70 os seemed sooo hot, are they okay at 70?


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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: JimmyJazzz]
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JimmyJazzz said:
Last time I had them in at 70 os seemed sooo hot, are they okay at 70?



Humidity will take your potency faster then 70 will, I have run pans at 70 for 24 hours by mistake and 1 gram still sent me to space, you should be good and yes back for another 12 hours.

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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Kloakk]
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I always feel like my fruits get brown when I dry them that high. I know all the best recommend it but lower is just my preference i feel like 135 is where I like it

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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Awfullotofshrooms] * 1
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Awfullotofshrooms said:
I always feel like my fruits get brown when I dry them that high. I know all the best recommend it but lower is just my preference i feel like 135 is where I like it



Hmm, maybe not all dehydratiors are created equal :strokebeard:

Mine is a cheap one though, here are the pan jar as mentioned and a cube jar as well, would you say yours look the same if run on 70°C for 24 hours?





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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Awfullotofshrooms]
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Awfullotofshrooms said:
I always feel like my fruits get brown when I dry them that high. I know all the best recommend it but lower is just my preference i feel like 135 is where I like it



I think a reason could be that the moisture can’t get away quickly enough. If you put them in an oven at the suggested temperature, they will come out dark as well. So it could be a defect, or that you’re blocking the path for water damp to flow out or just a dehydrator that doesn’t do a proper job.

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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Kloakk]
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Never grown pans so I couldn’t say but for the cubes a few of those would definitely have a bit of brown on the stems

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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: ambigu]
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I'll take advantage of the thread to ask here, if you don't mind:

Does drying for 48 hours instead of 24 hours cause a noticeable loss in potency?

Because around here in the summer, with the high temps and relative humidity, using just a tray with paper towels and a fan pointed at them leaves them somewhere between leather-dry and cracker-dry. Basically, when you bend the stem, it already snaps, so at that point I put them in an airtight jar with a layer of silica gel at the bottom.



12 to 24 hours later, they're just like Pastywhyte says — you can crush them into powder with your fingers. But I'm not sure if I'm actually losing much potency during those extra 24 to 48 hours.

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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Belintaf] * 2
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Awfullotofshrooms said:
Never grown pans so I couldn’t say but for the cubes a few of those would definitely have a bit of brown on the stems



So the pans have very thin stipe and in the picture they are for the most part white and some spores, but no browning from the dehydrator, you might want to check yours to be sure the fan is running as it's supposed to :strokebeard:

Belintaf said:
I'll take advantage of the thread to ask here, if you don't mind:

Does drying for 48 hours instead of 24 hours cause a noticeable loss in potency?

Because around here in the summer, with the high temps and relative humidity, using just a tray with paper towels and a fan pointed at them leaves them somewhere between leather-dry and cracker-dry. Basically, when you bend the stem, it already snaps, so at that point I put them in an airtight jar with a layer of silica gel at the bottom.



12 to 24 hours later, they're just like Pastywhyte says — you can crush them into powder with your fingers. But I'm not sure if I'm actually losing much potency during those extra 24 to 48 hours.

Hugs :heart:



In my opinion(there's always a debate about it somewhere :lol:) I like to get them cracker dry as fast as possible around 70°C.

You could always run a test and try both.

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Re: Can they go soft after a few days even if dry?? [Re: Kloakk] * 1
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Kloakk said:

In my opinion(there's always a debate about it somewhere :lol:) I like to get them cracker dry as fast as possible around 70°C.

You could always run a test and try both.

:havesomescience:



Where is DavidB? Chiron? :facepalm3:

I think TCs and anyone else who isn't brain fried agrees go strong and fast to dehydrate. Though I do suspect folks who see discoloration might have weak fans in their dehydrator.


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