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Anonymous
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drying with dehydrator..
#3444342 - 12/04/04 12:24 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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how wise would it be to buy a dehydrator to dry my shrooms? before i buy one i want to know if it is worth it. Many say that drying with heat will cause shroomies to lose some potency...and others say it makes absolutely no difference, or so little of a difference i wouldnt even be able to tell at all.
i really dont want to short myself out here..i want the most pote of shrooms, but yet i want to be able to dry them very quickly because running a fan when its cold is really shitty, and other people in the house bitch about it. whereas if i can just use a dehydrator, no one can bitch about the draft.
thank you
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MOTH
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3444361 - 12/04/04 12:31 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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It is so worth it...
The kitten dries her mushies in the dehydrator all the time. Works perfectly, gets them cracker crisp in less then a day. She keeps the dehydrator below 95 degrees (a warm summers day!) and no loss in potency.
Hope that helps...
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kaleras
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3444363 - 12/04/04 12:32 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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my dehyrator has always worked perfectly fine for me and my friends
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FreshCaps
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: kaleras]
#3444402 - 12/04/04 12:58 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Can't you like disable the heating element by cutting the wires in it that turn the heater on?
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: MOTH]
#3444519 - 12/04/04 02:07 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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great! thats all i needed to hear, really. im going to get one ASAP. any specific brand model that anyone reccommend i get? i want one that will hold as much as possible so as to eliminate having to use a fan at all(i usually grow a good amount for the year, for me and my homies, and to support my weed habit)
thank you all so much
freshcaps with the best ass pic, yeah i hear you can, but i always wondered how does a dehydrator even work then if it dont have heat to help dehydrate? what is the main thing in a dehydrator that, well, dehydrates? sorry if its an ignorant question, but i really dont know, so its relevant for me to ask.
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fresh313
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3444545 - 12/04/04 02:16 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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if you disable the heat then its just a lame excuse for a fan. ive used a food dehydrator up to 140F+ and an 1/8th was still potent, id say its def worth it, and it dries super fast, the shrooms almost disappear.
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: fresh313]
#3444578 - 12/04/04 02:52 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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if you disable the heat then its just a lame excuse for a fan.
hahah, exactly what i thought.
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and it dries super fast, the shrooms almost disappear.
you must have skinnier shroomies while fresh then huh? i usually end up with some thick mofo's, some fatties.(just depends on the sub.)
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BorgFace
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3444579 - 12/04/04 02:53 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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I just put my mushrooms on a piece of absorbent paper towel under a fan and leave it in a dark cupboard for a day. When they're pretty much dry I put them in an airtight container with a few of those anyhdrous ammonia packs and they're crispy and ready to be stored for large periods of time within a day or two.
Don't waste your money on a dehydrator when you can dry them using things lying around your house. Use the money you save to buy some mull
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: BorgFace]
#3444642 - 12/04/04 04:31 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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im pretty sure that i can snag one for like 35-40 bucks. i think it would be an awesome investment.
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Ramlaen
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3445185 - 12/04/04 08:54 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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i bought one at walmart last week for 10 dollars....
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Supernova
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3445230 - 12/04/04 09:20 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Kotton- You're going to love having a dehydrator. I have a NESCO Snackmaster Express from WalMart. I paid about 35 bucks for it. WELL worth the investment. The lowest heat setting is 95 degrees and it blows the warm air all around the shrooms. It comes with 4 trays but you can add on trays up to 12. With 4 full trays, it dries out all my shrooms in about 8 hours on 95 degrees. And no loss in potency.
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Supernova]
#3446539 - 12/04/04 04:57 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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hell yeah man, im gonna get one for christmas i talked to my sister and shes gonna get me one, and a nice digital cam(so i can start sharing pics of my annual grows!) im stoked as all fuck now, aww shit
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3466746 - 12/08/04 06:56 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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well, i dont know if this is gonna be a big problem, a minor prob, or not one at all.
but my sis got me a dehydrator and i read the manual and it says that it gets up to ~150F(between 100 and 140; 150 max, it is a one setting type)...It has a vent on top though, so i could let a little of the hot air out so it doesnt get really hot if i wanted. does anyone know if it will be ok to use this dehydrator? or will they damage potency a lot. isnt the water of tea much hotter than 150?
anyone do this before with good results? i just dont want some bum fuck shrooms that dont do anything to me.
thanks again
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lemon_lw
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3466766 - 12/08/04 07:00 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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that heat will damage the shrooms. disconect the heating source. just look in it and once you figure out which is the heating unit start snipping.
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pshawny
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: lemon_lw]
#3469054 - 12/09/04 05:09 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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If it doesn't work for you take it back and make sure to get one with a lower temp setting.
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: pshawny]
#3469159 - 12/09/04 06:12 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah, ill dry a batch when the time comes in the future, and dose on an eight from the very bottom tray, and see how they are. i'll let ya'll know whats up when i do
thanks for replies.
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3469311 - 12/09/04 07:35 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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well god damnit. i try and use the bitch and the rotating feature is busted, i tore it apart and tried to put it back together, but it wont fuckin work, so hell, it happened for a reason i suppose. now i have an even better reason to take it back and get a different one. *sigh* its inconvenient though, but i guess everything happens for a reason. kinda glad it came broke, heh.
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Supernova
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3469333 - 12/09/04 07:42 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Get the NESCO American Harvest Snackmaster Express Food Dehydrator and Jerky Maker. Lowest setting is 95 degF. It comes with 4 trays and you can add up to 8 more. It works great.
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Zirus666
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Supernova]
#3469865 - 12/09/04 10:16 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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How much weight of fresh shrooms can you dry at a time supernova? With 4 and 12 trays?
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Supernova
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Zirus666]
#3470172 - 12/09/04 11:32 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Here's four trays of shrooms:
I didn't weigh them out unfortunately. Each tray has about a 15 inch diameter.
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