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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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asd11
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Supernova]
#3470304 - 12/09/04 11:55 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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mmm nice shrooms..mmmm
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Phishgrrl
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: asd11]
#3470457 - 12/09/04 12:25 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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another for dehydrators. I have the Nesco also- it works wonders. If you dry on the lowest, I really don't think you would ever notice a difference in potency. Good luck!
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Supernova
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Phishgrrl]
#3470485 - 12/09/04 12:31 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Phishgrrl, we should get together and... compare dehydrators
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Phishgrrl
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Supernova]
#3470515 - 12/09/04 12:40 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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sounds like a good time. After comparison, should we sample the goods?
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Supernova
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Phishgrrl]
#3470523 - 12/09/04 12:42 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hell yeah. Just let me know when!
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Phishgrrl]
#3471308 - 12/09/04 03:11 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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i got some goods you can sample all right. anyway, yeah i plan on getting that NESCO tomorrow at ShopKo, its on sale for $29.99 as for the other piece of shit(cuz it came broken) im gonna take that back and get a refund. and that was $29.99 too, so it all evens out perfectly(minues the inconvenient running i gotta do)...how about that? shit always works out to my advantage one way or another. what are the fucking odds that, that very nesco model is in a sale flyer for ShopKo at the time i finally decide to get a dehydrator? i guess i never looked for a dehydrator before, but it just seems a bit coincidental it be on sale at the same price as this bitchass one i got right when i decide to get one...hmm.
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3471339 - 12/09/04 03:18 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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oh yeah, i neglected to add that the sale starts tomorrow, and ends saturday. merely a 2 day sale.
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TODAY
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3472212 - 12/09/04 06:27 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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hell yeah, i'm gonna get me a dehydrator asap...nothing better than a fan on 24/7 on a cold winter day!!
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: TODAY]
#3474698 - 12/10/04 02:37 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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You can make a really good home made dehydrator by doing the following:
Line the inside of a box (such as a cardboard file box) with aluminum foil, and poke wire throw the sides for racks. Put some kind of screen in to rest on top of the wires. Get a lightbulb socket with a pull string, and a nice bright bulb to put in the bottom. If you make sure to punch some holes in the top if there are none already, and a small one in the bottom for the cord of the lamp, this dryer will dehydrate food in no time
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Supernova
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Kavatar]
#3475004 - 12/10/04 06:11 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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I don't like using a light bulb to dry shrooms. The Snackmaster dehydrator is much easier to set up, there is no light involved, and it's nice and compact compared to a lot of the homemade setups I've seen.
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TODAY
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Supernova]
#3475542 - 12/10/04 10:43 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
supernova said: I don't like using a light bulb to dry shrooms. The Snackmaster dehydrator is much easier to set up, there is no light involved, and it's nice and compact compared to a lot of the homemade setups I've seen.
plus, when you aren't drying shrooms you can use it to dehydrate food!
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Zirus666
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3476262 - 12/10/04 01:13 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hmm, 12 trays, i think i could get a kilo in there I know a place to get a kilo cheap right now
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Zirus666]
#3477917 - 12/10/04 05:56 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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nothing better than a fan on 24/7 on a cold winter day!!
lol, i know, right? fuck that. ill fuck around and catch a cold.
but yeah, i went to shopko, and turns out that mother fucker wasnt the type with a temp control afterall *sigh* so i mosied on over to walmart and got the right one . needless to say, i walked out of there with a big ass grin 40 bucks though, heh. ah well, its worth it.
i'll have to get a pic of it loaded up with freshies, then get one when they are done and dry. when the time comes ill dig this thread up and post pics.
thanks everybody
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Supernova
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3481202 - 12/11/04 10:29 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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You did the right thing. You're going to love it. That 40 bucks will save you a lot of time.
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3481808 - 12/11/04 01:27 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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awesome kottonmouth. i'm going to get that 40 dollar one at walmart when the time comes that i'll have something to dry.
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musichead927
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: TODAY]
#3488142 - 12/12/04 09:01 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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I have a dehydrator but it doesn't have a way to change the temperature, im just making sure that i cant use it before i try it and ruin some perfectly good shrooms. So, i can't use it right? or can i?
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Supernova
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: musichead927]
#3490060 - 12/13/04 07:22 AM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Temp is probably too high if it doesn't have a thermostat.
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: musichead927]
#3492136 - 12/13/04 03:42 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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snoop around in the manuel and see what it says, it should tell you the temperature. mine said it was about 150F(the other one) then in the safety precautions section it said that since temps reach between 110-140 its best to keep it on a hard surface away from flamable stuff. and yeah i agree, its going to be too high for your mushies to not lose any potency.
if u got the reciept, return it, and get the one at walmart(they only have one dehydrator they sell, and thats the one with temp control)
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lemon_lw
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3492587 - 12/13/04 04:43 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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well my dehydrator goes down to 95F but i was still a little paranoid about the heat so i just disconected the heating source. mine required me to bypass the heat springs altogether. it was simple, you just take your hot wire from the outlet and twist it to the hot wire for the fan, easy and simple. red=hot
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Fucknuckle
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: lemon_lw]
#3493694 - 12/13/04 07:26 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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Heat is not a problem until it gets over 160-200 degs. Think about this people. We have been making Shroom tea for 30 years or more. What temp does water boil at ?212 degs. What temp does water start to steam ? 165 degs
I have been drying shrooms for many years in front of a small space heater on a window screen.
Sometime a a few years back a smart person asked themselves " What would be the very best way to dry my shrooms ?" They came up with desiccant. It works perfect and subjects the shrooms to zero heat. So they told some people and then this tek became the ONLY WAY TO DRY SHROOMS and ANY HEAT WILL HURT THEM.
Not true and do not buy it. I have done some pretty careful experiments with shrooms dried in 100 deg, 140 deg and desiccant. There was no difference. Not to me or any of my dozens of friends that consumed them.
This Myth needs to be debunked. If you want to harm your shrooms with heat. You need heat them over 160 degs and keep them there for a long time.
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Anonymous
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: Fucknuckle]
#3494098 - 12/13/04 08:23 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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ah well, i needed a new dehydrator anyways, cuz the first one was broke and didnt rotate like it was supposed to, the piece of shit.
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musichead927
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Re: drying with dehydrator.. [Re: ]
#3494146 - 12/13/04 08:29 PM (19 years, 3 months ago) |
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thanks, i guess ill see what i can do either way, just test it out
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