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NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS
    #5315779 - 02/19/06 08:03 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

See the story is like this, I found a shit load of cubensis shrooms 4 days ago and then when I dried them (on a paper towel laid on a magazine and then covered with some printing paper) 2/3 got mold on it and rot... :banghead: Currently I'm in the Caribbean and the level of humidity here is so high that mold builds up on my clothing if I don't leave the window open for at least 4 hours a day. I mean not all of them got rotten but I was only able to save the 1/3 because they were picked 2 days later then the rest. The problem is I don't know anything about molds and how they build up except that too much moisture causes it. I really need help. I need to know EXACTLY how to dry them without using some chemical or a drying chamber because in this country it would be very hard to find those things. Maybe if I put a little salt on them? Like into the gills? Or could I just take a lot of fresh mushrooms, wrap them in tin-foil and just freeze them all. Could that work?  I've build a 3 foot wide and 2 feet tall stand with metal poles and plastic netting material, it looks kind of like a little table but with lil' hammock's all over it. Do you think it's possible to put that into my closet with a shit-load of mushrooms in the hammocks? Or would that just mold again? Would it work if I put a fan into the closet facing my "drying rack"? I've heard that if they stay warm they don't rot that quickly? How would I get heat to the rack in a closet? Please help me solve this problem...


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5316102 - 02/19/06 11:00 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

No problems, just don't cover them up, let the air move around them. Put them on newspaper and direct a fan at them, or you can get creative from there, like lying them on screens and aiming the fan at them. With constant air movement, they will dry quickly to cracker dry.
Incidentally, my favorite spot (if I don't have too many) is the back of the tv. I leave the tv on and warm (98 degrees) dry air flows out the back. There they will dry completely in 24 hrs.

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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: LouiseLouise]
    #5317101 - 02/19/06 05:00 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

I will try that next time I dry my mushrooms thanks for you're help! I never thought about drying it behind the T.V I'll try that. If any body has any more tips such as the T.V one please post it...but one more qeustion. :wink: Should I leave the windows open so that fresh air can pass by the mushrooms while drying. Or just leave it closed? Does it even matter if their open or closed?  :mushroom2: :thumbup:


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5320563 - 02/20/06 04:24 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

if you cant point a fan at them, leave the windows open so there is some air moving around them


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: campinman]
    #5320600 - 02/20/06 04:33 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

But would'nt the air from outside make them mold? The air outside is very humid.


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5321909 - 02/20/06 09:33 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

post some pics of your Caribbean cubes, I would like to see. also the site you get them, it would be nice to see something other than the south site pictures.

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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5323035 - 02/21/06 06:01 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

One way that I use, but don't see talked about on here is drying by hanging them with very thin string.
I have always used this method - tie a piece of thin string around the stem, tight. Then tie it to something and let it hang freely in the air, not touching any surface. A day or more later they will be dry. Even with no fans or air circulation this method is effective.


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: eris]
    #5323223 - 02/21/06 08:35 AM (17 years, 11 months ago)

http://ca.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mr_reggea/detail?.dir=1767&.dnm=2f0dre2.jpg&.src=ph
That is what the some of the "mold" looked like I bet it was just mycelium what do you guys say? I can't believe I threw away perfectly good shrooms.. :confused:


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5332028 - 02/23/06 03:00 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

Or was that mold?


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5332044 - 02/23/06 03:06 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

That picture looks normal to me.. Is that of the actual mushrooms that you had?  I don't see any kind of significant mold infestation or host fungus.  :shrug:


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: eris]
    #5332510 - 02/23/06 06:10 PM (17 years, 11 months ago)

No they were not. I found that picture on this site. What i am talking about is the white stuff on the cap. My mushrooms all developed it while drying.


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5340237 - 02/26/06 07:00 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

..well was it mold?


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5341726 - 02/26/06 04:25 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

...someone...plz help me out here.


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5341740 - 02/26/06 04:30 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

How do you expect us to help you?

Unless you post a good picture, all anybody can do is speculate.
If you want to dry mushrooms in a very humid environment, you need to get some desiccant.


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: shroomydan]
    #5344262 - 02/27/06 05:34 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)



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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5344303 - 02/27/06 06:15 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

That's not your picture.


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5345515 - 02/27/06 02:04 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

I guess you mean the white specs that can appear on the caps? This is common among the forms of cubes.. I've seen it on perfectly healthy specimens many times.


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: eris]
    #5350588 - 02/28/06 06:38 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

:frown:Oh o.k.....well now I feel REALLY stupid...I threw away LOTS... :frown: :confused:
But thanks for you're help


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5351131 - 02/28/06 09:08 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

how about making tea and freezing it. in my experience, that can last a while, the only problem is i tihnk it won't last too long if it isn't frozen.


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: nycomyco]
    #5353364 - 03/01/06 12:16 PM (17 years, 10 months ago)

I'm thinking of just buying a damp-rid thing. But before I do I would like to know how long it takes for the mushrooms to get completely dry with damp-rid?


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5360818 - 03/03/06 07:09 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

(yay this is my 300'th post) Does'nt anybody know how long it takes?


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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: Mr_Psilocin]
    #5360845 - 03/03/06 07:35 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

file:///d:/mjtest/driedcubes2.htm

Many of the cubes in these images were dried outside in the subn after picking on Koh samui. The white spects on the caps of the shrooms are bnothing that will harm yuou. You need to worry more about the fruit fly larvae i nthe shrooms. for info opn those guys read thisL:

http://www/mushroomjohn.com/theshit1.htm

The shrooms should be laid out to dry in a single file. It is not necessary to keep a fan on them in hot weaather countries.

You wo ill most likely lose a caop or 2 to worms. But that is norm.

The shrooms should not touoch one another . That causes oxidation and flesh damage if they are touching one anouther. I dry most shrooms wiothin one to two dys i n those climatesIdf yuour home has airconditioning then place the shrooms on newspaper and put them on a shl elf high in your room or under the bed on newspaper.. I have dried shroosm that way for over thirty years and very successfully at that, although it took me a few seasons of hunting copes to learn how to dry them properly.

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Re: NEED HELP DRYING MY MUSHROOMS [Re: mjshroomer]
    #5361064 - 03/03/06 10:06 AM (17 years, 10 months ago)

if you have a car you can place then in a big paper bag and lock them in your car in the sun. the paper bag will neutralize the UV rays and dry the mushrooms at the same time without taking in any outside humidity.


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