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ofzeroconcern
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Best drying technique?
#5581399 - 05/02/06 12:57 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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After these are finished growing, I intend to dry them with a fan/desiccant chamber.
I have a house fan, the oscillating kind. But I'm not sure which is the best way to dry them with this. Put them in/on something? Oscillation on or off? Air blowing from up? Down?
I know how to make the desiccant chamber. I was thinking two days fan-dry, two days Damp Rid.
Is ten bucks gonna be enough to cover wire mesh/Damp Rid/tupperware container?
Thanks.
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Snaggletooth
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I think so, but for $30 more you can get this, and will probably will last forever unlike Damp Rid. Also it dries it better and faster.

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thenewguy05
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damp rid is relativeley cheap. i think you can get it for 5 bucks at home depot.
when i didn't have one of these
 i use a shoebox top... set it in a 45 degree angle and then the air could run accross them. flip them around every 2-4 hours to make sure that all mushies are getting the same amount of air.
hope this helped a little. ~thenewguy05
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creamcorn
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Registered: 03/13/06
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way to be totally over-anal about something so simple blow air at them without over-doing it to the point they blow away. its pretty simple.
i have a box fan that cost me $12. a package of three cellulose fiber 20"x20" furnace air filters that cost about $6 (cellulose good fiberglass not so good). the air filters have nice angled ridges i can lay 'em out, and are slightly absorbant themselves. wedge fan against wall at about 45 degree angle, put mushies in the grooves in the filter, put another filter on top, little bit of tape to hold it all in place and over fan. crank 'er up. they stay put and stay clean. i got the idea from that good eats tv show where he shows how to build a no-heat meat dehydrator im not saying you need to do it this way, my point is be creative, its really not all that difficult to blow air at an object 
not sure how much damp rid costs, but i know you can get "crystal" kitty litter which is basically big silica gel junks, in like a big 5lb jug for a couple bucks, and using that you could definitely get yourself a plastic bowl and some wire mesh and come in under 10 bucks total.
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