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kehoe
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Drying with a Fan
#5804174 - 06/29/06 06:03 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Hello,
Is it possible to completely dry the mushrooms with a fan? I know most people say to fan dry first and move on to damp-rid, but I was wondering if the damp-rid was necessary.
Thanks
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Re: Drying with a Fan [Re: kehoe]
#5804183 - 06/29/06 06:06 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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necessary, no. if you want good potency, then yea.
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creamcorn
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Re: Drying with a Fan [Re: kehoe]
#5804187 - 06/29/06 06:07 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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yeah. but that last little stubborn bit of moisture takes a really long time to get out that way... and if you live in a humid area you'll have a real tough time ever getting them completely dry. if they're not dry and brittle completely they won't keep as long or as well, and you'll have a hard time gauging dosage because the amount of water weight left is a mystery...
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kehoe
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Re: Drying with a Fan [Re: creamcorn]
#5804214 - 06/29/06 06:18 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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thanks for the advice, ill be getting some damp rid shortly then
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esdfsfd
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Re: Drying with a Fan [Re: kehoe]
#5804389 - 06/29/06 07:26 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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you could just do a crystal extraction and not worry about drying them out. i got my damp-ridd from whalmhart
Edited by esdfsfd (06/29/06 07:32 PM)
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ChromeCrow
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Re: Drying with a Fan [Re: esdfsfd]
#5804629 - 06/29/06 08:51 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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fan drying is ok, as long as you make sure there are cracker dry ( yes you can get them cracker dry with a fan) .
even in high humidty i can get the fruit completely dry in just under a week, less if it is less humid
and fan drying actually makes very little difference in the potency.
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Re: Drying with a Fan [Re: ChromeCrow]
#5804713 - 06/29/06 09:28 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I fan dry all my mushies and they are just fine. just leave them under the fan for a couple days and they should be cracker dry. Also if you rotate them once in a while it might help them dry faster.
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SDP
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Fan drying has always worked great for me, i found damp-rip to be annoying, however, i still use it for stubborn batches... the usual rule of thumb though, is about 3 days on the fan, then a 1-3 with damp-rid. Good luck! 
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Re: Drying with a Fan [Re: kehoe]
#5973876 - 08/17/06 06:32 PM (17 years, 5 months ago) |
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I have a dehumidifier thats runs all the time so I put the shrooms in a small laundry bag and weigh them down around the exhaust, the air is warm and dry works great!
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