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mushroomdelirium
Electric SexMonkey



Registered: 02/17/07
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A little bendy
#7411000 - 09/14/07 09:18 PM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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So my friend is very interested in psychedelics and I have recently acquired a quarter of some very potent mushies for us to trip on. I bent a stem and it did not crack like I thought it was supposed to. Right now it's in a dark, dry place in one of those nifty double zip-lock bags. My question is should I toss 'em in the dehydrator? If so, how long would be apropriate? They were pretty dry, only a little bendy is all. Should I be worried about them spoiling? We might have to wait a few weeks to eat them.
On a side note, my buddy has a four-foot tall lava lamp that I have feeling will be epic.
just felt like braggin about that 
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Xeluc
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Registered: 04/11/07
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if your able to just let them open to air but not light, do that. i feel a dehydrator is unnecessary for such amounts.
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mycocurious
Mike O. Kuerias



Registered: 02/09/07
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Re: A little bendy [Re: Xeluc]
#7412132 - 09/15/07 06:22 AM (16 years, 4 months ago) |
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I disagree, if you have a dehydrator, it's great for small amounts. Sounds like they were dried with a desiccant and not a fan/air dried method so yea, I'd give them a couple hours in there on it's lowest temp setting (if it has one).
And if you don't have a dehydrator, you can make one for about $40. Just buy a box fan, set of bungee cords and several paper-based furnance filters that are roughly the same size as the fan.
Place a filter on the exhaust side of the fan and lay out something to be dehydrated (for example, thinly sliced seasoned steak) until you run out of room, a new filter and repeat until you have one last filter on top as a "lid" and secure the filters to the fan using the bungee cord.
Set it upright, turn it on low and in about eight hours, you'll have real beef jerky - or very cracker dry mushies. You can dry about 16-32oz at a time (six hours) with this little contraption. Got the idea from a Good Eats episode.
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Don't mistake my tone for a "matter-of-fact" attitude. I'm just presenting what I believe to be correct, until I'm corrected... - How Myco-Curious Prepares Coir & Compost Substrates - How Myco-Curious Builds A Bulk Humidifier - How Myco-Curious Builds An Automated Greenhouse ------------------------------------ figgusfiddus said: Keep in mind that inoculating or whatever in front of a flow hood won't help your bad substrate, your bad inoculant, your bad sterile procedure, etc. etc. etc. It's not a +3 flowhood of magic, it's just a tool.
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