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dehydrator question
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i have a nesco food dehydrator and jerky maker. does anyone know if this heats them up while drying? basically, is there potency loss with this model?


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Re: dehydrator question [Re: ButterWeasels]
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there should be a temperature guage.
a dial of sorts.
if so, set it to about 95 or 100.

if not, it probably runs at about 140-150, which is a bit too hot.
get a Nesco American Harvest Snackmaster.





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Re: dehydrator question [Re: monstermitch]
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shit mine has no dial on it at all should it still be fine if i fan dry first then just use it to crisp them up?


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Re: dehydrator question [Re: ButterWeasels]
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Don't use that use air dry then use dryrite or dryaid.
Heat turns the mushrooms black and degrades the potency.

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Re: dehydrator question [Re: BUDDHA_702]
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BUDDHA_702 said:
Don't use that use air dry then use dryrite or dryaid.
Heat turns the mushrooms black and degrades the potency.


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Re: dehydrator question [Re: monstermitch]
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I opened up my food dehydrator and disconnected the heating coil, works fine now

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Re: dehydrator question [Re: BUDDHA_702]
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BUDDHA_702 said:
Don't use that use air dry then use dryrite or dryaid.
Heat turns the mushrooms black and degrades the potency.


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Seriously though, heat does not degrade potency, else cooking with shrooms would not be effective.


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Re: dehydrator question [Re: mycocurious]
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Well I took out the heating coil but I also took out the other smaller coil which turned out to be a vital wire I needed to make the fan run. On the 3rd try to disable the heat, I fucked some shit up and had to reset the house circuit breakers. Threw it away but at least I got the trays.

I'd rather break a 40$ dehydrator than risk potency loss. The racks sit perfectly on my 2x2x5" box fan and even on the highest setting the funguys stay put. It also helps that the average R/H here is 1-20% year-round :laugh:.

To anyone about to buy a dehydrator: Might as well buy a loud box fan and some dehydrator trays, or make your own with wire mesh.

Whether heat degrades potency or not, I'd rather not risk it. I learned early on in this hobby that patience plays a crucial role in success. I'd rather wait longer and just fan dry to be sure. After 1 day of fan drying the weight went from 366g (fresh) to 41g (day later). The stalky big ones take forever lol.


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Re: dehydrator question [Re: ButterWeasels]
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fan drying will never get them cracker dry like a dehydrator will.

your paranoia about dehydrators is just that, paranoia.


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Re: dehydrator question [Re: monstermitch]
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you will NOT be hurting the psilocybin in a dehydrator. The temp never reaches higher than 70 degrees Celsius (160 F) which is fine. LSD which is MUCH less stable can handle up to 80 degrees Celsius.


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Re: dehydrator question [Re: Slimz]
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either way I completely destroyed my dehydrator by trying to take out the heat coil. I have heard fan drying can get them cracker-dry from others on the forums, it just takes up to 48 hours. Someone said they got cracker dry where theyre R/H is above 80% most of the time so I'm pretty confident I don't need heat to dry them, and heat destroying potency is just 1 less thing to worry about going wrong.

I'm quite a newb at this and am just playing it safe, im more paranoid about cobweb mold than drying fruits right now.

I'm going to check to see if they're dry yet, its lookin damn close.


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