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Best trying method
    #9767751 - 02/09/09 06:58 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I bought a dehydrator.. and little did I know it used heat to dry and i ended up frying 8 little guys. I used the fan on the newspaper thing but I still have some moisture problems. does anyone have any different methods? mushies and I would appreciate :mushroom2:


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767799 - 02/09/09 07:06 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

just put it on a screen above fresh cat litter


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767822 - 02/09/09 07:09 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

really? does that get them perfect? This is prlly a horrible idea but what about salt? those that take away from any nutrients?


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767831 - 02/09/09 07:11 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

How long did you wait for them to dry and why do say the dehydrator fried them it never did for me.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767858 - 02/09/09 07:15 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

well my dehydrator uses heat to dry. Ones that work for boomers just use circulated air. and the heat broke down the mushroom and killed all the power of em =(


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767864 - 02/09/09 07:16 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

oh and answer to your first question. only 4 hours because when i walked in my room it felt like 90 degrees and they were tiny and shriveled


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767890 - 02/09/09 07:21 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I thought they all used heat to dry hmmm i also thought that they didnt get hot enough to hurt them and it can take a few days to get them good and dry just laying by the fan.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: violentjoe0o]
    #9767902 - 02/09/09 07:23 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Dude, use the lowest or a lower heat setting.  The heat from the dehydrator will not harm your potency.


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Re: Best trying method [Re: george castanza]
    #9767910 - 02/09/09 07:25 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

And when they shrink up thats normal there like 90% water.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: violentjoe0o]
    #9767918 - 02/09/09 07:26 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I will try to get a pic of it later and post but I got this great thing from an office super store. It has like 5 pull out drawers. The whole thing is made of wire mesh. I just load the drawers with the mushrooms and them put them in front of a little cheap space heater that I have which has a fan setting and leave it on the fan mode. A day or so later they are pretty well dried. I have a container that I store them in and have a coffee filter filled with damp-rid and taped the ends together. This makes sure any last moisture will be sucked up. works well for me.


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Basement Boy]
    #9767927 - 02/09/09 07:28 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I have an air hockey table I think I'll see how that works.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767938 - 02/09/09 07:30 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

haha awesome. you could prlly rig up that table pretty well. yea and i would like to see your set up basement boy. buy yea my dehydrator does not have settings...its plug and play haha. ill get brand and info for it here in a sec


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767952 - 02/09/09 07:33 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

oh and to potency affectiveness i ate the ones that friend (6 total) and felt a slight euphoria at best


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9767956 - 02/09/09 07:33 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

fried**


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9768005 - 02/09/09 07:42 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Well I doubt it was from the dehydrator.Maybe they just wernt that potent to start with I've had 50 grams wet and didn't feel nothin then i've had .5 bone dry and was gone it all varies but i doubt it was the dehydrator.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9768015 - 02/09/09 07:44 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

hmm. alright ill give it another shot. its a standard nesco 6 tray food dehydrator from wal-mart. I also am going to investigate this cat liter thing because i have spare haha. so violent joe how far above the cat liter does it need to be?


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9768047 - 02/09/09 07:48 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

O that wasn't my idea so i don't know i was actually thinkin about trying that too lol i would have to say though you would just fill the pan up and put screen over it and laying em on the screen.You could do the same thing with damp rid or desiccant.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9768057 - 02/09/09 07:49 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Where is a good retailer for dessicants? and do you have a link to the tek for that cat liter method?


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Magicman420]
    #9768075 - 02/09/09 07:52 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Again the cat liter wasn't my idea (try using the search feature) and the only place I have looked for desiccant is on ebay they have it and it seems cheap.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: violentjoe0o]
    #9768351 - 02/09/09 08:29 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

yah dude just put cat litter in a pan or something and set a screen a inche or 2 above the litter and set mushies on the screen.


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Re: Best trying method [Re: mycoharry]
    #9770723 - 02/10/09 06:45 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

you can pick up Damp Rid from most hardware stores and home centers. Check near the paint aisle. They use it to get moisture out of basements before they paint.


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Re: Best trying method [Re: Basement Boy]
    #9770769 - 02/10/09 06:56 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I use a dehydrator set at the lowest heat setting and have no problems with potency whatsoever.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: JustJane]
    #9770813 - 02/10/09 07:07 AM (15 years, 1 month ago)

Ok here are the shots of that try system that I got from the office super store. I put a power cord in one shot so you get an idea of size.




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Re: Best trying method [Re: Basement Boy]
    #9771770 - 02/10/09 12:17 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I bought the same nesco food dehydrator from walmart and it fried my little guys too. It made my room hot as shit. After they were dry I ate 2 grams and they barley did anything. I am also looking for a good drying method but I think I am just gonna make a contraption out of a small trash bin, a few mesh shelves, a fan, and possibly some damp rid after that
oh and a lamp

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Re: Best trying method [Re: Myce]
    #9772520 - 02/10/09 02:49 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

You could always just take the dehydrator apart and disable the heating element. But I just use an american harvest set at 95 degrees. No problems :thumbup:

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Re: Best trying method [Re: JustJane]
    #9772653 - 02/10/09 03:17 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

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You could always just take the dehydrator apart and disable the heating element. But I just use an american harvest set at 95 degrees. No problems :thumbup:



Yup... i have a nesco set at 95, works great:thumbup:
like said above u can take out the heating element


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Re: Best trying method [Re: ICdeadPeople]
    #9772721 - 02/10/09 03:34 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

As far as where to buy desiccant, I've bought Drierite from Kmart a couple times.  I spread my fresh mushrooms out, blow a fan over them till they're mostly shrunken but still flexible, then put them on a brass screen over Drierite.

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Re: Best trying method [Re: Myce]
    #9774103 - 02/10/09 07:47 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

I took ya'lls advice and removed the heating element. Will it still get them completely dry or should i add a couple of lamps or use some desiccant?

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Re: Best trying method [Re: Myce]
    #9774136 - 02/10/09 07:56 PM (15 years, 1 month ago)

You'll know if they're dry enough.  Cracker-dry really means dry as a cracker :P  A clean snap of the stem will tell you.  If they're not completely dry, a day in a desiccation chamber will seal the deal.

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