estesj
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Has anyone ever tried this method? I was thinking of doing this with all the shrooms in a large rubbermaid tub with 2 clamp lights instead of one. Shroomery - Cheap and Easy Drying Without Desiccant
A way to dry shrooms.
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stupidclown
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sounds like it would cook off some potentcy.
go to walmart but replacement food dehydrator racks stack them on a box fan pointed up. i've done hundreds like that. if you are some where humid put a dehumidifier in a closet with your drying rig 24-48 hour and they are dry
go to walmart but replacement food dehydrator racks stack them on a box fan pointed up. i've done hundreds like that. if you are some where humid put a dehumidifier in a closet with your drying rig 24-48 hour and they are dry
zer0ed
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when i got started, i just used a fan set on low, to blow over my fruits, that i laid out on news paper.
another cheap way, is to get a large central air filter, and lay it on top of a box fan, and lay your fruits on top of that.
i just started using a dehydrator, with a thermostat, that i have turned all the way down. but i dont really recommend this, because with it turned all the way down, its not much different then fan drying, and cost a lot more, and fit a lot less.
But regardless of which of these methods you choose, any of these methods will only get your fruits "air dried"
its impossible, to get the fruits dryer then the ambient relative humidity. your still going to want a desicant such as damp-rid or silica gel, to get completely dry.
i use half gallon mason jars, i put a coffee filter at the bottom, and fill it with dam-rid. then i put another coffee filter to act a bowl, and drop all my air dried fruits in there, to zap the last of the moisture out, where they stay until i need them.
estesj
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So if I dont use a desicant to dry them will they go bad if I store them at room temp?
stupidclown
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yes they go bad much faster
estesj
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Fuck! I need em to keep for at least a few months and I wanted an easy drying tek that did not need a desicant. I'm gonna try this tek in a month or so and get back to yall. This dude claims to have cracker dry shrooms in 24 hours.Shroomery - Cheap and Easy Drying Without Desiccant
zer0ed
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if you air dry them very well for 3 days, you should be alright.
but if you are not sure, you should keep them in a paper bag, instead of zip-lock.
estesj
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O.k. how about I put them on a screen from a window and then put another screen on top of that so they dont blow off when they get dry and let a fan blow on them for a few days.
gangjababy
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I've kept dried mushrooms in plastic bags for 8 months and they still kept their potency just fine.
gangjababy
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You can dry them however you want, just make sure they crack before you bag them.
zer0ed
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i wouldnt try to keep fresh for longer then a week, and keep them in a paper bag, and preferably in the fridge.
dry can keep for a couple of months. it would help to keep a few silica gel packets with them. to keep them from re-hydrating.
I would never put fruits in the freezer. ive heard bad things when attempting to defrost, u just end up with a mess.
gangjababy
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My mushrooms don't dry out just sitting out, I have to put a
fan on them or I just put them on top of my desktop in a drawer, where it is warm.
estesj
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Cool. I'm gonna fan dry em for 48 hrs and then stick em in a paper bag and put em in the closet. I am gonna try that black T-shirt with the clamp light tek that I posted earlier in this thread. I bet it works.
ANC
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you can fan dry for a day, then stick them in the oven with the door ajar aftewards for about an hour (it will not reach the temp on the dial, because the door is open), till they are nice and crisp, then seal them up well to prevent them drawing moisture from the air, sqeeze all the air out of the bags before sealing. Leaves em nice and white if ou harvest gently, and gives lots of bag appeal.