Quick question on my drying setup

BuddhaIntheSky · 01-27-09, 23:18

I'm planning on putting the shrooms on a towel across a cardboard box, as suggested here in the archives http://archives.mycotopia.net/discus...tml?1071025361 . I'm confused though as to whether I put the fan inside the box or directly on top of the shrooms/towel? Besides that, I only have maybe 7-10 grams fresh to dry, what would you guys recommend for time being fanned and then kept in the dessicator for?

|dw| · 01-28-09, 00:19

A FOAF just picks mushrooms and place them on a sheet of paper. Then he places that piece of paper in a cardboard box next to the fan inside. Then when they are "dry" he places them in a drying chamber that has DampRid in the lower container till they are "cracker" dry. As for times I think it matters where you live

fungusfarmer · 01-28-09, 07:03

Take a box fan, lay it flat on a couple blocks. (air blowing up) Put a screen on the fan. Perfect dryer, works for me, dry in a day or so.

BeardedLadysLady · 01-28-09, 07:35

This is what we did.

We took a plastic tub, some duct tape, a computer fan, and a 12 volt plug adapter:
Cut a whole in the tub to fit the fan
Duct taped in in the tub
Wired the fan to the adapter
Plugged it in and Voila! A drying chamber.

We just layer the mushrooms on paper towels until they are dry.
We used to put the mushrooms out of the drying chamber into another desiccant chamber, but our mushrooms have been getting cracker dry in the drying chamber.

mycot · 01-28-09, 22:57

Many ways of drying small amounts of shrooms. What should be mandatory is if heat is involved keep it low. Some flyscreen would provide better airflow than towels.

dial8 · 01-29-09, 10:10

For a small amount like that I would not worry too much about details. Just stick em on a newspaper in open air with a little air circulating across them...small fan or a ceiling fan. They will dry enough unless your local rH is just sky high. Use dissicant after that if you feel u need to then store in freezer.

Urban Shaman · 01-29-09, 10:23

When I dry my edibles, I go to any of the "Marts" and buy the really cheap furnace filters (usually get 3 for $2+). I lay the mushrooms out on one filter, snuggly put another filter over it (so they are lying the same way they are packaged) and then strap both filters to the front of a box fan with a few bungie cords. Start the fan, and they're dry in no time!!!

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01-27-09, 23:18	#1 (permalink)
BuddhaIntheSky Mycophiliac Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 40	Quick question on my drying setup I'm planning on putting the shrooms on a towel across a cardboard box, as suggested here in the archives http://archives.mycotopia.net/discus...tml?1071025361 . I'm confused though as to whether I put the fan inside the box or directly on top of the shrooms/towel? Besides that, I only have maybe 7-10 grams fresh to dry, what would you guys recommend for time being fanned and then kept in the dessicator for?

01-28-09, 07:35	#4 (permalink)
BeardedLadysLady Deemster In Training Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 510	This is what we did. We took a plastic tub, some duct tape, a computer fan, and a 12 volt plug adapter: Cut a whole in the tub to fit the fan Duct taped in in the tub Wired the fan to the adapter Plugged it in and Voila! A drying chamber. We just layer the mushrooms on paper towels until they are dry. We used to put the mushrooms out of the drying chamber into another desiccant chamber, but our mushrooms have been getting cracker dry in the drying chamber. Attached Thumbnails

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dial8 fornic8 Join Date: Jun 1976 Posts: 4,072	For a small amount like that I would not worry too much about details. Just stick em on a newspaper in open air with a little air circulating across them...small fan or a ceiling fan. They will dry enough unless your local rH is just sky high. Use dissicant after that if you feel u need to then store in freezer. __________________ For enlightenment please dial8.

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01-28-09, 00:19	#2 (permalink)
\|dw\| EE Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 100	A FOAF just picks mushrooms and place them on a sheet of paper. Then he places that piece of paper in a cardboard box next to the fan inside. Then when they are "dry" he places them in a drying chamber that has DampRid in the lower container till they are "cracker" dry. As for times I think it matters where you live

01-28-09, 07:03	#3 (permalink)
fungusfarmer Mycophage Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 103	Take a box fan, lay it flat on a couple blocks. (air blowing up) Put a screen on the fan. Perfect dryer, works for me, dry in a day or so.

01-28-09, 22:57	#5 (permalink)
mycot Mycotopiate Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 359	Many ways of drying small amounts of shrooms. What should be mandatory is if heat is involved keep it low. Some flyscreen would provide better airflow than towels.

01-29-09, 10:23	#7 (permalink)
Urban Shaman Mycophiliac Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 16	When I dry my edibles, I go to any of the "Marts" and buy the really cheap furnace filters (usually get 3 for $2+). I lay the mushrooms out on one filter, snuggly put another filter over it (so they are lying the same way they are packaged) and then strap both filters to the front of a box fan with a few bungie cords. Start the fan, and they're dry in no time!!!

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