Cleaning the fruit of you harvest?

pvacant · 03-20-09, 14:48

How do YOU clean the verm, shit, or other casing material off of YOUR fruits?
me, with a teef (

) brush of course. but what about you??

seedlessstinky1 · 03-20-09, 14:50

Ussually just chop the bottoms off and make a delightful tea.

chimp · 03-20-09, 15:12

I clip the end off and dry them...the coir/verm is easier to clean off when dry imo. I save all the stumps up till I have enough to make it worthwhile to make an extraction elixir.

PsychoDrogue · 03-20-09, 15:49

i let them dry as well. then brush off what i can. I leave anything thats a pain to get off.

If it matters, according to Wasson, mexican shaman remove as little dirt as possible before consuming.

mestophilies · 03-20-09, 16:42

you mean you can take it off?

I just brush the worst and take the "glittershits"

davedc · 03-20-09, 17:25

I just wait for them to dry for a day and then just lightly rub them with my fingers and the verm just falls off.

coorsmikey · 03-20-09, 19:23

Ha I use to throw freshly picked ones in a large bowl of cold water and swish them around. the verm sinks and shrooms float. Heck with that! Now I let them dry and then the crud just rubs right off.

pvacant · 03-20-09, 19:28

ok
the consensus is to dry first then just rub it off.
cool thanks everyone....anyone got any other ways?

Dr.Hallucination. · 03-20-09, 19:39

I use a dull knife to lightly scrape the vermiculite off,comes off rather easy,and there nice and clean.

woodwight · 03-20-09, 21:29

Fresh or dry, a sharp razor knife (boxcutter) cuts off that ol shit with minimal loss of stump flesh. Like whittling at times. With a pack of replacement blades one always has a sharp cutter. Thats how granpappy cleaned his shrooms.

mushit · 03-20-09, 22:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by pvacant

ok
the consensus is to dry first then just rub it off.
cool thanks everyone....anyone got any other ways?

I like to dry them and just scrape them off.

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

lol @ Glittershits. I have that happen a few times.

shroom57 · 03-20-09, 22:18

1/8th to 1/4 inch thumbnail on your dominant hand.

Let it dry first and then just scrape it with your fingernail. If it won't come off with that just use the fingernail to clip it off. Save or discard at your discretion. No big deal.

Soliver · 03-21-09, 00:07

Anything that doesn't fall off in the drying process gets stuffed into the sack with the
rest of it. Dealing with it a few grams at a time is a lot easier than cleaning 100 + grams
in one sitting, from my experience

soliver

blonthedl · 03-21-09, 00:11

it doesn't matter to me, I'll rub one off wet or dry.

beardedlady · 03-21-09, 02:47

I've stopped worrying about cleaning them off. I used to always worry about it, but sitting and cleaning a few ounces is a pain in the ass so I'd just cut the base off after the were dry and used a toothbrush to brush away any stuck anywhere else.

Now, I don't really worry about it. We hadn't been using verm in a while but just started back up because it helps so much with humidity. I think we'll just leave them dirty and make tea out of them and filter it.

If they are for a friend that prefers to eat them raw, I suppose we will clean them up a little bit. Or let them worry about it.

copernicus · 03-21-09, 12:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by blonthedl

it doesn't matter to me, I'll rub one off wet or dry.

i hope that was supposed to be a dirty joke and im not just immature

yiggityyoyo · 03-21-09, 12:35

it's very easy to clean a lot of fruits at once and get them pretty close to completely clean. Lets say you have two oz's to clean. Dry them first, then put them all into a large ziplock and close the bag. Then you simply tug and pull at the bag and tumble it around. The fruits themselves act as each others abrasive and clean themselves. After a min or two, you lightly shake the bag and the casing material etc. will fall to the bottom of the bag and you can pull out your clean fruits. Think rock tumbler.

Sickest_One · 03-22-09, 19:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by copernicus

i hope that was supposed to be a dirty joke and im not just immature

Yea my mindset is right there with yah.

sangraal · 03-22-09, 19:21

I cut off the stipe butt and, dry to brush off the remaining. I'll repeat scraping when dry as, agreeably, it is much easier. If there's still a little bit left, as invariable some is just permanently stuck in it, I don't worry about it and send 'em down the hatch.

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03-20-09, 14:48	#1 (permalink)
pvacant a DeAd BoY Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 191	Cleaning the fruit of you harvest? How do YOU clean the verm, shit, or other casing material off of YOUR fruits? me, with a teef () brush of course. but what about you??

03-20-09, 14:50	#2 (permalink)
seedlessstinky1 Stinks Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,480	Ussually just chop the bottoms off and make a delightful tea. __________________ Cognition of truth brings liberation from all restrictions

03-20-09, 15:12	#3 (permalink)
chimp Space Lord Modulator Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 6,425	I clip the end off and dry them...the coir/verm is easier to clean off when dry imo. I save all the stumps up till I have enough to make it worthwhile to make an extraction elixir. __________________ Respond, Vibrate, Feedback, Resonate

03-20-09, 16:42	#5 (permalink)
mestophilies Agent of Chaos Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,082	you mean you can take it off? I just brush the worst and take the "glittershits" __________________ "Going from gems to chems." ~Mystic

03-20-09, 15:49	#4 (permalink)
PsychoDrogue Mycotopiate Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,361	i let them dry as well. then brush off what i can. I leave anything thats a pain to get off. If it matters, according to Wasson, mexican shaman remove as little dirt as possible before consuming.

03-20-09, 17:25	#6 (permalink)
davedc Market Restricted Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 53	I just wait for them to dry for a day and then just lightly rub them with my fingers and the verm just falls off.

03-20-09, 19:23	#7 (permalink)
coorsmikey mycotrophic Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 281	Ha I use to throw freshly picked ones in a large bowl of cold water and swish them around. the verm sinks and shrooms float. Heck with that! Now I let them dry and then the crud just rubs right off.

03-20-09, 19:28	#8 (permalink)
pvacant a DeAd BoY Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 191	ok the consensus is to dry first then just rub it off. cool thanks everyone....anyone got any other ways?

03-20-09, 19:39	#9 (permalink)
Dr.Hallucination. Chasing the Rabbit. Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,821	I use a dull knife to lightly scrape the vermiculite off,comes off rather easy,and there nice and clean. __________________ The man who walk's through the door on the wall,Will never be quite the same,As the man who went out.

03-20-09, 21:29	#10 (permalink)
woodwight Raging Mycopath Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 20	Fresh or dry, a sharp razor knife (boxcutter) cuts off that ol shit with minimal loss of stump flesh. Like whittling at times. With a pack of replacement blades one always has a sharp cutter. Thats how granpappy cleaned his shrooms. __________________ ww

03-20-09, 22:18	#12 (permalink)
shroom57 Papa Smurf Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 293	1/8th to 1/4 inch thumbnail on your dominant hand. Let it dry first and then just scrape it with your fingernail. If it won't come off with that just use the fingernail to clip it off. Save or discard at your discretion. No big deal.

03-21-09, 00:07	#13 (permalink)
Soliver Deviant Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,784	Anything that doesn't fall off in the drying process gets stuffed into the sack with the rest of it. Dealing with it a few grams at a time is a lot easier than cleaning 100 + grams in one sitting, from my experience soliver

03-21-09, 00:11	#14 (permalink)
blonthedl Mycophiliac Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 96	it doesn't matter to me, I'll rub one off wet or dry.

03-21-09, 02:47	#15 (permalink)
beardedlady Documented Deemster Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 705	I've stopped worrying about cleaning them off. I used to always worry about it, but sitting and cleaning a few ounces is a pain in the ass so I'd just cut the base off after the were dry and used a toothbrush to brush away any stuck anywhere else. Now, I don't really worry about it. We hadn't been using verm in a while but just started back up because it helps so much with humidity. I think we'll just leave them dirty and make tea out of them and filter it. If they are for a friend that prefers to eat them raw, I suppose we will clean them up a little bit. Or let them worry about it.

03-21-09, 12:35	#17 (permalink)
yiggityyoyo Former Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 13	it's very easy to clean a lot of fruits at once and get them pretty close to completely clean. Lets say you have two oz's to clean. Dry them first, then put them all into a large ziplock and close the bag. Then you simply tug and pull at the bag and tumble it around. The fruits themselves act as each others abrasive and clean themselves. After a min or two, you lightly shake the bag and the casing material etc. will fall to the bottom of the bag and you can pull out your clean fruits. Think rock tumbler.

03-22-09, 19:21	#19 (permalink)
sangraal Gnowledge in Gnature Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,000	I cut off the stipe butt and, dry to brush off the remaining. I'll repeat scraping when dry as, agreeably, it is much easier. If there's still a little bit left, as invariable some is just permanently stuck in it, I don't worry about it and send 'em down the hatch. __________________ The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the mind to correlate all it's contents.- HP Lovecraft

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