Drying Mushrooms

levler · 09-24-09, 17:43

Hello, I never built a Drying chamber before. I have bought a 4 inch fan from Radio shack and also a 110mm filter disc. I am going to use Drierite and wounder if I should put the fan on top of the container and have air blowing in? Im not sure on where to put the fan. Thank you.

weeeeeee · 09-24-09, 19:07

my drying chamber is a big fucking box a bunch new paperand a box fan 1-2 days in there then i make damprid packs and put the mush and packets and ziplock baggies and dry as could possibly be in 2 days

Sideshow · 09-24-09, 19:08

I think a sealed chamber would be best. Air dry them with a fan first and then finish them off in a sealed container with the desicant. If you can manage, put the shrooms on a rack over a layer of drierite.

Wild-find-I.D. · 09-24-09, 19:39

I always fan dry on a screen first when ready I put them in a rubbermade box lined with wax paper I used damprid & a computer fan inside the box no holes blowing down takes about 2 full days but they end up dry as crackers

DR.DOOM · 09-24-09, 19:53

I have always fan dried and then stored with decadence i think that is the best way

chill · 09-24-09, 20:21

here's a drying tek that I did up.
http://forums.mycotopia.net/fungi-gr...rying-tek.html (drying tek)

rapture99 · 09-24-09, 20:30

cool chamber chill i might have to copy u

levler · 09-24-09, 22:08

Nice chamber there. Why size mesh did You use for the wire?

chill · 09-25-09, 01:19

Can't remember the guage but it's not hard to figure out.

You need three types of screen. The first is the thickest as it needs to hold the weight of the dessicant which becomes water logged. It needs to be pretty sturdy. You may need pliers to bend it.

The layer that holds the shrooms can be fairly thin. You shoul be able to bend it with your fingers. Since the shrooms are going in half dried from the fan they don't weigh that much.

Then you need two sheets of non-organic cloth. They go over each of the screens. You need it to stop the dessicant from falling through but also to stop the shrooms from catching on the bars of their screen. Trust me on this. They're just like little grappling hooks.

weeeeeee · 09-25-09, 02:10

just lay them out on newspaper(absorbent) and put a fan on them for a full day or 2 then buy some damprid and make some damprid pouches out of paper towels put those and the fan dried shrooms in a sealed off container for like half a day or so and done its simple

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09-24-09, 17:43	#1 (permalink)
levler Mycotopiate Join Date: Sep 1971 Posts: 217	Drying Mushrooms Hello, I never built a Drying chamber before. I have bought a 4 inch fan from Radio shack and also a 110mm filter disc. I am going to use Drierite and wounder if I should put the fan on top of the container and have air blowing in? Im not sure on where to put the fan. Thank you.

09-24-09, 19:07	#2 (permalink)
weeeeeee humanoid Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,851	my drying chamber is a big fucking box a bunch new paperand a box fan 1-2 days in there then i make damprid packs and put the mush and packets and ziplock baggies and dry as could possibly be in 2 days __________________ -p.l.u.r

09-24-09, 19:08	#3 (permalink)
Sideshow Freakishly Large Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 353	I think a sealed chamber would be best. Air dry them with a fan first and then finish them off in a sealed container with the desicant. If you can manage, put the shrooms on a rack over a layer of drierite. __________________ Thank you, Mr. Mason

09-24-09, 20:21	#6 (permalink)
chill celtic tiger Join Date: May 1972 Posts: 1,095	here's a drying tek that I did up. http://forums.mycotopia.net/fungi-gr...rying-tek.html (drying tek) Attached Thumbnails __________________ When the going gets wierd the wierd turn pro!

09-24-09, 19:39	#4 (permalink)
Wild-find-I.D. Market Restricted Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 156	I always fan dry on a screen first when ready I put them in a rubbermade box lined with wax paper I used damprid & a computer fan inside the box no holes blowing down takes about 2 full days but they end up dry as crackers

09-24-09, 19:53	#5 (permalink)
DR.DOOM Mycophiliac Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35	I have always fan dried and then stored with decadence i think that is the best way

09-24-09, 20:30	#7 (permalink)
rapture99 Mycophiliac Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 65	cool chamber chill i might have to copy u

09-24-09, 22:08	#8 (permalink)
levler Mycotopiate Join Date: Sep 1971 Posts: 217	Nice chamber there. Why size mesh did You use for the wire?

09-25-09, 01:19	#9 (permalink)
chill celtic tiger Join Date: May 1972 Posts: 1,095	Can't remember the guage but it's not hard to figure out. You need three types of screen. The first is the thickest as it needs to hold the weight of the dessicant which becomes water logged. It needs to be pretty sturdy. You may need pliers to bend it. The layer that holds the shrooms can be fairly thin. You shoul be able to bend it with your fingers. Since the shrooms are going in half dried from the fan they don't weigh that much. Then you need two sheets of non-organic cloth. They go over each of the screens. You need it to stop the dessicant from falling through but also to stop the shrooms from catching on the bars of their screen. Trust me on this. They're just like little grappling hooks. __________________ When the going gets wierd the wierd turn pro!

09-25-09, 02:10	#10 (permalink)
weeeeeee humanoid Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,851	just lay them out on newspaper(absorbent) and put a fan on them for a full day or 2 then buy some damprid and make some damprid pouches out of paper towels put those and the fan dried shrooms in a sealed off container for like half a day or so and done its simple __________________ -p.l.u.r

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