Anoki Ashoora
Rising Star
Hi my fellow psychonauts!
This little topic is intended to show you how I - for the first time - attempted to dry cubensis, using epsom salt. I used the most common utensils and methods for this drying process, so some of you may enlighten me of more elaborate and refined ways.
What I did was, basically after harvesting the bigger ones of my PE mushrooms, I proceeded to cutting them all in halves, lengthwise. Cutting them in such a fashion would allow for an at least 2 times faster drying then if I was to let them dry intact, and I also thought it would be nice to have an "end product" that still resembled mushrooms, as opposed to having little diced bits and pieces. Hence the halves. After allowing them to dry for a couple of days at room temperature in a rather low humidity room, I thought it was time to turn the drying process up one notch higher, to acquire the cracker-dry type consistency (note, If you want to be able to store your shrooms for longer periods, drying them completely is a must).
So next step was baking some epsom salt. Epsom salt is the common name for magnesium sulphate, and it has the capacity to suck moisture out of its surrounding atmosphere, if it has been exposed to heat (200+ degrees C) for as long as 1,5-2 hours, right before using it as a desiccant. I put about 4 teaspoons of the epsom into a baking tray that I lined with a double-layered aluminium foil. Tossed the tray in the pre-heated oven, and waited 1,5 hours.
In the meantime I washed and dried two regular glass milk bottles. My idea was to put the epsom in the bottles, put some sort of a paper towel in it, and then place the pre-dried mushrooms in the inside. I am still not quite sure whether the amount of epsom was sufficient, but since I was not drying ounces of shrooms I thought it'll be okay. Anyways, it is really important to work quite fast with the hot and freshly baked epsom salt, because as it cools it starts to attract water mulecules from the air, so it is advisable to put them straight into the whatever container you are using and seal the container while you figure out how to put some sort of a grid or piece of paper and the mushrooms in the inside of the jars. I just used regular paper towels, as mentioned earlier.
The shroomies are now in the milk glasses, the epsom sucking every last bit of moisture out of them (hopefully).
This little topic is intended to show you how I - for the first time - attempted to dry cubensis, using epsom salt. I used the most common utensils and methods for this drying process, so some of you may enlighten me of more elaborate and refined ways.
What I did was, basically after harvesting the bigger ones of my PE mushrooms, I proceeded to cutting them all in halves, lengthwise. Cutting them in such a fashion would allow for an at least 2 times faster drying then if I was to let them dry intact, and I also thought it would be nice to have an "end product" that still resembled mushrooms, as opposed to having little diced bits and pieces. Hence the halves. After allowing them to dry for a couple of days at room temperature in a rather low humidity room, I thought it was time to turn the drying process up one notch higher, to acquire the cracker-dry type consistency (note, If you want to be able to store your shrooms for longer periods, drying them completely is a must).
So next step was baking some epsom salt. Epsom salt is the common name for magnesium sulphate, and it has the capacity to suck moisture out of its surrounding atmosphere, if it has been exposed to heat (200+ degrees C) for as long as 1,5-2 hours, right before using it as a desiccant. I put about 4 teaspoons of the epsom into a baking tray that I lined with a double-layered aluminium foil. Tossed the tray in the pre-heated oven, and waited 1,5 hours.
In the meantime I washed and dried two regular glass milk bottles. My idea was to put the epsom in the bottles, put some sort of a paper towel in it, and then place the pre-dried mushrooms in the inside. I am still not quite sure whether the amount of epsom was sufficient, but since I was not drying ounces of shrooms I thought it'll be okay. Anyways, it is really important to work quite fast with the hot and freshly baked epsom salt, because as it cools it starts to attract water mulecules from the air, so it is advisable to put them straight into the whatever container you are using and seal the container while you figure out how to put some sort of a grid or piece of paper and the mushrooms in the inside of the jars. I just used regular paper towels, as mentioned earlier.
The shroomies are now in the milk glasses, the epsom sucking every last bit of moisture out of them (hopefully).
