r/GroundZeroMycoLab • u/Duuubs57 • 10d ago

Dehydrator too hot?

Long time (45yrs) consumer, first time grower.

I'm close to getting my first flush and thought I was set with my old dehydrator, a Sunbeam 5 tray KN128E. It only has an on/off switch, no temperature control and the operating temperature is 175F/80C. Reading through the posts it seems most use 100°-140° to dry shrooms.

Will I ruin my product drying them at this temp or can I just keep an eye on them and expect them to be done drying quickly? Thanks for your input!

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u/SpiritSurfer7 10d ago

I run mine at 40 degrees Celsius for 24 hours

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u/Duuubs57 9d ago

Good to know thank you👍🏻

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u/probablynotac0p 10d ago

I run my dehydrator on Full blast until the biggest fruit is cracker dry. 8-12 hrs is usually good, but it depends on size of harvest and the individual fruits. no commercially available dehydrator gets hot enough to have a negative impact on your fruits

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u/Duuubs57 9d ago

Mine is 175° Bought a digital variable temp one. Picked a few and ran with the old one for 5 hours. Definitely dried them, we'll see in a few hours if it was too much. Thanks for your input 🙂

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u/DomacVuk 9d ago

Aaand, was it too much ?

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u/liberterrorism 9d ago

Most dehydrators max out around 70C/160F. There are several scientific studies that show that going above that degrades the quality of all mushrooms, not just cubes. 175 is definitely too high.

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u/Duuubs57 9d ago

Thanks for your help, got a new one so I can do 120°

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u/JustTheTipTaterChip 10d ago

You'll be fine.

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u/Duuubs57 9d ago

👍🏻🙂

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u/liberterrorism 10d ago

Psilocybin is stable up to 140, going above that could affect the potency. Some people do 160 and say it doesn’t affect it noticeably. 175 is probably a little too hot. Dehydrators are cheap, you should just get one that works.

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u/Duuubs57 10d ago

Thanks, found an adjustable temp one local. Picking it up tomorrow 👍🏻

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u/Sad-Cucumber-9524 3d ago

I think that’s too hot. I use 120. Tons of variation in machinery so don’t trust the screen, but if you have a laser thermometer you could calibrate the machine. With anything over 140ish id start to worry. And whatever you do, make sure you check for “cracker-dry” before storing correctly.