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Your Drying Advice

by Steve
(Tucson,AZ, USA)

Hi Erin.

I loved your microdosing book and you inspired me to start growing my own. I have a question about dehydrating. I’ve seen videos where some dehydrate their mushrooms in a good quality dehydrator at 120 F for 14 hours with good results. But your book mentions that we shouldn’t dehydrate at all. Is that definite on that or is dehydration and option to speed up the process ?

Thanks for all of your inspiration!
Steve

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May 04, 2026
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by: Erin

I wanted to expand my comment about it being a fine dance...

Meaning...you will lose some of the psilocybin/psilocin when drying at 113F...

That is why it is even more important to harvest when the mushrooms are most potent...to make up for any loss during the drying process.

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This could be an addendum to my grow book...
by: Erin

Hiiiiiiiiiii Steve,

Thank you :)

For the kind words and all the things...

I'm soooo happy you're inspired.

This is a GREAT question- and could be an addendum to my grow book.

I noticed at Jacob's grow recently he was using a dryer, so I asked him since he grows at the commercial and 3rd party testing level.

He heat dries at 113F because that is the lowest temp air microbes die.

At 110F+, psilocybin and psilocin break down.

(Another reason to harvest when the mushrooms are most potent- which I teach in my book.)

So- it is a fine dance, and the growers choice.

Jacob heat dries at 113F to cracker crisp- that is best practice for food safety.

Check out the selection of dryers and dehydrators at Midwest Grow Kits:

https://midwestgrowkits.referralrock.com/l/1MINDFUL3/

Happy growing!

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