Build a perfect fungi/fruit dehydrator for $40! Wiily Myco tek 

This man always used 1and a quarter inch screws I'm starting to suspect willy of drywalling

Materials: WOOD: 4ft - 2x1" 6x 19" pcs 6x 20" pcs FAN: 20x20" SCREEN: (3 tiers) - 1 Roll Aluminum Screen (36x84in) MISC. Staple Gun (& staples) Wood Glue 1-1/4in Drywall Screws

This guys videos were so integral to my 1st grow. Significantly educational n helpful. Thank you bro.

Just the video I needed. I was thinking of this subject today. You are a wealth of Knowledge Professor Willy! Thank you so much!

-16 mins of willy -18 secs of the actual build

Keep bringing the medicine to the people king. Thank you for all you do for others and their own ventures.

I completely agree. I have dehydrated with an oscillating fan. It might take a little longer but it works like a charm. I did have a dehumidifier running in the same room so that helps.

Thank you Willy for sharing your knowledge. Peace and Mush Love to you and yours. ❤🧘‍♀️🕊🐝🍄🐝

Thank you, I'm glad this works, I bought a mesh basket, and a desk fan for my small setup, I didnt want to buy a dehydrator

Just wanted to say thank you for going in depth on every aspect! I am a second guesser of myself so this helps me!

This was great man. Simple and efficient process. Easily modified design as well 🔥💪🏽

I really appreciate all the info fam. Got my 3d lenses on and theyre working fine!

I do this with a spaghetti strainer and small fan when I have small amount. Thanks for all the info🙏💙

WillyM you are correct and debating this would be more noise pollution. Room temp, as fast as possible, sealed and stored in desiccant chambers. Years ago, the method developed was a room dehumidifier that sucked a half gallon from the air in 4 hours placed in a sealed closet sized dry room. Dried, sealed , and stored in a desiccant chamber all done as fast as possible at room temperature. Back in the dark ages before info was available on the internet, living in a subtropical climate, this method took a while to figure out and was only way to garuntee an indefinite shelf life. I strongly urge anyone debating necessity of proper drying methods to take high humidity climates into consideration and give proper drying and storage methods a go.

Exactly the idea in my mind...thanks for confirming!

Great video! Thanks for posting as you do

Thanks for sharing this man, such great content!

300 comments 300 ideas. Guys. A dehydrator not really too hot ..several packs of the desiccant..its great. Store in old school Mason jar .you're confusing the newbies

You could also use the racks to dry rye berries after soaking/simmering

Would it help if you raise the bottom off of the ground a little for more airflow maybe, or is it better to have flat on the ground ?

Love this guy I subscribe and have a playlist of just his vedios. Trust me he knows exactly what he is talking about.

I would also recommend a bottom layer of silica beads if you experience any issues getting that bone dry end result. As for loading! .... Well ..... Obviously you don't want to waste space on your racks, but you also don't want to pack them in so tightly that they are over lapping, touching one another and crammed in. Especially if towards the outside of the center, near the edges as airflow will be weaker here so being too densely packed you are going to have a hard time allowing the fan to fully circulate that air around, leading to extended drying times or fruits that just never seem to get that perfect snap, as they do when bone dry. I've had it a few times where something hasn't quite dried right and either goes kinda 'chewy' or you leave it longer and it starts to wilt and look ready to mould up! That's the 2nd reason you shouldn't pack it too much!...over touching fruits etc... They are much much more easier to start to rot against each other as its just moisture on moisture. This will also slow down the drying regardless of where they are placed if pecked near enough on top of each other, touching. I make sure nothing is touching and lay them out from the middle - outwards. I kinda make like a spiral with the biggest fruits so they are all nicely positioned with breathing space and by doing the 'kinda' spiral it positions all the biggest ones right above the centre of the fan, then use the smaller ones to, and fill in the rest. Last tip would be to speed up the process, pop off the caps from stem and make sure starting from your biggest first then work your way down the stack with the smallest ones being able to be left whole, towards the bottom of the rack. Sometimes things pop up and are ready before you would like and you have a couple 80-90qt low profile totes that all need drying at once! That's a HELL OF A LOT of 'fungi-to-dry'. As someone who uses a good 50/60% of my yield for edibles, 3x 1g capsule packs and the bulk used for microdosing capsules in multiple strengths so harvesting day and big orders can be stressful as I love being able to offer customers the freshest product around, be that dried, powdered capsules or actually multiple ounces of fresh, just picked. I like everything to be picked fresh , dried, processed, packaged and shipped within 48hrs of an order, and if wanting fresh I won't pick and pack till gone 4pm, having all packaging and labels etc sorted. Means I have an hour to pick and weigh before the postal service closes. So picked at 4pm, with them between 9-11am. Like to think that's the best way if you want them fresh.

This is the best way to dehydrate shroomers but the only thing I do on top of that is put another sheet of screen over the back of the fan (no need to hold it in place, the fan will hold it with the air suction). It's just an extra layered protection from dust.

Nice video brotha! New subscriber 🙏 so much knowledge on your channel

Nice video, I already have two dehydrators, for fruits, veggies, jerky etc, and I use them with amazing success, I just turn the heat WAY down and it takes a bit longer, but I prefer doing it that way, very low heat works great.

thank you willy much love

Lol 20 mins to explain, lay a box fan on some home made screens

love the accent just want him to say "So you think I'm funny?"you mean funny like a clown do I amuse you?"

New subscriber here. Appreciate the $40 diy build. I'm new to shrooms. Thanks for the content........

Thanks for the info good sht.I appreciate it man thanks for your time and the video🤜🤛

I’m gonna do mine this way. Thank you. I’m ramping up again after about 8 years. I can attest to what you said about heat and all that. When me and my friend started out we used a Food dehydrator and they did come out not as potent, we ended up just putting them on card board and it worked good. This way seems a lot better though I’m gonna go for it. Thanks for the pro tip.

My man always gives thorough explanations. Respect.

I jury-rigged a mesh cloth on a wire shelf and use a fan to dehydrate my first fruits.

Gave me the idea to use a fan. Already got one. No money. I had them in cabinet. Spread them out on bed run the fan over them. Working great

Add a small space heater near by and set on low, this will speed things up a little bit, and will also dry the air out in the room... Fresh fruits way better than dried IMO.

Not using heat means it takes longer to dry which means you're losing more to oxidation. Just don't go crazy with the heat, 105 is the top end.

Thank you . I am going to do mine this way.

I use a room dehumidifier , funneling the exhaust (dry air) through racks similar to what Willy has. The dehumidifier I have, blows out 17-20%RH at only 85 F degrees and drys a lot of mushrooms in less than 24 hours. 85 degrees for 24 hours won’t effect potency . At the end of 24 hours I either put them in jars with an oxygen absorber and dissicant pack. They will stay potent for a year this way. Or grind to fill capsules. They powder up really well right off the drying rack.

Very helpful in the future for me thanks a lot 😊🙏

thanks for sharing! definitely going to do this

I have bought 5 separate dehydrators from thrift stores for less than $5 each

Drill .5inch holes all along the sides of the boards to allow the moist air to escape faster with better airflow.

Freeze-dry is the absolute best way to preserve potency AND weight! I would like to figure a way to freeze dry on the cheap, maybe something with fried rice? I mean dry ice?

So turns out the fans they make this size have rounded corners and so there’s a little space at the corner.... my smaller snacks flew right out of the corner hole randomly a couple hours into drying (guess they were light enough to fly right out after losing moisture) This design is very flawed although very innovative and creative! One way to avoid this problem would be to have an empty tray at the top just to have something blocking the entire surface including corners on the top layer so that nothing can fly out of the top rack corner. This would probably also be avoided if only big/ heavy fruits were put in the top rack so that they couldn’t be blown around. I’d say for anyone just growing enough food for your family dinner or a light snack, probably just stick to the cheapest dehydrator on amazon unless you’re really handy with a drill and have all the tools necessary at the ready. Really inventive though, and probably a better option when it comes to commercial scales!

Top notch videos Wiily.................

Great idea, but just a suggestion…drill holes through the sides of the last tray or place on top of a table(whatever) with holes for air flow. If the air passing through the fan has nowhere to go, it doesn’t go. The fan blades will spin with little to no air passing(airlock).

My brand new dehydrator was 35 bucks 5 layers. Cracker dry in 5 hours. The heat doesn't affect potency atleast not noticably

Works good for drying grains

Thank you Willy Philly here been needing this tek. TTF everyone I highly recommend you become a part of this group support the cause.

This should be used in unison with damprid and paper bags after doing the fan and screen. I do it exactly this way. When done. Goes into paper bags and then desicant tub. And you switch out and replace bags as they draw ramaining moister.

I have a fish tank top with heavy kind of screen, I put that a couple feet away from a little space heater which kicks on and off by setting it works good.

Great video and idea. I'm thinking, why not drill 1/4 to 1/2 inch holes around the frame to allow humid air to be pushed out? just a thought i may try..thanks willy.

I just made a cardboard one. Works good

Mush Luv to the Trip Team Family.

Hey man could you possibly do a pan cyan video. From innoculation to fruiting. Would be awesome, thanks!!!

Way back in the 70s we rarely dried our shrooms, we ate them wet and sold them wet. No one wanted dried out shrooms because they weren't as potent. Funny how things change.

can you make a video about Water Agar/ how, when & why to use it ? thanks

Do spores blow around the whole room you do this in? Or do they just blow down?

Is it ok to cut them up to dehydrated ? Also is it ok to just dry them even if they have broken veil spores on them?

I have a question! Would it be better to dehydrate with this set up outside the house??

awesome info!

I made my own by putting a hot fan heater bowing hot air into a tall box with shelf’s it works perfectly hey snap when there done

You should add a space at the bottom to let the air flows otherwise the air is blocked and your fan doesn't work as it should

Honestly the debate could be settled really quickly with a potency test. you dry half a flush with a dehydrator and the other half you air dry. and then test a couple specimen from each and see which has the higher or same potency. with a chemical test of course.

this wont work in high humidity areas, so a lot of the south is out. if its 100% humidity and you do this youll just be pushing wet air into the shrooms. also the spores you collect from the bottom of this system would be heavily contaminated with dust and other spores naturally occurring in your home.

Thanks brothah!!

If I wanted more depth for bigger fruits would it be ok if I got wider trim? Would that work ok so I don’t have to cut them up?

add an extra tray at 45 degrees on the bottom so the air can escape and they'll dry much faster

Greath info🤜🏻✨🤛🏻

Hey willy are the spores collected at the bottom worth saving for a rainy day or inoculating later on?

Did the Halloween event go down? or rescheduled .... I was in Vegas and it was basically shut down for events.

TripTeam!

box and blower on a 40 buck dehydrator make racks i do it for 24 hours low n slow helps bag appeal dried lbs like that

If you could do a video on DIY freeze dryer that would be incredible

Great job Willy thanks for the the video it's a great idea I made the same thing to dry out my weed works great for that application as well thanks Willy keep up the good work Sir

Thanks Willy, for all your work.

Amazing - quick question - once "cracker dry" - and in a Mason Jar - do you put them in the freezer or fridge for long-term storage? Thanks!

Got me new project to work on :)

Would you suggest possibly putting a filter on the fan? Just to keep dust and debris out of the air that is being pushed through the screens?

Watched at 1.5x speed cause I can't wait all day.

Getting back in to this hobbies need to score some more spores b+ pink buffalo.and gt and suggestions on where to go

I'm a noobie, so a noobie question. I have a high/low switch on my fan. Which setting should I use?

Very nice video! Will this work for gourmet mushrooms as well?

This is cool if you don't live in a humid environment. If you do, it will take you several days using this method, if you're lucky

works for making jerky too ;)

I suppose this only works if there is low humidity in the air. Where I live the humidity is high so no matter how much I try to dehydrate my fruits without heat they always stay soft..

Why no desiccant? I've always...heard...of people using damp rid or some other desiccant, even without air flow I've...heard...that it works. And it's what people have been using for years. By the way, the method you show here is just an oast that hop farmers use to delicately dry the hops without loss of terpenes. And I suppose other herbs that have fragrant terpenes one wouldn't want to lose.

Great tanks for this

I really dig the respirator where did you get it?

dehydrators do not use very much heat at all. if you slow the fan down with a potentiometer you could hang a 60 watt light bulb in the intake side of the fan and that would provide enough heat to dehydrate food. For fungi i wouldn't add heat.

Do you run the fan on low, medium, or high?

Would silicone dioxide packs not work?

I've always used a cheap food dehydrator and then damp rid in a sealed container to finish.

Do freeze dryers degrade the fruits?

does it works in cities with a lot of humidity?

Willy! Thoughts on blue honey? I've been experimenting with preserving this way.

Nice one brother, 5 tiers built at 12x12 inch cuz ima only do 2 unicorns at a time….. Jedi mind fu*ks started harvesting today (my 1st ever grow man) I’m like a new daddy birthing a bunch of kids haha PLUR

What about using the oven on a fan only (no heat) setting? 🤔

Ok I made this thing and just set it up. I got 3 tiers going got the fan on low. My question is if I do end up doing 20 tiers I should have it on high I’m assuming.

Willy where can I get that hoodie? I see some similar but I like yours!