Dehydrating vs Freeze Drying Mushrooms 

You should make a dried weight comparison

The fact that they could be stored nearly indefinitely seems like a big step up from dehydrating. But I imagine a slight downside would be the fact that freeze drying will result in a significantly lighter dried mushroom than dehydrating. And since freeze dried mushrooms aren't something people have a lot of experience with, understanding how much you should consume could throw people off who are used to dehydrated mushrooms.

I was recently looking into this myself. Apparently, freeze drying significantly increases the shelf life of the mushrooms and helps to retain the most potency. So in the event of a zombie apocalypse you can rest assured that you will have plenty of mushies 🍄 to keep you occupied for years to come, while you wait for things to blow over. 👍🏽

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I have a vacuum oven. I currently use it for drying them. I set the oven to 90*F and pull as deep as a vacuum I can and let it continue pulling while they dry. Seem to be finished in about 6 hours. Seems like a hybrid of the two methods mentioned in the video.

Put a keeper in the jar, you can make from baked crispy Epsom salts crumbled coarsely and wrapped in paper towel. It will take all the moisture out. Especially important if you freeze dry them. They will be extremely sensitive to humidity after that.

Thank you for the mushroom vid's!!!! I'm a newbie cultivator.

Just wanted to say I’m just about to start my first harvest it’s been 3 months since I first seen your Chanel and throughout the three months I’ve done the uncle bens tek unfortunately not all made but 2 bags and I didn’t want to risk con tam so I fruited from the bag it was honestly really cool experience and just wanted to thank you and the others you shouted out and def gona keep growing and hope to keep watching your awesome vids !

I can’t reach you on instagram but there is someone on insta using your pictures and profile to try and sell “drugs” on a scam website under your name.. I’d look into it and try to get that cleared up mate

(just saw this) Been waiting for this from ANYONE

All looks good to me Keys! 👍

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Great video, I had no clue which route to go!

Want to just say thank you for all the excellent information but also your attitude you always have an upbeat positive vibe to you friend and it spreads please keep up the positive work and vibes it helps more than you know 🍄

Neither technique affects quality or potency. A morel mushroom looks great until you dehydrate it. Once you rehydrate it, then it looks good again. It's not a beauty Contest and if it is just rehydrate and enjoy!

Will you ever do a video where you try your own product?

What about nutrient value? Don't freeze dryers preserve nutrients better?

Someone please send our rookie a freeze dryer.

Have you seen any differences in potency after heating them? I am trying to find out the effect that different temps have.

Does freeze drying change the taste of the mushrooms vs dehydration?

I ordered stay fresh. Had a 6wk shipping time. Should get in week or two. Got it for both flower, shrooms and other thing so it pays for itself.

I have a freeze dryer for food preservation purposes, and I recently started trying to grow mushrooms. Do you know if the potency is different by weight of freeze dried versus dehydrated mushrooms?

Nice I was wondering if you can freeze dry I bought one for hash I love it!!!!

Ya freeze dried will keep 95% of the nutrients as well the only downside of freeze drying is you leave them out they will rehydrate !

You can also use a vacuum chamber, and frozen material. Save ALOT of money, and you'd show us something different. Just a hash oil vacuum chamber setup

Great video as always! Thanks to your channel im about to reach my first ever harvest with an all in one bag! Keep it and thanks for everything!

look for a used one they can be half the price, im saving for one now. almost there

can you make a video on a setup you suggest for someone who wants to begin , or the setup you started with ?

There is disadvantages to freeze dying, first "you need a freeze dryer" Lmao

Apparently you could try freeze drying with a vacuumed sealed container and some desiccants in the bottom. I think twice the weight of whatever you are freeze drying. And then continue to pump out the air while the process takes hold. A low tech potential work around. There's actually a paper on this in the 60s. So you could potentially buy a small fridge/freezer, bunch of vacuum sealed containers and pumps, and a large amount of silica gel if you need to do large batches. Oh you also need to freeze the food first.

What about freeze drying with some dry ice?

How is the consistency and texture when you eat them freeze dried versus dehydrated?

I loved your ice cream sandwich explanation. Made so much sense. Ice cream would turn to nothing in the dehydrator

Should I apply a casing layer to my mushrooms after each harvest and soak? I didn't case my first flush, can I case the second?

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Dehydrator is next to the air fryer lol if you watched one of his lives you'd know lol

I found one for 45 bucks free shipping and com with a kit

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4:17 Nats are pretty light and they too retain their general structure a bit better than cubes after dehydrating (their smaller size might be part of it too).

IMPORTANT! HOW HARD IS YOUR GRAIN BAGS BEFORE YOU MIXING THE SUBSTRATE! sniff..

Keep it up Rook. Your videos and information are awesome. Thanks again.

This is the video

Thanks for sharing your knowledge on this subject. 'Mush' appreciated. You said that you dry your shrooms at 120 degrees but how many hours do you dry them? Thanks. Cheers, from Wisconsin.

Let’s go

There is a page on fb claiming to be you that is "selling" eveything from mushrooms to dmt just an fyi

Are you getting at people from your Instagram page? Just want to make sure it’s not a scam..

word let me go drop 3k on a freeze dryer this seems practical