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[Ali]

Making nice looking clean shrooms is hard:

1. Trying to knock off the casing material wet will mash some of it in to the mush never to come out.
2. Waiting for them to dry and doing one by one is a BEOTCH.
3. Cutting it off loses some good magix.

How do others do it? Is there an easy way Billy is missing? He is trying to clean them of peat/verm.

[p2k1]

I too would very much appreciate some help with this, Im preparing my outdoor beds this long weekend and Ive seen how custy and shit covered outdoor shrooms can get, bringing along dirty leaves and twigs with em. Any more experienced outdoor growers want to drop some wisdom?

[space_ghost]

Hi,

I use a toothbrush to scrub off casing material from the bases right after harvesting. It gets them really clean.

Hope that helps!

[Ali]

Hi,

I use a toothbrush to scrub off casing material from the bases right after harvesting. It gets them really clean.

Hope that helps!

I have many teeth if you catch my drift.

[Ali]

LOL, use straw it's easier to pick away!! But, seriously, I find once they are dry it is easier to get the verm to brush, scrape off... The thing is it'd very difficult to remove it all, just be glad it wasn't grown on poo!! LMAO... :D:D:D A lil won't hurt no one... I heard of folks eating cakes and getting glitter shits, which I don't recommend, I don't know how bad it is, but it hasn't killed anyone I know of, so far....

It is a curb appeal sort of thing. Just curious if any of the engineers here have created an automated stump cleaner not know as 'scissors'.

I think you lose 5% if ye chop but it is OOOOh so easy.

[Lazlo]

I just put the cracker dry mushrooms in a large freezer bag and shake them around. Most of the casing material will come off through this process.

[Ali]

I just put the cracker dry mushrooms in a large freezer bag and shake them around. Most of the casing material will come off through this process.

I will try this.

Maybe I am thinking my friends are more anal than they are.

[mycolord]

think of it like sand or dust. when wet its hard to wipe and move around, when dry its a snap.
let your casing material and mushies dry, then just grab em and rub the excess off with your thumb.
doesnt take long at all and not much of a pita imho.

[a420kid]

i throw them in a bag like lazlo and shake it comes at least 90% clean and not to sound rude but if your friends dont like it tell them to cut off the bottoms themselves i have neverad a friend complain about me giving them anything

[Lazlo]

You know somethin funny about casing material on shrooms? I gave a friend some fungus to take camping with him a couple of weeks ago. He comes back from his trip and stopped by the house to let me know his thoughts on'em. He says "man those things were great! But somethin isn't right with'em. They have this funny dust on'em. Is that angel dust?" LOLLOL! I say "WTF are you talking about man!" LOL!

[python]

i hand-cut the bottoms of each shroom off with a razor blade which removes a good deal of any type of casing material........ then i wipe some excess material off and into the drying chamber they go.........after they are dry most casing materials, even the stubborn verm usually brushes right off.....there might be a tiny bit left, but eh, no worries bro'

good luck

also i would never wash the shrooms to clean......

[Ali]

i hand-cut the bottoms of each shroom off with a razor blade which removes a good deal of any type of casing material........ then i wipe some excess material off and into the drying chamber they go.........after they are dry most casing materials, even the stubborn verm usually brushes right off.....there might be a tiny bit left, but eh, no worries bro'

good luck

also i would never wash the shrooms to clean......

Billy has considered doing the cutting, but the 'stump' seems to be one od the densest/heaviest parts of the shrooms. Billdo would hate to chop 5%-10%... Do you think you loose a lot bu blading?

Also one advantage to the cuting is that it will turn blue there, adding curb appeal for Billchers many friends.

Clean/blue/poent/no dropped spores seen to be their desire no matter how much you try to explain it to them.

Thanks python.

[python]

dont explain anything, fuck em.......the mushrooms you buy at the grocer are cut, so its the way to do it..........simple as that

loss there is no loss, only gain if you think about it.......you can have an undetermined amount of shrooms for the rest of your life........do this for you and you alone.......not for what anyone else wants.....

i personally love mushrooms for their scientific value and the enjoyment the bring while growing and while ingesting........

[Lazlo]

I think i'll keep my weight and stick to the freezer bag method. LOL! Using a freezer bag gets damn near all of the casing and sub material off the fungus when it's dry and you shake it. You can see the results easily through a clear bag and what's at the bottom of it. Just my .02 :D

[Lazlo]

I've heard idiots say, "Them ones with the gold specks on em are the best!! The gold shit is the most potent!!" LOL, retards...

OMG! I can't believe you brought that up. LOL! I've heard the same thing from some of my friends and aquatances. I need new friends. LOL!LOL! :D

[jjoj]

here's something interesting i've noticed. i too have had some trouble with this but here was my fix:

first i take the shrooms off, and remove the whole base along with a big chunk of casing. what's interesting is that the bottom fluff of mycelium, which catches most of the casing material (much like roots would), can be peeled away. that is, peeled like the skin on a fruit. the result is a nice round base with very little casing material attached to it. what you're peeling away is mycelium "skin" that really aren't part of the fruit, and aren't even that heavy since they're fluffed and airy like cotton candy. plus, it's mycelium so it's probably not that potent anyways. this worked with pesa. i'm not sure if different strains will give different results. give it a try and tell me if it works for you.

[Ali]

I've heard idiots say, "Them ones with the gold specks on em are the best!! The gold shit is the most potent!!" LOL, retards...

We have the same idiots.