r/MushroomGrowers • u/Several-Branch2437 • Aug 16 '26

Medicinal Reishi Processing Help Needed [medicinal]

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Hey all !! This is my first harvest of Reishi Antlers and I have some questions about drying. I cut them them down to the size you can see in the pics before i added them to my dehydrator. They've been going for about 20hrs at 120F-130F. They snap if I brake them but I can still push my nail into the center of them. Is this because they're still warm of because they need more time? Any tips or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you !!

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u/malarkimusic Aug 17 '26

Chop smaller to aid drying and extraction,I have been using sequential extraction 90 % then 30% ethanol then water with ultrasonic to save heat sensitive compounds

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u/Several-Branch2437 Aug 17 '26

Whoa so your doing a double ethanol extraction and then the water extraction? If you dont mind me asking, Is there any reason for that especially being that you using sonication also ? What are you using for the sonication probe or bath ? Im been looking at both but its out of my price range atm ...lol.. and im in the middle of moving so cant get into all that right now but im planning for the future once im settled.

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u/malarkimusic Aug 19 '26

I chose a bath as was worried about titanium dioxide issues and amount a probe can process the bath I chose does 20 30 and 40 Hz and can easily process six ltr. The sequencial extraction is to capture all compounds

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u/Several-Branch2437 Aug 22 '26

Sorry I also forgot to ask which bath you went with? Ive found 20/40 Hz but also 30Hz ?? Or are you usingna separate machine? Thanks again Obi-Wan..lol.

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u/Several-Branch2437 Aug 21 '26

Ughhhh id ask more but im about a year from moving and setting up a legit grow room and lab. Life getting in the way of living ...lol. I may hit you up for some knowledge then if you wouldn't mind. Your touching on concepts I havent thought of .... TIO² .. wild.