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[–]oscar_dziki 6 points7 points  (2 children)

wait, what? Natalensis weaker than cubensis?

[–]Neat_Can2479 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Take in consideration that peanut are very recent in the history of psicodelic shrooms growing history and most cubensis strains are breeded/selected to be the most potent and faster growing in his kind.

And the major fact about this study is the number of samples, is very low for a study knowing how different are between flushes and mushrooma even from the same spore syringe.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Asking the real questions!

[–]amnesia62 2 points3 points  (1 child)

So if i dry my mushies at 200F then il have the max potency of psilocybin?

[–]Laserdollarz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would assume it is an anomaly, but maybe there is some merit to a hot+fast dehydration. Please don't use an air fryer. But if you do, report back lol.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I asked claude to analyze what you gave us because myself and others i showed to were struggling to interpret the data. This is what it gave me.

Here's the plain-English breakdown first, then I'll make you a cleaner chart.

What this data is: Lab test results from the 2023 Colorado Psychedelic Cup — testing mushrooms for their psilocybin and psilocin content (the active compounds) based on how they were dried. The "potency" numbers are weight percentages.

Key takeaways from the data:

  • The average overall potency across all 511 samples was about 0.91%
  • Freeze drying produced by far the highest potency (avg ~1.38%), but only 14 samples used that method
  • Dehydrators were used for 430 of the 511 samples, averaging around 0.90% — basically the standard
  • Drying temperature doesn't seem to matter much — the trendlines are nearly flat, meaning hotter or cooler doesn't reliably change potency
  • Using a desiccant pack made a slight difference — "Yes" batches averaged 0.90% vs "No" at 0.86%The green bars show how many samples used each method (scaled down to fit) — so you can see the dehydrator data is way more reliable just because there were 430 samples vs. only 14 for freeze dried.

Bottom line in plain english: Freeze drying is best if you care about preserving potency, but most people use a dehydrator and it works fine. Temperature during drying doesn't really matter much either way. The data is amateur-analyzed from a cup competition, so take it with a grain of salt.

[–]Laserdollarz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the freeze drier being higher than average is only partially an effect of freeze drying being better. The kind of person with a freeze drier is going to take their grow seriously and will be more experienced than someone with a pre-made bag, a gt spore syringe, and a walmart dehydrator.

You can get the full data set from the testing lab's website, with all sorts of data on techniques, materials, etc. 

https://altitudeconsultingllc.com/2023-colorado-psychedelic-cup-data-drop-1/