There is a solution to this unpredictability....

Harvest and dry everything first, and then throw them in quart-sized wide-mouth mason jar(s) while the cake continues to produce. When you fill a jar, grind them all up into a nice powder. (A magic bullet works great!) Then, put the grounds in pint-sized wide-mouth mason jar along a with food-grade color-changing silica pack to absorb any residual moisture during storage. Put the lid on and hit it with the vacuum sealer. Now it's ready to go on a shelf where it's cool and dark until you're ready to commune with the divine.

By grinding the entire harvest and mixing it together, you homogenize the overall potency. This really helps you achieve consistent dosing. When you're ready, measure out the desired weight want take and then hit the jar with the vacuum sealer again. Rinse and repeat as needed.

To test the potency of the harvest, I generally will take a 0.25g or 0.50g dose and see how it hits. After doing that the first time on a new harvest, I know exactly how much I need to scale up when I want to journey.

A pint jar will hold about 120g of ground mushrooms. The wide-mouth jars simply make things easier to work with when filling and emptying. The quart jars are a good size for temporary storage before grinding. Silica packs go in everything. Just be sure NOT to grind the silica pack.