I remember a thread a little while ago about getting the vermiculite off of the dried shrooms from the invitro tek. I can't find it and a FOAF is having a helluva time getting the vermiculute off of his cracker dried shrooms. Should they be soaked in water? Any suggestions or a link to the thread? Thanks a lot!

By jim brown (Shrhobbyist) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 12:15 am: The Nook

Don't soak dried shrooms in water. Most of the verm can be brushed off. It won't hurt you at all to eat what you can't get off the shroom.

By Cragith Kilbonith (Kilborn) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 12:17 am: The Nook

If you have enough shrooms just cut the stem off.

By jim brown (Shrhobbyist) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 12:24 am: The Nook

The problem with cutting the stem off for invitro grown shrooms is that, quite often, the verm will be stuck to the entire length of the shroom.

By Cragith Kilbonith (Kilborn) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 12:58 am: The Nook

Didnt read anything about him growing invitro. But you can easly get verm off long as you dont mind taking off a little tissue along with the verm

By Nan (Nanook) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 02:00 am: The Nook

Use a toothbrush.

By Mr. Tambourine Man (Tambourine_Man) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 02:03 am: The Nook

Can fresh shrooms be soaked in water to get the vermiculite off?

By Cragith Kilbonith (Kilborn) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 02:10 am: The Nook

Don't do it, I guess you could but you would waste a perfectly good shroom. Yep a toothbrush it should work fine.

By Nan (Nanook) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 03:40 am: The Nook

You can rinse fresh shrooms in water, but you will find the verm comes off much easier when our little friends are dried.

By JackTripper (Jacktripper) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 03:42 am: The Nook

use coir instead of vermiculite when growin invitro no need to worry about those damm little vermiculite particles gettin all over your shrooms

By Mr. Tambourine Man (Tambourine_Man) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 04:53 am: The Nook

So a dry toothbrush after the shroom is dried? Is that what you mean?

By plinkerdink420 (Plinkerdink420) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 04:57 am: The Nook

it works really good that way... i just pull mine out by the roots... dry them completely.. and it's easy as hell to brush off the casing material with a tooth brush.. i feel like an archeologist and shit

By Nan (Nanook) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 05:14 am: The Nook

Exactly, a dry tooth brush on a dry shroom does an excellent job of removing stuck particles of verm and casing. And trust me, casing is even worse and takes 2-3 times as much brushing to remove, messy as all hell too.

By Organism (Organism) on Friday, December 21, 2001 - 06:24 am: The Nook

I would think a wyskie little trimming paint brush would work too anything with soft, dry bristles!