posted 10 years ago
Hello to all.
I have been researching options for dehydrating...What I keep finding is some sort of electrical input, whether for a fan or some heating unit for commercial scale dehydrators.
We plan to be dehydrating about 9000 kg of fresh herb material every year and are searching for the most eco-friendly and economical options.
We were originally thinking to implement a down draft solar dehydrator (Mark Vander Meer), but are starting to decide against it, because of chances of mold or bugs/dust entering into the drying chamber.
After all the research i've done i find myself leaning towards a greenhouse type dehydrator, but am not so fond of using fans on each end.
If anyone has any ideas we would so greatly appreciate it
We are in Zone 9, Portugal. Summers are dry and hot, Fall and Winter can be humid and rainy
Thank you in advance for any input