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Fruit | Typical drying time in hours |
---|---|
Apples | 6 to 12 |
Apricot | 24 to 36 |
Bananas | 8 to 10 |
Blueberries, cranberries, currants, gooseberries, huckleberries | 24 to 36 |
Strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, Tayberries, loganberries, boysenberries, Marionberries | 24 to 36 |
Cherries | 8 to 12 |
Figs | 6 to 12 |
Grapes (seedless) | 12 to 20 |
Grapes (with seeds) | 12 to 20 |
Peaches and Nectarines | 36 to 48 |
Pears | 24 to 36 |
Persimmons | 12 to 15 |
Pineapple | 24 to 26 |
Plums and prunes | 24 to 36 |
Vegetables | Dehydrator approximate drying time |
---|---|
Beans, green | 8 to 14 hours |
Beets | 10 to 12 hours |
Broccoli | 12 to 15 hours |
Cabbage | 10 to 12 hours |
Carrots | 10 to 12 hours |
Cauliflower | 12 to 15 hours |
Celery | 10 to 16 hours |
Corn, cut | 6 to 8 hours |
Eggplant | 12 to 14 hours |
Horseradish | 6 to 8 hours |
Mushrooms (obviously, stick to known edible varieties only!) | 8 to 10 hours |
Okra | 8 to 10 hours |
Onions | 3 to 9 hours |
Parsley | 1 to 2 hours |
Peas | 8 to 10 hours |
Peppers and pimientos | 8 to 12 hours |
Potatoes | 8 to 12 hours |
Spinach and other greens (kale, chard, mustard) | 8 to 10 hours |
Hubbard squash | 10 to 16 hours |
Summer squash | 10 to 12 hours |
Tomatoes, for stewing | 10 to 18 hours |
Tomatoes, sliced | 6 to 12 hours |
*Drying times depend on initial moisture content of the product and the particular dehydrator being used. Drying times in a conventional oven could be up to twice as long, depending on air circulation.
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