How to make flowers into dried flowers

Air drying is the simplest and most commonly used method to make dried flowers. Choose a warm, dry and well-ventilated room, and the indoor temperature should not be lower than 10 degrees Celsius. Well-ventilated cabinets, rooms with heating facilities, or places like the attic are all good. Flowers have decorative value in the drying process, so consider using bedrooms and restaurants as drying places.

Perennial wildflowers, hydrangeas, delphinium, mimosa, Ai Ju and other flowers need to be tied into small sticks with fine twine and hung upside down on clothes hooks or strings, but they must be far away from the wall. Papyrus, lavender and Puwei flowers are put in a container with a big opening to dry, so that they can be fanned out. Some flowers just need to lie flat on the shelf.

Air drying time varies with flower species, air humidity and temperature. In a warm and dry room, delphinium can be dried in only two or three days, but it takes eight to ten days in a shed or utility room with a lower temperature. You must remember to look and smell every two or three days. If your flowers feel fragile, you are finished.

2. Microwave drying

Microwave drying is a new method, which is characterized by short time and no need of other media. This drying method is suitable for those flowers that can be air-dried, such as herbs, daisies, roses, marigolds and so on. And some grasses such as Puwei, Cirsium japonicum and papyrus.

The drying time in the microwave oven depends on the type of oven and the number of flowers. Some berries are easily broken in the microwave oven. Put them in a cool, dry and ventilated place to dry for at least a week.

3. Dried flower sachet

At present, the most common flowers made into dried flower bags are: jasmine, rose, white orchid, gardenia, osmanthus, lavender, osmanthus, citronella, perilla and other herbs.

Naturally air-dry petals such as rose and lavender to a certain degree and put them in bottles. As long as the bottle cap is gently lifted, the whole room will be filled with the fragrance of roses or lavender. Collect your favorite fragrance bags and you can enjoy the fragrance at any time. The method is to put the flowers in the oven and bake them at 50~80 degrees until they are completely dry. After the steam is exhausted, put it into the prepared glass bottle. You can also tie the petals with a handkerchief.

Sewing a lovely small bag with a small flowered cloth, or making four small bags with handkerchiefs, filling them with dried petals and putting them in the wardrobe will make all the clothes smell of flowers. You can also put it in your carry-on handbag.