How To Dry Flowers Tips

 

Dried Flowers

Do you enjoy beautiful flower arrangements around your house? For flower lovers, it is a distinct pleasure to enjoy the colors and diversities of flowers that you put in every corner of your house. However, flowers can not last long. As time passes, the beauty of flowers will fade and they will wither and die. 

Unless you make a certain creativity that will make the flowers last a long time, you will not be able to enjoy their beauty throughout the season. 

There are many ways you can do to make dried flowers; all you ave to do is choose your preferred flowers and prepare the supplies for drying them. Drying flowers is not so difficult and the supplies are easy to get. You can start drying flowers from now and enjoy the beauty inside your home! 

Pressed Dried Flower Method 

Drying flowers by pressing them is usually done by putting flowers in the middle of newspaper folds, old phone book, or other thick book. 

You can do this way of drying for flowers with flat shape or thin stems and leaves, such as pansies or lilies. You can also use tissue or paper towels in between to cover the flowers, so that more moisture can be absorbed and result in more dried flowers. 

These tissues will also help your flowers from getting on newspaper ink. Make sure to put heavy bricks or similar objects above the newspaper folds or books to give more pressure. This kind of drying will take 2-4 weeks before the flowers are completely dried. 

Air Dried Flower Method 

Drying flowers by hanging them in the air, or air-drying, will give a flowers well preserved shapes. You can do this by tying the flowers using rubber bands or other strings on their stems, and then hang them upside down. 

Separate the flowers from other objects that may touch the flowers, because air-drying can cause flower petals or blossoms vulnerable and easily detached. 

The best place to dry flowers in the air is in a dark place that is not exposed to direct sunlight, as sunlight may cause fading colors of flowers petals, but has enough airflow and stable humidity. Air-drying process may take 2-3 weeks. 

Desiccant Dried Flower Method 

Desiccants are substances that can absorb water or moist from air. You may be familiar with them because many times you will find them inside electronics or cookie box. 

A common desiccant used for drying flowers is silica. Using silica sand/ gel gives the best result of dried flowers. The dried flowers will still be in their original shapes and colors, and the process itself is very simple. 

Silica drying technique can be divided into two methods: by heating the silica in a microwave oven and by storing the silica in an airtight container. You can dry daisies, roses, marigolds, or zinnias using silica.