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New to drying methods.

Posted by shine_Zone5 nb canada (My Page) on
Tue, May 13, 03 at 22:28

Hi there,

I have recently become a little fanatical about seeding/planting in hopes to drying my own flowers.

I have learned alot from just reading through this forum and the advice is great.

As I am just going through the planting stage, I worry that I am not going to cut the flowers at the right stage or end up using products that will reduce color and texture.

Any advice to a new comer would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks


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RE: New to drying methods.

  • Posted by Josh z8 GA (My Page) on
    Sat, May 17, 03 at 1:31

Hi Shine, Glad you are joining in our maniacal hobby...smile. If you've read thru the forum, you'll see we are all experimenting. For instance, most instructions say pick at peak of bloom, but sometimes I pick in bud stage and let open in vase of water indoors..thus enjoying fresh and then dried. Working with Lilies, Roses and Nandina blossoms this way now...will bury in silica gel while they are still fresh, but I've enjoyed them in fresh arrangement for 4 days now.

Let us know any particularly good (or bad) results of trials you make...we are all learning and that's what makes having this forum so great. jo


 
 

 

 


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