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How to collect dried flowers
) natural drying method. This method is to put the flowers in a cool, dark, dry, clean and ventilated place and let them dry naturally. Suitable for grass flowers with more cellulose, used to make three-dimensional dried flowers. The production method is: collecting flower materials after the dew dries in the morning. After harvesting, cut the stem to the required length, remove a small amount of leaves, redundant side branches and damaged parts, tie it with a string into a suitable bouquet, and let the flowers hang on the iron wire. As the flowers dry, the original bouquet is easy to loosen, so it needs to be tied tightly at any time. Spray anti-transpiration agent after the flower branches are completely dried and put in a big box for later use. For some flowers with delicate petals, hanging upside down and easy to turn over and deform, the horizontal support drying method can be adopted, that is, the lower end of the flower branch vertically passes through the mesh, so that the flowers are vertically supported and laid flat on the mesh to make them naturally dry.

(2) Normal temperature pressing method. This method is a common method to make flat dried flowers. Put the flower branches in absorbent paper, put them on a flat plate, and press heavy objects (such as stones and bricks). ) on it, and put them in a ventilated place and let them dry naturally. In the large-scale production of dried flowers, specimen clips can be used instead of heavy objects. When using this method, it should be noted that the absorbent paper should be replaced in time within 1-3 days after pressing. This method can also be combined with heating and rapid drying, that is, the day after the flowers are pressed, or when they are about to dry, the absorbent paper with flowers is lightly branded with an electric iron several times, and then pressed as usual until it is completely dry. This not only has a fast drying speed, but also can kill insects and sterilize, which is beneficial to the preservation of dried flowers. However, some flowers, such as orchids, will fade when exposed to high temperature, so this kind of flowers should not be heated.