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the old way. They feel and look more like fresh flowers. Like everything else worth doing at all, drying flowers must be done properly to get the best results. All flowers should be picked just as they are reaching their peak of bloom. If picked past their prime, when they have already started to turn brown, flowers will continue the browning process. Nothing will successfully prevent this. Correct timing, therefore is the first requisite. When drying roses, use Silica Gel. Carefully cover with the agent. Sprinkle between each petal until completely submerged. Place in oven for 2'/j minutes. Let these stand in the agent overnight. One or several roses can be dried at once using the same timing.
When drying miniature roses and small flowers such as pansies, approximately 1 Vi minutes baking time is all that is necessary with about 10 hours set up time. Daisies, small dahlias black-eyed susans, zinnias, marigolds, carnations and small type chrysanthemums again use 2Vi minutes with about 10 hours cooling off period. Large dahlias, peonies, Chinese peonies, large chrysanthemums bake approximately for 3 minutes...and let stand in drying agent for about 26 hours.
Orchids should be baked in Silica-Gel for approximately 1 Vi - 2 VS minutes...with set up time of 24 hours.
Leaves can be microwaved dry, particularly the beautiful ones of interesting color and texture that are available in the fall. Foliage can form the major part of winter arrangements, with just a few flowers used in the focal area.
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