How to dry a rose at home?

It is customary for women to give flowers, but most often bouquets last only a few days. So you want them to stand longer, especially if your loved one gave them. One way to preserve flowers is to dry them. For drying, it is better to choose flowers with dense petals and unblown buds.

In order to dry a rose at home, we need:

- scissors;

- strong nylon threads or clothespins;

- a sharp knife.

1st way to dry roses

Before drying roses, you must first prepare them: shorten the length of the stem, remove the lower leaves, but not completely so that the rose does not look naked.

Then you need to find a dark room in the house. At the same time, it should be well ventilated and not damp. A pantry or a darkened balcony is suitable for this.

It is necessary to pull the clothesline, and then tie a strong, better nylon thread to each flower separately and hang it on the rope. Observe the distance between the plants - they should not touch each other. You can't even hang them in a dense bouquet - they can rot and take an ugly shape.

With the help of clothespins, roses are hung on a rope stretched in the garden. Sunny weather and a slight warm breeze will contribute to this.

Roses will dry for about 15 days, it all depends on the room and the size of the flowers.

2nd way, how to dry roses at home

This is a more complex method, but of higher quality. You will need:

- cardboard box (5 centimeters longer than the flower stem)

- river sand

It is advisable to heat the sand in the oven and cool. It is more convenient to do this work together: one holds, and the other pours sand. At the bottom of the box, you need to fill in about 3 centimeters of sand, then set the flower vertically and stem down. And begin to gradually cover it with sand. Be careful with the leaves - they must retain their shape. So we fall asleep to the end and leave to dry in this box for two weeks.

Dried roses are taken out very carefully. They cannot be dug out, but small holes should be made at the bottom of the box so that the sand completely spills out.

How to dry rose petals?

Rose petals are widely used for decoration. You can dry them at home easily by following this short video tutorial:

How to dry a whole bouquet of roses?

You certainly want to dry a whole bouquet of roses if they are presented by a loved one, and therefore are especially dear as a sign of attention, as a pleasant memory ...