How To Preserve Rose Flowers

By Author: Sada Lily
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When you receive roses, and you want to keep those memories alive till the last possible minute, then drying

and pressing your roses are the sole way to go. In this article we will cover over the

manners of drying your roses, and some easy tips on how to

press your roses.

There are two general ways in which you can dry your roses. They're air drying, and sand drying your roses.

We will start out with the air drying. The very first thing you have to do when air

drying your roses is to start with your roses still on the stems. The more exemplary the roses the

better it will be when you air dry them. If they aren't in perfect condition there is the

possibility that the petals will whither and fall off.

The second step would be to take the leaves off the stem. That is if there are some on the stem because almost all of the time there would possibly not be.

If you want to dry out more then one rose then there's a way that you can do it. Bunch your

roses up in order that they seem to be in a fan like position. This can be the way th

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... the roses will air dry to look like.

The following step that you're going to do is to tie the base of the rose stems

together with some string or some rubber bands. The ultimate step to air drying the roses you'll have to hang them. Preferably upside down in a dry but dark place for approximately

3 weeks till you know they're fully dried.

The second way to dry out your roses would be to sand dry your roses. You take your roses, but ensure that they

're dry, and that they don't have any dew on them. The dew and the water will affect the sand drying.

you'll have to bolster the stem and the blossom by either using florist wire or white clue.

If you are using some florist wire then you may want to cut off the stem about in its

entirety. You'll want to leave 1 inch of the stem on the rose though. You'll then desire to push three inches of the florist wire through the roses stem, and then right

on through the head of the rose that you are figuring on drying.

You now wish to bend the leftover florist wire into a hook like shape over the roses, and pull it down.

This will keep the head of your roses attached to the stems of your roses. When you have chosen the glue that you w

ould like to use you should start by watering down the chosen glue in a bit of water.

This way it will make it more manageable.

Then you take a toothpick and dab a little bit of the glue onto each one of the petal bases.

Now get out a box. When you have put your flowers into the box slowly start to cover the roses with sand. You have to be really careful with the flowers as you are putting sand onto them because they would fall

apart. When you have enough sand in the box to have it filled up with enough so that your roses stay ready.

You will now put the box in a bright lit and it is very hot. You must now let your

roses dry for around one to three weeks, or till they look dry enough.Your rose colours will be more muted if

you keep them in a more wet area for drying. If you would like to get rid of the

sand then you tip the box a little so that the sand falls off the roses. You need to then

remove each one of the roses from the box. Now they're done.

You have learned two ways of drying your roses. Now you can keep those special moments close to you wherever you go.
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