You were presented with a bouquet of roses, you want to preserve the fragrance in your heart. Roses are beautiful flowers that have been adorned for many millennia at home. They have no shortcomings, small, big, they are beautiful in all respects, except for only one fact, after all, the rose dies. The method of storing the petals of roses depends on what you are going to use them for in the future.
If you want to smell the apartment with the scent of roses, salivate the rose petals. To do this, tear them from the roses, put them in a jar, tightly tamp them, thickly sprinkle with salt and cover with a dense lid. In a few days, this can be used instead of air freshener, open the lid and the room will be filled with a delicate aroma of roses.
You will need:
- roses;
- thread;
- storage container or pouch;
- gauze;
- carton box;
- sand.
How to dry rose petals
- We will put roses down with buds. To protect them from dust, we will cover roses with gauze.
- We'll wait until the flowers dry and break the buds into petals. To completely dry roses, it will take 3 weeks.
- Let's add the received weight in a jar or in a dark pouch.
You can use the method of drying with sand. We cut the stem at the base of the bud and only leave 2.5 cm. We will fill a small cardboard box with sand so that it can be vertically put a rose in it. Gently fill the flower with white sand to preserve the petals. Sand is used to keep the shape of the rose. When the rose is completely covered with sand, we will remove the box in a dark room. And in 3 weeks we will get a rose, and we will release the dried leaves from the sand. Be careful when moving the dried roses. In order to free the box from the sand, you need to gently tilt it. From the box you need to remove all the roses. When there is no sand in them, to disassemble the roses into petals. Then put everything in a dark opaque jar.
To preserve the healing properties of the rose, you need to observe the drying technology. To start drying it is necessary in dry weather, when the dew descends, otherwise the petals will lose up to 30% of the oils. You can also dry the roses in a traditional way, if you put rose petals in a weighty volume.
Helpful Tips
You need to choose in the fresh air for drying shady places. If this is not possible, it is necessary to constantly ventilate the room and ensure good ventilation. The collected mass dries up by 90%. For storage, use closed opaque cans.
In conclusion, we add that the petals of roses can be dried, because dried petals are perfect for decorative wreaths, for flower bouquets. From the dried petals of roses you can make excellent potpourri and confetti. You can take a bath of dried rose petals, piat tea with rose petals, make rose water for the face, put rose petals in the pillow to the grass to sleep better.