Homemade dried reed flowers, pictures of reed vase arrangement

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1. How to make homemade dried reed flowers

2. Picture of reeds in vase

To make homemade dried reed flowers, you need to pick fresh and mature reeds first, which can be collected from 9 to 11 am. After picking, you can separate the seeds and flower heads by beating them manually, then prepare an insecticide solution at a ratio of 1:300, soak the flower heads in the solution for twenty to forty minutes, and then pick them up and drain them. Reeds can be air-dried naturally. Tie them tightly with strings and hang them upside down in a ventilated and dry place for a period of time. Then trim them.

1. How to make your own dried reed flowers

Pick: Pick the mature reeds growing by the water. When picking, make sure that the flower heads of the reeds are intact and the flower heads are intact. Finally, make them into dried flowers and present them. The effect will be good. Generally, it can be collected from 9 to 11 o'clock in the morning. After collection, it needs to be processed immediately or stored in a cool place to keep it fresh.

Deseed: You can separate the seeds and flower heads by manual beating, and then try to remove as much dirt as possible from the flower heads.

Sterilization: Make a solution by mixing insecticide and water in a ratio of 1:300. Place the flower heads in the liquid that can kill insect eggs for 20 to 40 minutes, then pick up and drain. . Then stir the flower heads in clean water, filter out the remaining liquid, and then pick up and drain.

Drying: You can use the natural air drying method. Tie it tightly with string or ribbon to prevent some flower branches from falling. Hang it upside down in a ventilated and dry place away from direct sunlight. The hanging time depends on the weather conditions, generally it takes more than ten days or even a month.

Pruning: After drying, the rhizomes of the reed can be trimmed so that the rhizomes are basically neat and orderly and the ornamental value will be better. Then you can find a vase with a longer body, put the dried and trimmed reeds in it, and then find a place without direct light to put it.

2. Picture of reed in vase

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