With the help of simple devices, you can make a press for drying plants.
It is necessary
- - 2 squares of plywood with a thickness of 1.5 cm, measuring 25 x 25 cm
- - 4 squares of plywood, 3 cm thick, measuring 25 x 25 cm
- - 4 washers
- - 4 rods with screw thread
- - 4 matching wing nuts
- - 4 mortise nuts
- - clamp
- - a hammer
Instructions
Step 1
Put all the boards together, fix with a clamp and drill holes in all 4 corners.
Step 2
Use a hammer to hammer in the cut-in nuts into the bottom plate.
Step 3
Thread the rods through the plates, put on the nuts and tighten with the wing nuts. If desired, the wood can be varnished.
Step 4
If you are harvesting for future use, then after drying under a press, place the plants between sheets of cardboard and store in a horizontal position.
You can also dry it in several layers by lining the plants with parchment paper or any other thin, absorbent paper that will absorb the juice from them. It is better to choose not too succulent plants. Most medicinal herbs, dill, ferns, pansies, clematis, mallow, primroses, poppy seeds are good for these purposes.
Only fresh shoots with just blossoming flowers should be collected in dry weather. If the plants have moisture, it is best not to use them, otherwise they will form dark spots.
Before drying, the flowers and leaves of the selected plant should be carefully straightened.
Finally, to give the plants more attractiveness, they can be tinted with watercolors or special design sprays.
