Has anyone tried drying rose petals for pot-pourri, if so, what method
worked for you?
I've got some lovely scented roses and don't want the petals to go to waste.
I tried putting some in the oven on a low heat but they went a bit brown and
the smell seems less strong.

"Pickle" wrote in message
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Has anyone tried drying rose petals for pot-pourri, if so, what method
worked for you?
I've got some lovely scented roses and don't want the petals to go to
waste.
I tried putting some in the oven on a low heat but they went a bit brown
and
the smell seems less strong.

I have a dehydrator and it works fine. Perhaps you had your oven too high.
For dehydrating try the oven but on the lowest heat with the door slightly
propped open. I suspect you are drying them too quickly

Ophelia

Has anyone tried drying rose petals for pot-pourri, if so, what method
worked for you?

I know nothing about drying rose petals but we dry mushrooms. Here the
technique is to put them in the oven on a low heat with the oven door held open
just a bit.

Derek Carver
Oxshott, Surrey

Get a couple of those cardboard "trays" that you can pick up at the
supermarket (the ones that vegetables come in) - spead the petals in them,
stack one above the other & turn the petals occassionally & they should be
dried in no time. I don't recommend drying them in the oven. I have been
making pot pourri for years & this method works well. You could also spread
them on newspaper but the boxes take up less room.

Jayne

PAMBLOC (Derek Carver) wrote in message ...
Has anyone tried drying rose petals for pot-pourri, if so, what method
worked for you?

I know nothing about drying rose petals but we dry mushrooms. Here the
technique is to put them in the oven on a low heat with the oven door held open
just a bit.

Derek Carver
Oxshott, Surrey

Thanks Ophelia and Derek, I tried lowering the heat and leaving the
door open and that works fine.