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I'm pressing my plant with a heavy book over it.

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Drawing of a plant/info

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Plant pressing setup

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Plant pressing set up. (Under some Rice)

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My plan was to press all plants, but I feel that I need to switch it to drawing since I've been having difficulty finding some plants. By the way, everyone's drawings and pressing flowers look great!

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My plant pressing setup

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This week, I pressed my flowers with my book impressing with my hands. It’s been a little difficult because my cleaning lady threw away my plants.

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This week, I pressed my flowers with my book impressing with my hands. It’s been a little difficult because my cleaning lady threw away my plants.

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This week, I pressed my flowers with my book impressing with my hands. It’s been a little difficult because my cleaning lady threw away my plants.

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I use a suit case to press and it is full of random clothes that I don’t wear anymore

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Plant pressing set up

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I press the plants in between spools of 3d filament and add some extra weight on top.

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Plant press I'm using a heavy book in order to press the plants.

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Plant press setup

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The lacebark elm is able to peel away to reveal red, green, yellow, and a variety of colors. The leaves change also which make the whole tree stand out. The lacebark elm is native to Japan, Korea, and China. The branches even though they are flexible can snap under certain weather conditions like heavy wind.

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I’m pressing my plant with a heavy book over it.

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Botanical Name: Vicia Faba

Common Name: Fava Bean

Family: Fabacease

Native to: Southwest and South Asia

Height: 2 to 6 feet

Widith: 0.5 to 1.8 meters

Zones: 2 to 10

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above is a picture that has all my info for both fun facts and the herbarium card but ill post the info on them here too

Fava bean

Botanical name: Vicia faba

Common name: Fava Bean

Family name: Fabaceae

Native to: Eastern Mediterranean

Mature height: 5-6 ft tall

Mature width: 2 ft

Sunset zone: 1-24

The fava bean is one of the world's oldest crops which dated back to 10,000 B.C and is favored by many for its ability to fix nitrogen in the soil and its high concentration of L-dopa which is used to make medicine for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. And it is also one of the plants that has the highest amount of protein and nutrients. It is also used to make many dishes like Ful medames.

The setup i used for pressing my plants was two boxes of flooring that weigh about 50 pounds each and i set those up on the ground and i would step on them whenever i would walk in that room.

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I decided to upload to the second option.

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So far all my plants are pressed and I will start putting them on their papers and add the information that is needed on there.

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Botanical Name: Rosa spp.

Common Name: Rose

Family Name: Rosaceae

Native to: Asia, Europe, North America

Height: 1-6 feet

Width: 2-5 feet

Sunset Zones: 1-24

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Pressing my flowers is a way I slow down and appreciate the little things in life. Each flower I keep represents a memory, a moment, or something meaningful to me. I like how something once alive can be preserved and turned into something lasting and beautiful. This process shows my patience and creativity, and how I express who I am through simple things.

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Nitrogen fixers are organisms that help turn nitrogen gas from the air into a form that plants can use. Nitrogen fixers are mostly bacteria, such as those found in the roots of plants like beans and peas. They change nitrogen into ammonia, which plants need to grow and make proteins. Without nitrogen fixers, plants would not get enough nutrients from the soil. This process is important for farming and keeping ecosystems healthy.

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My plants are currently being pressed within this book. I placed parchment paper in between the pages and set my plant inside. I have these books squished together very tightly. 

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My herbarium card

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This is what I use to press my plants and flowers. My husband made me this a little while back out of some poplar wood, with four bolts running through 6 planks. I layer the plants between two pieces of paper and tighten it down in increments; retighten it every 2-3 hours to make sure it stays tight whilst drying.

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Facts- This is a nitrogen fixer,it's can grow a flower and has ahardy vining legume used as acover crop. It is made to pullnitrogen in the air. It’s a Nativeto Eurpose and Western Asia.​

Botanical name-  Plsum sativum​

Common name-Field pea​

Family name-Fabaceae​

Native to- WesternAsia​

Height- 1-6​

Width- 0.5-1​

Zones-  2-11​

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Botanical Name:  Sequoia sempervirens

Common Name:   Coast Redwood

Family Name:  Cupressaceae

Native To:  California coast and southwestern Oregon

Height:   60-380 ft

Width:  45 ft

Sunset Zones:  4-9, 14-24

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Convolvulus arvensis

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Malva neglecta

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Right here is how I press my plant as my set up. I use about one heavy sketchbook with 2 other books below for the weight. Carboard is touching the floor while the other is below the books. Some Foam paper is there so that way it helps the gentle pressure ensuring the plants are pressed with no mistakes or crushed out that improves the retention's color facilitating quick drying and acting as a cushion meanwhile it prevents mold especially for moisture-heavy plants.

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This is the way I am pressing my plants; I use newspaper, cardboard and a heavy book to press it down.

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Vicia faba

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This is a Vicia Faba Plant that I have drawn and labeled with 5 parts.

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Card

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Hello everyone,

Above I have is a California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum) I drew and labeled.