How to Dry Plants in the Microwave Oven

Authors

Donald J. Perschau, Meredith Transitional SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Heidi Hopp, one of my students, has developed the following method to press and dry herbarium specimens in a microwave oven. I have experimented with various plants using Heidi's method and have found that it works most of the time. While this method works best with non-waxy thin foliage (i.e. Poinsettia) it does a fair job on juicy plants (i.e. African violets) and waxy ones (i.e. Pin oak).

Publication Date

Spring 1986

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

23

Issue

1

First Page

12

Last Page

12

Copyright

© Copyright 1986 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Perschau, Donald J. (1986) "How to Dry Plants in the Microwave Oven," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 23: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol23/iss1/5