Pretty, dried green leaves...

[hellucinogen]

Ok, I got my plant a couple days ago, I had a few leaves fall off, so I took them and put 1 in the dehydrator, and left the other one on my desk
 to dry, both of them when completely dry turned brown. My question is: When I see pics. of dried salvia leaves they're green and pretty looking. So, how can I dry my leaves so they too will be green, instead of brown?

[Arcygenical]

Slow drying makes brown leaves when I do it.

If you use a cracked oven (around 200f) it should stay pretty and green .

Also, the greener the starting leaf, the better.

[MstryShovel]

yah the slower the dry the more time the green has to ... like stop being green, i dried some fresh leaves over my computer monitor (the vents in the back) i put them on a small plastic tray on top of it and they were dry in about an hour, took em off and kept them in a jar type container out of light.

[Paradoxic]

Yeah, if you want to keep them green you gotta quickly dry them. The oven method works well, but I would expect that faster methods deplete potency a little more...it may not make much of a difference though.

[Arcygenical]

I would expect that browner leaves would be best for smoking actually...

Since chlorophyll burns so harshly.

I think a long-dry time would better provide with a smoother smoke. But that's just my MJ background talking.

[Paradoxic]

If you use a cracked oven (around 200f) it should stay pretty and green .

Why do you crack the oven? Does it affect potency? I've never done that myself, I just preheat the oven to the lowest temp (100F) and put the leaves in.

[Arcygenical]

Cracking the oven helps moist air to escape. A common practice for speeding up drying of foods, plants, etc.

[Paradoxic]

Oh yeah, heheh. That makes sense.