Steam Distillation with Dried Lavender Comparing with Soaked. Which One is Better?

In this video, dried lavender buds are steam distilled in LT3000 comparing with soaked lavender buds. Dried flower made more essential oil and more concentrated hydrosol than soaked. This recommends dried flowers or herbs can be steam distilled with soaking pretreatment.
1:05 Prepare distillation with dried lavender buds
4:15 20 minutes after distillation
6:40 oil measurement from dried lavender
8:00 checking lavender after distillation
8:36 distillation with soaked lavender
10:11 twenty minutes after distillation
12:18 oil measurement from soaked lavender
12:51 comparison between dry and soaked lavender