Rose hips: when to collect fruits, leaves, roots, time, in what month, collection dates in the Moscow region, central Russia, Siberia, the Urals

Content

1 What kind of rose hips can be collected?
2 In what month and when can you collect rose hips for drying for the winter?
3 How to collect rose hips correctly and quickly
- 3.1 How to collect rosehip flowers
- 3.2 How to collect rose hips
4 Conclusion

It is necessary to collect rose hips for drying from mid-September to the first half of October. At this moment, the berries are fully ripe, they are richly colored and contain the maximum amount of useful substances. You cannot delay the collection, since the first frosts have a bad effect on the composition and taste. Overripe fruits lose vitamin C and cannot be stored for long.

What kind of rose hips can be collected?

For harvesting, you need to select fruits that meet several criteria at once:

Rose hips should be collected at the moment when they are fully ripe, i.e.will acquire a rich orange or light red color (depending on the variety).
It is important to determine the timing very precisely, since both unripe and overripe rose hips are not suitable for harvesting.
The fruits should be firm to the touch, not softened or spoiled.
For drying, it is better to collect only large and medium-sized rose hips: small ones have worse taste, and they do not contain many useful substances.
For collection, you need to select only well-known, described varieties.
Bushes growing near roads or industrial enterprises should be avoided. It is also not worth collecting fruits in the city. To do this, they specially travel to the countryside, to the edges of forests, and to river floodplains.

Is it possible to collect rose hips after frost?

There are folk “legends” that rose hips can be harvested after frost. But due to the decrease in temperature, many useful substances are destroyed. The berries lose their taste and begin to taste bitter. In addition, they may deteriorate slightly, and as a result, the yield of the finished product will decrease.

Is it possible to collect green unripe rose hips?

Unripe, greenish or not very bright fruits should also not be collected. Unlike ripe berries, they do not have a rich vitamin composition. The taste and aroma of such rosehip is not so bright.

Is it possible to collect overripe fruits?

You can also take overripe (soft) berries. They have much less vitamin C, but more sugar. Therefore, such fruits are noticeably tastier. They are often used to make jam or fruit drinks.

Attention! Overripe rose hips take longer to dry and can spoil quite quickly. Therefore, it is better to use them first or immediately send them to preparations (jam, compotes, etc.).

For drying, it is advisable to use only ripe, but not overripe or frost-damaged berries.

In what month and when can you collect rose hips for drying for the winter?

Usually, berry harvesting begins at the end of the season. The specific timing of rose hips harvest depends on several factors:

climatic conditions of the region;
weather this year;
crop varieties;
parts of the plant that are subject to harvesting (fruits, leaves, roots, flowers).

When to collect rosehip flowers

The plant blooms at the end of May - the first half of June. This is the time to harvest flowers. They are taken fresh, not withered. It is important to catch it before the petals begin to fall.

When can you pick rose hips?

The ripening of berries begins from the end of August (third decade) to mid-September (15th–20th). Therefore, the optimal collection period is from the last days of September to mid-October. The fruits retain their best consistency, color and nutrients at this time. Often you have to hurry up with the collection due to the onset of frosts, which can come even in September.

When to collect rosehip leaves for tea

It is recommended to collect the leaves during flowering (from late May to mid-June). At this moment, they accumulate the maximum amount of useful substances and do not spoil. For collection, choose dry weather, and go out in the afternoon or evening so that the morning dew has time to dry completely. It is not recommended to harvest after rains. Wet raw materials take a long time to dry, and they can become moldy during storage.

When to collect rosehip root

Rosehip roots need to be collected for the winter 2 times a year:

In early spring, until early May, when the bushes have not yet begun to produce flowers.
In mid-autumn, during the fruit harvest (September - October).

At these moments, the rhizomes are quite strong, since the plant either has not yet bloomed or has already given up its berries and stopped growing on the eve of the winter period.

When to collect rose hips for drying in the Moscow region

In the Moscow region, harvesting begins in the second half of September and ends in October. This is the time of Indian summer, which lasts 1–2 weeks. It’s best to do it right at this moment - the berries will ripen and be perfectly dry. When planning your collection day, it is recommended to rely on the weather forecast.

In the Moscow region, rose hips are harvested from mid-September to the first half of October

When to collect rose hips in the Urals

In the Urals, fruits are harvested before the onset of frost: it is better to do so at the beginning of the first autumn month. If the weather forecast is unfavorable, the procedure begins at the end of August.

When to collect rose hips in central Russia

The time for collecting rose hips in the regions of central Russia is exactly the same as in the Moscow region: from mid-September to the first half of October inclusive. During the same period, berries are harvested in the Black Earth Region and other regions of the Central region of Russia.

When to collect rose hips in Siberia

In Siberia, rose hips are picked for drying from the end of August to the first half of September. At this point, summer has not yet retreated, frosts and prolonged rains are unlikely. If delayed until later, the berries may suffer from low temperatures.

How to collect rose hips correctly and quickly

The collection is carried out on a fine, clear day. It is advisable to do this not in the morning so that there is no dew on the fruits. There should be no rain the day before - it is optimal if the berries and flowers are completely dry. You need to work with raw materials carefully to keep them intact.

How to collect rosehip flowers

You can pick rosehip flowers for drying:

manually (it is better to wear gloves);
scissors.

The technology is the same - the flowers are taken together with part of the peduncle (not too large, 2 cm). During collection, care is taken to ensure that the inflorescence maintains its integrity and that the petals do not fly apart. They are placed in a container in several layers, and they should not be pressed. Flowers should be kept intact if possible. Then they bring it home, lay it out in one layer and dry it in a warm room or in the open air. Depending on weather conditions, the entire process will take 3–7 days.

Flowers can be prepared in another way by sprinkling them with sugar. For a glass of petals, take 400 g of sugar and 1 teaspoon of citric acid, mix. Place the mixture in sterilized jars and close with a lid. Instead of acid, you can use freshly squeezed lemon juice. The finished product has a pleasant taste and interesting rose aroma. It is used to make tea, as well as to treat sore throat and bronchitis.

Rosehip flowers should be harvested from late May to mid-June

How to collect rose hips

The instructions for collecting rose hips are simple:

Select a branch and bend it slightly towards you.
Pick off the fruits so that the stalks and calyxes remain on them.
Place the harvest in a container.
At home, sort the berries and send them for drying or harvesting (no need to wash).

When working with thorny bushes, only wear gloves to avoid injury.

This is the traditional method of collecting with bare hands. To speed up the process, you can use the following tools:

PET bottle;
hoe;
ladles, rakes;
gardening scissors.

To speed up the process, you need to collect rose hips for drying using a 1.5 liter plastic bottle (soda bottle).Two cuts are made in it: from the bottom and from the neck. Moreover, the latter should be narrow - so much so that only fingers, and not the palm, can freely pass through it.

The bottle is put on the hand from the bottom and the fruit is taken (the second hand supports the branch)

As soon as a handful is collected, they are poured into a container. The bottle performs two functions:

protects hands from thorns;
prevents you from losing a single berry.

You can also collect prickly rose hips using a hoe. It is quickly passed along the branch, after which all the berries fall into the container. However, the shoots can swing strongly and even injure the skin, so you should constantly hold them.

It is convenient to harvest crops using rakes with a built-in bucket. The side with the teeth is passed along the branch, the fruits fall into the container, after which they can be quickly transferred to the main container.

Quick collection method - using garden shears

The bucket is placed under the branch, and the fruits are cut with blades. You need to work carefully to preserve the stalk and not cut off along with the branches, which will then have to be removed manually.

Conclusion

It is recommended to collect rose hips for drying in September and October. This period is suitable for the Moscow region, the middle zone, the Black Earth Region, as well as for the southern regions. As for the Urals and Siberia, the collection begins in the middle - second half of September. We need to try to make it before the first frosts and prolonged rains. In extreme cases, raw berries can also be taken (if they are not overripe). In this case, they are laid out in one layer and allowed to lie for several hours in a dry room. After this, they immediately begin preparing the product (in an electric dryer, oven or convection oven).