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Collect and process rose hips: just don't confuse them with similar fruit

2021-10-18T09:48:15.300Z


Rose hips can do a lot more than itch powder. They are rich in vitamin C and taste delicious as tea or puree. There are a few things to consider when collecting.


Rose hips can do a lot more than itch powder.

They are rich in vitamin C and taste delicious as tea or puree.

There are a few things to consider when collecting.

NRW - In autumn nature has some edible treasures to offer: chestnuts *, mushrooms, beechnuts * and rose hips.

However, caution is always advised when collecting and processing the wild delicacies.

It is not uncommon for every edible specimen to have a poisonous or inedible counterpart.

RUHR24 * knows that there is also a risk of confusion with the rose hip.

Edible fruit varieties:

Apple, potato or dog rose

Harvest season:

Mid-September to November

Process to:

Jam, jelly, juice, liqueur or tea

Nutrient:

Vitamins C and B, vegetable acids and pectides

Collecting rose hips: Don't confuse them with the dog rose

Many wild roses put on rose hips after flowering in autumn.

In contrast to mushrooms, chestnuts or other wild delicacies, however, few people bother collecting rose hips and processing them into jam, juice or tea.

However, the effort can be worth it, because the small red fruits are real vitamin bombs.

But only if you collect the right variety.

Because only the rose hips of the apple, potato or dog rose are considered healthy and rich in vitamins.

The dog rose fruits, on the other hand, have no healthy properties.

After all, if you go wrong when collecting, little can happen.

Because the rose hips of the dog rose are not poisonous.

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The fruits of the dog rose look very similar to those of the dog rose.

However, they are not healthy.

© Martina Raedlein / dpa

Harvesting and processing rose hips: no problem with the right tools

Gartenjournal.net

, however, has a simple tip on how to avoid confusion when collecting the rose hips.

The dog rose and the dog rose can be distinguished by the number of spines.

While the wild rose with its healthy fruits has many thorns, the dog rose hardly develops any thorns.

What is useful in spotting the rose hips is a nuisance when collecting the rose fruit.

Because it is precisely the spines that make harvesting the rose hips so laborious.

With the right equipment and a few simple tips, however, it should be child's play to harvest and process the rose hips (more news about the garden at RUHR24).

Harvesting rose hips: why gloves and the weather matter

As a first step, for example, it is worthwhile to put on gloves that are impervious to spines.

Special rose gloves are often available for this in garden centers or hardware stores.

The time to harvest rose hips also plays an important role.

It is best to collect the rose fruits when they are deep red but still hard.

Usually this is from the end of September to mid-October.

The sugar content rises the colder it gets, but with the first frost * the shell becomes floury, bland and soft.

The hard fruits are also much easier to process.

Manufactum also

gives the tip to harvest the rose hips on dry and sunny days.

On rainy days, the vitamin C content should be significantly lower.

Video: five edible wild plants and where to find them

Processing rose hips: simple trick to avoid the itching powder

Anyone who has now collected a basket full of rose hips should think about how they want to process the autumn power fruits.

They can either be eaten raw, dried or boiled down.

Regardless of which rose hip recipe you ultimately decide on, the style and the kernels have to be removed beforehand.

But be careful: The small kernels are surrounded by fine hairs, which one or the other might still know as itching powder.

The kernels are therefore not suitable for consumption.

So that the hands do not permanently itch when processing the rose hips, the rose fruits should be halved and pitted in a bowl of water - this avoids the unpleasant itching.

Rose hip recipes from jam, puree to tea

If you dry the red fruits in the oven, you can ideally use them to make tea.

Simply pour hot water over it and you have a drink with lots of vitamin C, which can be a real treat when you have a nasty cold.

For puree, jelly, juice or liqueur, rose hips must be boiled for at least half an hour and then strained.

Mix in a little sugar - a delicious rose hip jam is ready.

By the way: Even if the kernels are not suitable for consumption - as tea they taste like vanilla and are said to be particularly beneficial for rheumatism or urinary tract diseases.

The best way to do this is to pour two to three teaspoons of the kernels with hot water, let it steep for ten minutes - and enjoy.

* RUHR24 is part of the IPPEN.MEDIA editorial network

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Source: merkur

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