How to properly dry the hips in the electric dryer, electric and gas oven, in the fresh air for the winter at home? When do they collect the dogrose for drying, in what month? How much can you store dried rosehips?

The article tells about the time of collection and ways of drying the dogrose.

Rosehip is a plant that grows in the Moderate climatic zone everywhere. Relating to the Roses family, it blossoms with beautiful flowers. Later, from these flowers appear berries, which have a lot of useful properties for people. They are collected to be used in fresh or dried form in cooking and medicine. About when to collect the dog-rose, how to prepare it properly, so that it will be stored longer, and will be discussed in the article.

When can I collect the dogrose for drying, in what month?

In botany, there are up to 400 species of dog rose. Each of them has its own peculiarities, including the time of fruit ripening. Therefore, it is impossible to say exactly when it is impossible to collect the fruits of a plant for harvesting.

Rosehip.

Specify:

• species of plant
• climatic conditions of its growing region
• weather conditions from spring to autumn of a particular year
• condition of berries( they must be red or orange, but still firm, elastic, untouched by rot or diseases)

Usually, mature, maximally concentrating in themselves useful substances, rosehip berries become from late summer to mid-autumn, more specifically, from August to October. This occupation should be dedicated to a warm, dry, windless day.
It is necessary to have time to prepare the dogrose before the onset of the first frosts - the frozen berries will lose the lion's share of their usefulness.

IMPORTANT: If you believe in omens, gather the dogrose to dry on October 1, the day of Arina Shipovnitskaya.

Picking wild rose berries.

By the way, it is important to choose not only the right time to harvest the hips, but also the right place. It must be environmentally friendly. In berries collected near industrial plants, near railroads and highways, in large cities, in contaminated sites, there may be more harmful substances than useful ones.

IMPORTANT: For medicinal purposes also harvested leaves, flowers, rose hips. Raw materials are harvested at different times of the year.

You can read about the benefits of various parts of the rosehip plant in the article "Rosehip fruits, flowers, roots and leaves: useful and medicinal properties, contraindications for men and women. Rosehip thickens or liquefies blood, diuretic or not, weakens or strengthens? ".

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Do I need to wash the dogrose before drying?

If you collect rose hips on your site, are sure of its ecological purity, you do not need to wash fruits before drying. It is enough to sort out them, remove the debris and dried leaves, while not touching the leg and sepals.
If in doubt, rinse the berries in cool running water before drying.

At what temperature and how much to dry the hips of the dogrose in an electric and gas oven?

The most simple and affordable way to dry the dogrose - in the oven is gas or electric.

1. The berries that you have chosen for drying, place on a baking sheet in one layer, not too tightly.
2. Place the baking sheet in the oven.
3. The temperature in the oven should be minimum, from 40 to 60 degrees Celsius.
4. In order to have air access to the hips of the dogrose during the drying, do not close the oven door tightly.
5. Dry the dog rose this way 10-12 hours.
6. Do not forget to mix the berries every 2 hours.

Drying the dog rose in the oven.

How and how much to dry berries, rose hips in the electric dryer?

If you are a summer resident or gardener, an electric dryer for berries and fruits is absolutely essential for you! It is very convenient to use for harvesting hips.

1. Place the dogrose in the dryer pans in one layer.
2. Set the temperature to 65 degrees Celsius.
3. Dry the dog rose 12-14 hours.
4. Do not be lazy every two hours to change pallets in places, so that the berries are dried evenly.

Drying of rose hips in an electric dryer.

How to properly dry berries, rose hips in the fresh air?

A natural way to dry the dogrose, when the fruit of the plant dries naturally in the open air, is not the easiest and the right one. Firstly, in time, it can drag on for a whole month. Secondly, during the drying part of the fruit can deteriorate, and those that remain will lose some of the beneficial properties. But if you still decide to choose this method, proceed as follows:

• spread the dogrose in one layer in trays or pallets
• cover trays or pallets with paper or a thin natural tissue
• leave the dogrose to dry in a calm place, hidden from direct sunlight
• periodicallymix the berries
• dry them 2-4 weeks

Drying the hips of the dog rose outdoors.

Can I dry the dog rose in the sun?

In the open sun the dogrose is not dried. A similar method leads to the destruction of ascorbic acid.

How much can I store dried rosehips?

Dried hips are stored in glass containers. With the right drying technology, they are suitable for use for 3 years.

Dried wild rose: the berries dried, but retained their color.

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