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| CurlysQuilts |
Posted - Jul 28 2011 : 7:10:14 PM
When do you do it and how do you dry it? I want to make tea from them. I have the first crop of rose hips looking very yellow and pink and I want to harvest before the birds take them, but I don't want to do it too soon. Any suggestions or websites that can help?
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| coaloha |
Posted - Aug 13 2011 : 11:06:04 PM
I have grown a few roses, and it seems like the rugosas set the nicest hips. They are also mostly care-free plants. I have never tried harvesting the hips for our own use; I always left them for the birds.
Pam Barnes-Palty
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| ramonaj |
Posted - Aug 07 2011 : 10:01:16 PM
i've waited until after the first light frost to harvest as it supposedly makes them sweeter. then i dry them for tea or make jelly. jelly is time and labor intensive but it's beautiful stuff and tastes like roses!
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Jul 30 2011 : 2:43:54 PM
I have tried harvesting rosehips and when cooking them for jelly, I discovered many tiny worms. Yuk! What do you girls do about that? Any ideas?
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| embchicken |
Posted - Jul 30 2011 : 06:55:08 AM
Sarah~ I never knew that it was rugosa roses that I had in my backyard. You don't know it but you have set my feet on the path of rose hip harvesting! I think I am going to take oanna's advice and cover them with cheesecloth so the birds won't get at them. I have also started thinking about planting a line of rose bushes in my front yard. This is really interesting!
~ Elaine
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 29 2011 : 2:24:51 PM
I sort of crumble or break the rose hips up before making tea if they are dried. I make it with fresh ones too. Does anyone freeze rosehips??
Jenny in Utah
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| CurlysQuilts |
Posted - Jul 29 2011 : 12:32:37 PM
oooo...Thanks Elaine, that site was very helpful! I never know where to go for foraging stuff. I always think that it's so not mainstream thinking and I won't find it on regular websites. :)
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| embchicken |
Posted - Jul 29 2011 : 10:24:45 AM
http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/f/RoseHips.htm
I hope this helps Sarah!
~ Elaine
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| CurlysQuilts |
Posted - Jul 29 2011 : 07:29:51 AM
So I don't need to crush them or anything for tea? Just dry them and pour hot water over them when I make the tea?
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| JojoNH |
Posted - Jul 29 2011 : 05:13:35 AM
You can also cover them with cheese cloth until they are ready to pick, it will help to discourage the birds.
Joanna #566
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Jul 28 2011 : 10:56:31 PM
I just wait until they are plump and red and pick them into a big flat basket and let them air dry and put them in a jar for winter...LOVE them! I have a huge wild rose bush..well a big bunch of them together now...and they are just covered with them in late August. I haven't had a big problem with birds bothering them...they are too busy eating the boyenberries!!
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