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Wild strawberry

Name: Wild strawberry.

Other names: Sunitsa, drifting snow, berry.

Latin name: Fragaria vesca L.

Family: Rosaceae (Rosaceae)

Lifespan: Perennial.

plant type: Herbaceous plant.

Roots: Horizontal or oblique rhizome.

Trunk (stem): The stems are erect or ascending, slightly exceeding the basal leaves, covered below with protruding, adpressed hairs above.

Height: 5-20 cm tall.

Leaves: Leaves trifoliate, basal - on long protruding hairy petioles; leaflets sessile, almost oval-rhombic, dark green above, sparsely appressed, light green below, densely covered with adpressed silky hairs, with large triangular or rounded teeth along the edge, ending in short reddish points.

tendrils: Long creeping tendrils rooting at the nodes.

Flowers, inflorescences: Flowers regular, on thin long appressed hairy pedicels, in few-flowered corymbose inflorescence; petals (there are 5 of them) are white, ovate or rounded, with a short claw.

flowering time: Blooms in May-June.

Fruit: Fruits are berry-shaped, drooping, conical, ovoid or round, bright red, covered with achenes to the base.

ripening time: Ripens in late June-early July.

Smells and tastes: Strawberries are the most delicious and fragrant of all wild berries. Its wonderful smell. Nothing compares to it. It combines the aromas of roses and honey, and apples, and even pineapples.

collection time: Berries are harvested early in the morning, when the dew has come down, or at the end for those without calyxes and stalks, since, collected during the dew, they quickly deteriorate and wither in the heat. The leaves are harvested during flowering with a petiole up to 1 cm long.

Features of collection, drying and storage: The leaves are cut off or cut with scissors, holding the petiole with the other hand (otherwise the plant will be uprooted with a rhizome). From each plant, you need to take only a part of the leaves to enable fruiting. The collected leaves are spread in a thin layer on a tarpaulin or burlap in the shade on the street or in a well-ventilated area and dried, stirring from time to time. The yield of dry leaves is 20%. Raw materials are stored in dry, dark, cool rooms.
Ripe fruits sorted (cleaned, discarded overripe or damaged), laid out in a thin layer on sieves, sieves or gauze-covered frames, dried for one day in the sun, and then dried in fruit and vegetable dryers at a temperature of 45-65 ° C. Drying is considered complete when the fruits clenched in a fist do not stick together and do not stain the palm. The yield of dry fruits is 12.5%. Dried fruits are stored in bags in dry ventilated areas.
Leaves can be stored for no more than 1 year, berries - 3 years.

plant history: Wild strawberry - very ancient plant, whose culture was known even to people of the Stone Age, it is mentioned by ancient poets Virgil and Ovid. But in Europe it began to spread widely only from the beginning of the 18th century, in Russia and Ukraine - from the time of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich.
Pastor Kneipp, a physician who lived and worked at the beginning of the 20th century, wrote that people who eat a lot of strawberries never get sick. These words are often said about other fruits and berries, but it is no coincidence that Kneipp, who created a system for the complex treatment of various serious ailments, named strawberries.
In ancient treatises Tibetan medicine strawberries are called the "queen" of the plant world, because it is distinguished by the richest chemical composition. It is believed that this berry contains many yet unexplored substances, which, perhaps, make it so healing.
Traditional healers have long noticed healing properties strawberries. In an old herbalist it is written that it cures "from the suffering of the heart, caused to the heart by unrest, and makes the heart cheerful." Interestingly, the strawberry berry is shaped like a heart.

Spreading: In Russia, wild strawberry is found throughout the European part (except for the Black Sea and Lower Volga regions), in the Caucasus, in Western and Eastern Siberia; in Ukraine - in forest areas, as well as in the northern and middle parts of the Forest-Steppe.

habitats: Grows in coniferous and mixed forests, forest clearings, forest edges, among bushes, dry meadows and grassy slopes.

Culinary use: Strawberries are eaten in fresh, preserve, cook jams, compotes, make mousses and much more. “Tea from strawberry leaves is not enough to say useful - it is unusually tasty! Try it for sure! Like it!” (Makhotin S.A. Walks in the forest. M, White City, 2008, p. 126)

Use in cosmetics: In dermatology and cosmetics, fresh juice or infusion of dried fruits remove freckles, spots on the face, treat acne, lichen and eczema. For facial skin care, fresh juice, crushed fruits (lotions and nourishing masks before bedtime) and an infusion of fresh fruits on vodka (as a lotion) are used. With such care, the skin becomes fresh, clean and elastic, fine wrinkles disappear.

Interesting Facts: “Strawberries are one of the best medicinal berries our flora. She has no equal! In terms of its importance, the effect of strawberries on the human body can not be overestimated.
The ripening period of berries is short - about 3-4 weeks, but even with this restriction, you need to consume at least one glass of berries per day every day. It should be eaten raw, with milk, cream, sour cream, sugar or wine. Give it to the children, let's have a lot. Do not spare money for the purchase of strawberries. Do not consider it pampering or luxury, but consider it necessary, like bread, cereals, potatoes.
Strawberries originated from wild strawberries, and they have a lot in common in their effect on the body. Therefore, the aerial part and strawberries can be used with the same success. (V. Orekhov. Green Pharmacy. Simferopol, 2003, p. 111)

Signs, proverbs: “The spool is small, but expensive” - this proverb can be fully attributed to strawberries.

medicinal parts: Medicinal raw materials mature fruits, flowers and leaves serve.

Useful content: The berries contain up to 15% sugar, up to 80% water, as well as organic acids, fiber, alkaloids, salts of iron, phosphorus, calcium, cobalt, manganese, B vitamins, carotene, ascorbic and folic acids, essential oil, phytoncides. Vitamin C, tannins, essential oil, alkaloids are found in the leaves; in the roots - tannins. According to the presence of vitamin C among berry crops strawberries are second only to black currants.

Actions: The popularity of strawberries as a dietary and remedy due to their taste qualities with a wide range of therapeutic effects.

Strawberry fruits quench thirst, stimulate appetite, improve digestion, have a diuretic and choleretic effect, have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and diaphoretic properties, act as a hypoglycemic and antithyroid agent.

It is especially useful to use fresh fruits . A positive therapeutic effect is observed in hypertension, atherosclerosis, gastritis, colitis, atonic constipation, cholelithiasis and urolithiasis, spleen diseases, gout, diabetes mellitus and hypochromic anemia.

Strawberry fruits widely used externally. Fresh Juice or dried fruit infusion used as an anti-inflammatory and deodorant for rinsing the mouth and throat, as an antimicrobial agent for the treatment of minor wounds and cuts.

leaf infusion taken for hypertension, atherosclerosis, to improve heart function, in the treatment of hepatitis, edema, neurasthenia, insomnia and bronchial asthma, as well as stones in the liver and kidneys, skin rashes, diabetes mellitus, gout and others salt metabolism disorders. The infusion helps in case of colds that occur at high temperatures and coughs, with gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastritis, atonic constipation, diarrhea, spleen diseases, beriberi, anemia and profuse night sweats. An infusion of the leaves is also used for local treatment (compresses for weeping and bleeding wounds, gargles for purulent inflammation of the mouth and throat, and for deodorization of the oral cavity).

Use restrictions: REMEMBER, SOME PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, CAN BE ALLERGIC TO STRAWBERRY. THERE APPEAR ITCHING, Swelling of the EYELIDS AND THE WHOLE FACE, PEELING OF THE SKIN, ITCHING RASHES OF THE TYPE OF URTIVACY OR DIATHESIS. IN THIS CASE THE ACCEPTANCE OF BERRIES AND PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE STOP IMMEDIATELY.

Dosage forms:

Infusion of fruits . 2 tablespoons of dried fruits per 200 ml of boiling water. Drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day.

leaf infusion . 20 grams of leaves per 200 ml of boiling water. Take 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day.

leaf infusion . Pour 1 tablespoon of leaves with 1 cup of boiling water, leave for 45 minutes, strain. Drink 1 glass 2 times a day (morning and evening).

Tea from berries and leaves . 1 tablespoon of a mixture of leaves and dried fruits of strawberries, taken equally, brew in 1 cup of boiling water. Drink as tea 1 glass 3 times a day.

Tincture external . 1 glass of fresh strawberries to insist 30 days on 300 ml of strong vodka. Strain. Use to treat the skin of the face (before use, dilute with water in a ratio of 1: 1).

Healing recipes:

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In our gardens or vegetable gardens, we grow strawberries, the sizes of which often reach "dimensions" good apricots, and juiciness and sweetness will give odds to any purchased candy. Nevertheless, many of us are happy to get out for wild strawberries - small and cunning. For the sake of each berry, you have to bow well to the bushes and “pay tribute” to the vicious mosquitoes ... And still it's worth it! Someone earns a lot of money selling this gift of the forest, and someone just likes to pamper themselves and their families with this miracle of nature with amazing taste and aroma ... But when exactly does the meadow or forest strawberry ripen?

The beginning of berry ripening in the middle lane falls in mid-June. You can also collect it in July ... And then that's it! So do not put off a visit to the forest for a long time, because you can not try these juicy berries, especially useful for hearts and people of nervous professions.

But of course, these months are indicated for the Kiev region, the Moscow region and other regions of the "middle" climate. In warmer areas (say, in the South of Russia), this berry can be sold as early as the end of May, and in the northern regions, its collection traditionally continues until August.

Experienced pickers say that the first “wave” of berries is considered the most sour, even with a slight bitterness. But the farther, the sweeter the berries appear on the bushes.

Of course, the weather also affects the taste of this gift of forests or fields.

• If it rains all the time, strawberries stretch out of the ground of water and quickly rot, it can hardly be called sweet, it is watery and soft, sticking together in a container in a solid lump ... people simply say: “drislya”.
• If, on the contrary, the weather is too dry, berry growers bitterly notice that the berries are all small, dryish, and some have completely dried up on the branches.
• If the weather holds a golden mean between sun and rain, on the ground you can see a scattering of juicy, scarlet, very fragrant berries, ready to explode with a real “shock wave” of a truly summer taste.

If we compare forest and meadow berries, then meadow berries are the first to please with a harvest. The thing is that it grows in open areas and it gets more sun. True, it often turns out to be smaller than the forest one (especially if it has not rained for a long time), while the red grains collected in the forest clearings delight with juiciness and cheerful color.

Where can you suddenly see a "colony" of this plant? On clearing, in planting, on the field, even often - along the road (but it's up to you to pick berries near the road or not).

It is better to collect this yummy in the morning (after the dew has gone) or in the evening. It is advisable not to get out into the forest during the rain - the berries must be dry, and in this case they will not be wrinkled and crushed in a basket.

Growing strawberries on the site: is there a difference in ripening time?

As the experience of many gardeners shows, yes! And we are not talking about "cultivated" varieties (such as remontant strawberry, less sweet, but larger than its forest relative, ripening from June to autumn), but about a simple “wild game” transplanted from a forest clearing to garden bed. Even if you do not create “super technological” conditions for the berry, you will still water it, weed it, and your garden will not be as shaded by trees as the areas where this berry grows in the forest are shaded. Therefore, gardeners say: homemade strawberries ripen a week or even two earlier than forest ones. Even if the forest is located at the end of the street where your dacha is located.

Important: if you are tired of feeding mosquitoes and you decide to plant a couple of bushes found in the forest in your garden, this good decision. The “guys” will quickly stretch over the entire garden, the taste of the berries will be the same as from the forest, they do not require frequent weeding (on the contrary, in the heat such a plant feels very comfortable surrounded by tall weeds). However, remember: you can transplant this plant at almost any time, except for the periods of fruit set and the end of fruiting.

By planting meadow or forest strawberries at home, you can not only be the first in the village to taste fresh seasonal berries, but also outdo collectors of "wild" strawberries who sell them in the markets. To do this, you just need to tighten the bed with bushes with a translucent film - in this case, the berries will ripen earlier for a whole week.

By the way, it is not forbidden to plant strawberries near its cultural counterpart - strawberries. Over time, the pollen from these plants will begin to mix and you will get very interesting tasting results. Let's say you can serve your guests ordinary-looking strawberries, but with a bright strawberry flavor.

And if you go to the forest a little earlier?

In this case, you will be able to collect flowers, as well as leaves and roots of this plant (they are considered especially useful during the flowering period). In dried form, they are a good component of an anti-cold herbal collection.

By the way, in the strawberry season, many berry growers like to pick up strawberries in bunches, along with twigs, and dry them in this form. From such a blank, a good winter warming drink is also obtained, adding a hundred points to immunity.

You love strawberries, but you just can’t find time to travel to the forest - or maybe there are no forests near your dacha (city, village)? Strawberries are easy to grow in your own yard. It will obediently bear fruit from the end of May until the end of summer, and even until the very frost. The main thing is to plant! How to do this, the blogger will tell in this video. And he will not only tell, but also show his beds, with well-groomed and abundant plants. We look, and do not envy, but remember to repeat in practice!

Rosaceae family - Rosaceae.

Wild strawberry (lat.Fragaria vesca ) is a perennial herbaceous plant with a brown rhizome and creeping rooting shoots. The leaves are compound, trifoliate, coarsely toothed, almost bare above, hairy below. The flowers are white, with a subchalice, numerous stamens and pistils. Strawberry fruits are oval, bright crimson, fragrant, with sepals protruding or bent down. The height (length) of the plant is 10-30 cm.

Strawberry green (strawberries, midnight; lat.Fragaria viridis ) is a perennial herbaceous plant with a thick brown rhizome. The leaves are compound, trifoliate, blunt-toothed. Apical leaflet ovate, on short petiole, two lateral leaflets sessile. The flowers are white, with a subchalice, numerous stamens and pistils. Strawberries differ from wild strawberries in silver-fluffy leaves on both sides, spherical at the base, narrowed fragrant greenish-white, then reddening fruits and sepals pressed to the fruits. The height (length) of the plant is 5-20 cm.

Flowering time: May June.

Spreading: Wild strawberries are found in the forest and forest-steppe zones of the European part of the country and Siberia, in the Caucasus and in the Tien Shan mountains, green strawberries are found in the European part of Russia, especially in the forest-steppe and steppe zones.

Place of growth: wild strawberry grows in sparse forests in forest clearings and edges, mainly in coniferous forests, green strawberries - on grassy slopes, beams, steppe meadows, forest glades and forest edges.

Applicable Part: fruits, leaves, flowers and rhizomes.

Collection time: leaves and flowers are harvested in May-June; fruits - in June-August; rhizomes - in September-October.

Chemical composition: strawberries (berries) contain sugar (from 3.5 to 15% in different varieties), organic acids (malic, citric, salicylic, quinic and others), phosphorus and lime salts, iron, pectin and tannins, anthocyanin group dyes, vitamin C (from 31 to 90 mg%, for example, in the Victoria variety) , carotene (0.3-0.5 mg%), traces of vitamin B1, essential oil and phytoncides. Leaves contain ascorbic acid(250-280 mg%), traces of alkaloids and tannins, rhizomes and roots - tannins.

Collection and preparation: Strawberry leaves are harvested during its flowering and fruiting period. Strawberry leaves are cut without petiole. Next, the collected raw materials are dried in the open air, excluding direct sun rays. For better drying, the leaves are periodically mixed. If you are using a dryer, then optimum temperature for this process should be 45°C. Leaves are considered completely dry when their petioles break easily when bent.

Rhizomes and roots of strawberries are removed from the soil in early spring or autumn, process cold water and dry in the shade. Ideally dried rhizomes should break easily and be odorless.

Strawberries are harvested in July in dry weather. Collection is best done in the morning when the dew is completely dry or at the end of the day. Strawberries are a very tender berry, so it should be collected very carefully and in order not to spill the fruits once again, then use the container in which you will store it, wicker boxes are considered the most suitable for this. Before you send the berries for drying, you must first dry them in the open air throughout the day. In the dryer, this process should be carried out at a temperature of 30°C for 5 hours. In order for the fruits to become free-flowing, the drying process takes place at a temperature of 45-60 ° C, while the berries should not be overdried or burnt.

Contraindications: pregnancy. Strawberries cause allergic reactions in some people.

Application:

Strawberries were used with therapeutic purpose even in ancient times. She is now in folk medicine different countries is one of the popular plants.

Fruits stimulate appetite, regulate digestion and quench thirst well. An aqueous infusion of the fruit reduces inflammation, kills some microbes, and has a diaphoretic, diuretic, and mild laxative effect. It is believed that the fruits have the ability to dissolve and remove liver and kidney stones and prevent the formation of new stones. It is known that the famous Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus was completely cured of gout by using large quantities strawberry berries.

Rhizomes and roots of strawberries have astringent, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and choleretic properties. Leaves have the same properties. They also exhibit antiseptic, analgesic and wound-healing effects, reduce sweating.

Fresh strawberries are taken in large quantities as an excellent remedy for atherosclerosis, hypertension, constipation, diarrhea, stomach ulcers, and especially for gout, kidney and liver stones.

The fruits and infusion of strawberry leaves are used for general prostration, anemia, uterine bleeding, childhood diarrhea and as a diuretic. An infusion of the leaves is also used for asthma (suffocation) and as a hemostatic agent for excessive menstruation.

In folk medicine of Karachay-Cherkessia, an infusion of flowers of gooseberry is used for heart diseases, and a decoction of the whole plant is used for uterine fibroids.

In German folk medicine, an infusion of strawberry leaves is used for diarrhea, diseases of the liver, spleen, kidney stones, profuse night sweats, asthma, jaundice, swelling and rashes.

Outwardly, an infusion of strawberry leaves in the form of enemas and washings is used for bleeding and inflamed hemorrhoids, and in the form of local baths, lotions and compresses - for the treatment of bleeding wounds. An infusion of the leaves is also used to gargle the throat and mouth. inflammatory processes and bad breath. Poultices of fresh and dried leaves relieve liver pains, rheumatic pains and toothache. Fresh and dry steamed strawberry leaves, applied to purulent wounds and old ulcers, cleanse them well of pus and promote faster healing.

An aqueous infusion of strawberries is used as an antiseptic rinse for diseases of the throat and mouth. Infusion of berries destroys bad smell from mouth. Berry juice and crushed strawberries are a good external remedy for eczema, rashes and minor wounds.

Berry juice and crushed strawberries are also used in cosmetic purposes to soften the skin and destroy freckles on the face, birthmarks, acne and lichen lesions. An aqueous infusion of leaves in the form of lotions and compresses is also used as cosmetic product with acne and spots on the face.

The leaves of wild strawberries (strawberries) have a weaker therapeutic effect.

Mode of application:

1) Pour 1 tablespoon of strawberry leaves with 2 glasses of water, boil for a long time (or insist). Take 1/2 cup daily.

2) 1 teaspoon of crushed strawberry leaves insist 4 hours in 1 glass of boiling water, strain. Take 1-2 tablespoons 3-4 times a day.

3) 3 tablespoons of fresh strawberries insist 4 hours in 1 cup boiling water, strain. Take 1/4 cup 4 times a day before meals.

To answer the question of when strawberries ripen, you should know the region of its growth, the name of the variety and whether this variety belongs to disposable or remontant varieties. The ripening time is also affected by the fact that the plants were grown in open field, in a greenhouse or under a film.

Which ripens first: strawberries or strawberries

Strawberries and wild strawberries are related plants, but confusion has occurred with their names. That berry, which is used to be called a strawberry, is actually correctly called a garden strawberry. There is also a forest berry, which is called strawberries.

In terms of ripening, wild strawberries are slightly behind strawberries. This is due to the fact that it grows in the shade of trees, which delays ripening by half a month. If the strawberry grew up in a sunny meadow, then it can ripen even earlier than its garden relative.

About the strawberry season: in Russia, in its middle latitudes, the strawberry season falls in mid-June and lasts from two weeks to a month. In the southern regions, the beginning of the collection may move to the end of May, and in the northern regions - to the beginning of July.

When the meadow strawberry ripens

When do wild field strawberries ripen? Meadow and field strawberries ripen earlier than forest strawberries, due to the fact that they receive more sunlight, but are inferior to forest strawberries in size and juiciness of berries.

Forest uncultivated strawberries are quite suitable for transplanting and growing on garden plot does not require any special care. At the same time, it will ripen half a month earlier than the one that grows in the neighboring forest, from where it was transplanted.

The decisive factor in the beginning of the term, when the strawberries ripen, is the air temperature. If at the initial stage of growth a sufficient temperature can be +2 ... +5 degrees Celsius, then during the ripening period, daytime temperatures should reach from +20 to +24 degrees, and nighttime temperatures from +14 to +17 degrees.

meadow strawberry

When the strawberries are ripe

According to the type of fruiting, strawberries are divided into varieties: bearing fruit once a year, and remontant (multiple fruiting).

Varieties that give birth once per season are divided into four types:

• early ones, starting to yield from the second decade of May;
• medium-early, lagging behind the early ones by a week;
• medium, the ripening period of which is shifted by a week from mid-early;
• late, their maturation occurs at the end of June.

The first harvest of remontant varieties roughly coincides with the first harvest of disposable strawberries, the average time when strawberries ripen may come in the first week of July, the last - in mid-August. Such varieties are many times more productive than disposable ones, but require more fertilizer and are less durable.

The strawberry season in Russia is very long due to the vastness of the country, so it is worth talking about the timing of its collection in accordance with the region where it grows.

Remontant strawberry

In the Moscow region (Moscow region)

Strawberry picking in Moscow begins in mid-June, but only if the weather is sunny and warm. If the rainy season fell on this period, then the time when strawberries ripen in the Moscow region is pushed back to the end of the month. Of course, adjustments should be made for the difference in terms depending on the variety.

Attention! In order to extend the season of ripe strawberries, it is recommended to grow varieties of different ripening dates.

In central Russia

Exists great amount varieties suitable for cultivation in central Russia. The time when strawberries ripen in these areas depends on the variety and method of cultivation. Average terms in Bryansk, Samara regions approximately coincide with those near Moscow. Using early varieties and certain agricultural practices, you can learn how to get ripe berries from the end of May.

• plant early varieties;
• to plant in the middle of summer, in extreme cases, no later than the beginning of September, so that the bushes have time to take root;
• cover the landing with a film or non-woven covering material.

In conditions middle lane usually strawberry plantings are reliably covered with snow, so there are no problems with overwintering. And yet you should know that in the absence of snow, temperatures below -10 degrees are dangerous - you need to take care of sheltering the beds.

In the Krasnodar Territory

In the Kuban, the harvest has been going on since the first days of May. The weather can make adjustments: if it rains during the ripening period, the berries can rot and lose their presentation, so it will be useful to know the weather forecast.

Attention buyers! If they offer strawberries in late June or early July and claim that they are from Krasnodar Territory, do not believe. Now, knowing when strawberries ripen in Krasnodar, it is easy to understand that the end of June is the time when strawberries depart.

The climate of Rostov is slightly different from that of Krasnodar, although it cannot be called cool either. And yet, the timing of harvesting garden strawberries is ten days behind its southern neighbor. In the farms of the Rostov region, strawberry varieties imported from the Crimea are grown.

Other regions

• in the Voronezh region - on the fertile chernozems of the Voronezh region, strawberries ripen by the tenth of June;
• in the Lipetsk region - Lipetsk and Volgograd regions according to climatic conditions it does not differ much from Voronezh, therefore, the dates when strawberries ripen here are the same;
• in the Nizhny Novgorod region - in his reviews, a gardener from the Nizhny Novgorod region writes that he picked the first two berries on June 14, so the season is open (it should last until the end of July).

In 2018, all temperature records were broken, so in all regions, the harvesting of strawberries came a little earlier than usual. If similar weather come in 2019, then the timing of the harvest will also have to be adjusted.

How to pick strawberries correctly and quickly

It seems that the answer to the question of when strawberries are harvested is clear - as soon as they are ripe. But not everything is so simple, because each variety has its own ripening time. That is why the approach to harvesting must be individual for each variety. The harvest time has come if the berry has turned red on all sides and if it is elastic enough, but not hard.

As already mentioned, garden strawberry does not ripen at the same time, so it is recommended to collect it constantly every other day until it runs out. If the weather is hot, then the collection ripe berries are carried out daily.

What time of day to clean? It is preferable to pick berries in the morning or in the evening, this is the most comfortable time for a person, and the berries themselves, not overheated by the sun, will be better preserved.

How to pick strawberries from a bush? Here are some tips:

• strawberries will not be preserved if they are picked without a stalk (if it is difficult to pick manually, it is worth using scissors);
• berries should be placed in flat containers in layers, but the number of layers should not be more than three;
• so that sticky debris does not remain on the strawberries, they must immediately be cleaned with a brush.

Proper and quick picking of strawberries

Do-it-yourself strawberry picker

A simple device will help to facilitate the process of picking berries - a “glass” combine harvester, which you can make yourself.

It is assembled from 27 wooden knitting needles with a diameter of 3 mm and a length of 24 cm, a circle made of plywood or plastic with a diameter of 77 cm, and a ring made of the same material with an outer diameter of 77 cm and an inner diameter of 57 cm. The circle is the bottom of the future "glass".

Stepping back from the edge of the bottom 5 mm around the circumference, you need to drill 27 holes with a diameter of 2.5 mm, distributing them evenly around the circumference. 27 holes are also made along the ring at the same distance, only their diameter should be 3 mm.

Now assembly:

1. It is necessary to thread the knitting needles into the holes of the ring so that the ring is approximately in the middle of the knitting needles.
2. Then connect the structure to the bottom, inserting the pointed ends of the knitting needles into the holes of the circle. In these holes, you must first place a drop of glue.
3. The ring should also be fixed on the knitting needles with glue. A glass of knitting needles is ready.

When picking strawberries, a ripe berry, threading the petiole between the knitting needles, will come off along with the stalk, and roll down to the bottom of the cup.

From answers to common questions: do strawberries ripen after picking? In fact, a strawberry is not a tomato, and it is not capable of ripening. But gardeners have learned to eliminate this shortcoming. In order for the berries to ripen when assembled, they are covered with foil, but only so that it does not touch the berries (make a kind of tent), and leave for 6-8 hours. Then the berries are turned over and the procedure is repeated.

And yet it is much better to let the strawberries ripen in the garden, then it will surely please the gardener with excellent taste and the brightest strawberry aroma.

Berry picking begins in June, when the earliest berries ripen. The berry season lasts six months and ends in late autumn. To know the berry picking period, you need to have a berry calendar with a description of the berries, photos of wild and garden gifts. From the berry calendar you will learn when strawberries and lingonberries ripen in the forest, when to pick raspberries and currants in the garden, how Victoria differs from strawberries, the calendar shows the ripening dates for cranberries and blueberries, how to pick cherries and gooseberries correctly when harvesting wild strawberries.

Berries are grown in orchards summer cottages, wildlife lovers love to collect wild gifts In the woods. From proper collection berries depends on the safety of fruits, the quality of freshly picked berries. Properly made collection will not harm the plant, caring human hands with careful collection will allow berry bushes to quickly recover and bear fruit from year to year, delighting bountiful harvest, ripe and fragrant berries useful for the human body.

Wild and fresh garden berries play an important role in human nutrition. Berries are a natural source of vitamins, juicy fragrant fruits of bright color have a positive effect on mood, treat depression, have a beneficial effect on mental thinking, increase immunity and performance due to the presence of a whole complex of vitamins, trace elements and useful organic acids that make up berries.

A ripe berry should be collected, in time it is worth focusing on the approximate time frame. To determine when to pick berries, focus on the external signs of ripeness of the berries - color, aroma, taste - and also keep in mind the time of the onset of the mass harvest period relative to the area where you live.

Remember! Too early picking is fraught with loss of taste, late picking leads to a decrease in the berry yield, so try to pick berries in a timely manner!

How to pick berries

When harvesting at home, in the forest closest to the house, there are simple rules picking berries: following simple instructions, you will be able to preserve the natural quality and beneficial features berries picked for human consumption, harvesting for future use, transportation.

• In order not to harm yourself and your family members, it is forbidden to pick berries near highways, large industrial enterprises. When eating crops harvested near contaminated areas, there is a risk of heavy metal poisoning.
• When picking berries, it is forbidden to use such devices as scoops and scrapers that harm plants. Damage to berry bushes by mechanical devices destroys plants and reduces the yield of berry bushes.
• Harvested berries, unlike fruits, do not ripen after picking, so it is recommended to pick only those that are ripe.
• Favorable time when it is better to pick berries - in the morning and in the evening; collection, as a rule, is carried out every other day, but in dry, hot weather, fruits are plucked daily.
• They pick berries from berry bushes and fruit-bearing trees from the bottom up, starting from the lowest branches and gradually rising to the top.
• Berries are plucked with brushes (, white and). The second way to harvest is with a stem (, Victoria, sometimes raspberries).
• For delicate varieties of berries, buckets, baskets are used for collection. small size to keep the berry whole, not dented.
• Collected berries should be removed in a cool place, covered with grass from direct sunlight. Fruits left under the sun quickly begin to lose their useful properties and marketable appearance.
• When transporting and carrying, freshly picked berries should not be transferred from one container to another in order to avoid damage to the crop. During transportation, be sure to cover the container from the sun.

Picking garden berries: rules

Honeysuckle is the very first fruit crop, the fruiting of which occurs in early summer. By popularity, fruits, raspberries and take pride of place among cultivated and wild fruit crops.

When do strawberries ripen? Wild berry - wild strawberry - ripens in June. When strawberries are harvested in the forest: the answer is simple - all summer, strawberries are harvested in June-July-August.

Colds are treated with stocks in winter, the fruits of the plant act as a natural antipyretic for sore throats, during an influenza epidemic. They try to use raspberries fresh in the summer, prepare them for the winter for treatment in the cold season.

When to pick raspberries? Raspberries are picked in the middle of summer, starting from mid-July, in August, some varieties bear fruit in September. The difficulty of collecting raspberries lies in the non-simultaneous ripening of the fruit.

What is the best way to collect? A berry picked for immediate consumption must be ripe; if transportation and storage are expected, raspberries should be chosen slightly unripe with a stalk.

Collected from mid-July after; to protect the ripe crop from birds, trees and berry bushes covered with a protective net.

It ripens in July-August, the berries are plucked with whole brushes, currants are stripped from the brush before use or during processing for harvesting for the winter.

What is the difference between strawberries and victoria, what is the difference between two similar appearance fruits? considered a European berry, strawberries are more often grown in Europe, Victoria grows exclusively in Russia. But strawberries and victoria are one field of berries belonging to the genus of strawberries. Victoria has fruits larger than; the beginning of the collection for central Russia, victoria, strawberries falls on the month of June, depending on the variety, it lasts the whole of July and the collection of strawberries ends in August, September.

The basic rule of picking berries is to produce high-quality picking, not leaving fruits affected by rot, scab on plants, helping the plant to get rid of diseases that reduce the yield of fruit crops with its participation.

Wild berry picking calendar: berry ripening dates in the forest

They love wild fruits for their aroma, sweet taste, characteristic fragrantness inherent in forest gifts. The berry collected in the forest is valued for the biologically active substances contained in the fruit pulp. Buying a wild berry in the market is easier than crawling through the forest in search of red, blue, burgundy bright berries to pick up at least one basket.

A self-picked berry with a store-bought one cannot be compared in terms of taste, characteristic forest scent inherent in the gifts of nature. Summer is the time to collect and benefit from natural gifts that have healing power, containing a storehouse of vitamins, useful substances for human life.

We offer to study the berry calendar. With the help of the calendar, it will be easy for you to plan a trip to the forest, not to miss the period of ripening of wild berries. When to Collect berries, fee by month:

• June - strawberries ripen in the forest;
• July is the time when you can pick wild strawberries, blueberries, stone berries, cloudberries, princesses;
• August - strawberries, blueberries, stone fruits, blueberries, crowberries, blackberries, princesses are harvested;
• September - they collect cranberries, redberries, blueberries, blueberries, mountain ash;
• October is the time when cranberries, lingonberries, are harvested.

When to pick lingonberries and how lingonberries are useful for human health

Cowberry picking starts in August-September. Lingonberries are a tasty and healthy berry, the beneficial properties of lingonberries have been known since antiquity. The harvest season for lingonberries begins in August, but the bitterness characteristic of sour fruits disappears when lingonberries are harvested after frost - in October.

Lingonberries are a valuable gift of nature, the healing power is due to the rich composition of vitamins, minerals, sugars, organic acids. After harvesting, lingonberries are transported without damage to the crop, stored fresh for more than a month.

Cowberry berry juice has medicinal properties, it is taken for hypertension, therapeutic diuretic infusions, antimicrobial, antiviral are prepared on the basis of juice.

Useful properties of lingonberries have on human body preventive and therapeutic effect, therefore, if it is possible to collect lingonberries, we collect baskets and go to the forest.

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When to pick blueberries and how blueberries are useful for human health

It is famous for its beneficial properties, its composition is unique, so many people want to know when to pick blueberries. Blueberries are harvested in July, August, September. Along with the complex of vitamins that make up blueberries, the berry has a healing effect on humans.

The use of fresh blueberries, berry juice, fruit drink, jam has a beneficial effect on various human organs. fruit culture improves vision, is a natural antioxidant, heals the heart, slows down aging.

Taking blueberries every day helps to strengthen blood vessels, reduce bad cholesterol in the blood.

When to pick cranberries and how cranberries are useful for human health

Cranberry is a healing berry, it contains vitamins, minerals, acids. When cranberries ripen - one of the most useful berries? Cranberries ripen in August. When to pick cranberries? The answer is simple, the harvest of cranberries is carried out from August and throughout the autumn, until the winter cold, the season for collecting cranberries in the forest lasts.

The useful properties of cranberries are constantly being studied, cranberries are a folk healer, a gift from nature to man. The high content of vitamin C in cranberries allows the use sour berries during treatment colds, viral infections.

Unique in composition, cranberries are included in a huge number of recipes. traditional medicine, with its help, folk healers successfully treat varicose veins in patients, purify the blood, cranberries cleanse blood vessels from cholesterol plaques, and have a therapeutic effect on the body as a whole.

When to pick wild strawberries and how strawberries are useful for human health

Lesnaya ripens in June, July, strawberries are harvested until mid-late August, depending on the region in which the berries grow. Wild strawberries are tasty and healthy. Useful properties of strawberries are high content folic acid, iron, vitamin E, calcium.

The benefits of strawberries are found in fruits, leaves, fiber, pectin, sugars, trace elements, essential oils, a rich vitamin complex.

The most valuable is the wild strawberry. It normalizes digestion, metabolism, increases appetite, restores strength after heavy physical exertion, has choleretic and diuretic properties.

When to pick wild strawberries - when the picking season comes, it is better not to put off going to the forest. When the slightest opportunity arises, you can collect strawberries after mass ripening. Strawberries are ideal for harvesting for the winter, fragrant jam is made from it, compotes are rolled up, berries and leaves are dried for brewing into tea, frozen, and eaten fresh.