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quixoticgeek

Joined: 23 Dec 2008
Posts: 296
Location: Canterbury

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 14 8:59 pm Post subject: Rose hip ripening
Am watching with interest the local hedgerows for their rosehips. I tried to pick some the other day, but they were solid, and didn't want to come off the plant. How do I tell if the rose hips are ripe? I'm surprised that everything is about 3 weeks earlier this year than previous years. Julia

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 14 9:19 am Post subject:
I always wait until immedieately after the first frost.

quixoticgeek

Joined: 23 Dec 2008
Posts: 296
Location: Canterbury

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 14 9:21 am Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

I always wait until immedieately after the first frost.

That doesn't work down here in Kent. The first frost can be long into November by which all the fruit on all the trees has fallen off.

Julia

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 14 9:33 am Post subject:
Ah: yes. Mind you that would have heppened here last year: we hardly had any frost at all.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45676
Location: Essex

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 14 9:43 am Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

Ah: yes. Mind you that would have heppened here last year: we hardly had any frost at all.

It's usually like that here, we've only picked once but we just waited till they were a bit squishy, try eating it (the red bit) if it's sweet and non astringent then I'd say good to go

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8957
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 14 5:36 pm Post subject:
I pick when they come off easy enough and freeze, to mimic a good frost!

MornieG

Joined: 17 Jan 2013
Posts: 933
Location: Bromham, Wiltshire

Posted: Mon Sep 15, 14 5:49 pm Post subject:
We have loads of huge rosehips around here and no idea what to do with them apart from syrup....any ideas please. Mo.XX

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15998

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 14 6:53 am Post subject:
Use them as part of a hedgerow jam.

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