Cranberries ripen by mid-autumn. Important rules must be observed when picking berries. Frost and boiled water will help berries to survive perfectly. If you store cranberries correctly, then all the important vitamins will be present in it in a year.
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Cranberries grow in marshy places. Small bushes can choose for themselves a place in the floodplain of rivers, on the banks of the pond. The main condition for the growth of cranberries is stagnant water. In such places, it begins to ripen by mid-autumn; you can go after it into the forest in the spring.
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The main time for picking berries falls on October-November. Some people do irreparable damage to plants using a hand harvester to pick berries. It is a rounded scapula, at the end of which there are metal teeth. Holding the handle, spend on the bush like a comb. At the same time, collectors damage trunks and branches. You can collect cranberries with a similar device, but make a combine harvester from plastic that does not harm plants.
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It is better to collect cranberries on one berry, putting them in buckets. Be extremely careful when doing this. After all, it grows in wetlands, so there is a chance of falling into a quagmire. It is necessary to go into the forest for this berry without fail, alone, and take a slab with you. This is a long, and most importantly, strong stick. Feel the soil with it where you want to stand, and then just step on it with your feet.
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After a fruitful walk, coming home, sort out the berries. Sort debris, dried items. If you have a roomy freezer, put the cranberries in small bags and put them in storage. Then at any time you can take a serving of berries without defrosting all of them for this. After all, repeated freezing affects the quality of the fruit is not the best way.
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The beak is perfectly stored at + 4 ° C. After you sorted it out, put in a colander, rinse with cool water. Put in 3-liter jars almost to the neck. Pour in cooled boiled water and put in the refrigerator. In this form, cranberries will remain until the next harvest. Before the onset of frost, you can keep banks on a glazed loggia in a locker.
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Wipe some of the berries with sugar. In this form, the beneficial properties of cranberries will not disappear until spring. Place the washed and dried cranberries in a blender bowl, chop well. Add 1 part sugar to 1 part mass. Arrange on banks, close them with plastic covers. Store at room temperature in a dark place.
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When you sort through cranberries, lay separately the largest specimens. Rinse, dry them and place the eggs in the mixed protein. Pour powdered sugar onto a tray. With a spoon with holes, remove the cranberries, put on a tray and shake it slightly so that the powder covers the berries on all sides. Dry the berries until the sugar layer dries, put them in cardboard boxes. In this form, cranberries are also well preserved.
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If in the autumn you did not have time to collect berries, do it in the spring. But it will have fewer nutrients than during the pre-winter period.