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Lingonberry when ripens

Lingonberry - a shrub of a crawling type height from 15 to 20 cm. It grows on swampy soils, under the trees or stump. The plant is very beautiful, he has green matte leaves and shiny red berries. Speakers a lingonberry at the end of August or in early September. Autumn harvest can be collected in October. If you cultivate the plant at home, the fruits are enough to rinse after collecting. Berries growing in wild conditions, you need to be able to collect.

Useful properties of a crop

Barberry fruits contain vitamins of groups B, A, C, minerals, vegetable flavonids, acids and glycosides. They are absolutely non-calories - per 100 grams of meakty accounts for 40 kcal.

The need for lingonberries for the body

The useful composition of the fruit part contributes:

  • an increase in appetite, stimulating the operation of the digestive system, accelerating the digestion processes due to digestive juices, organic acids and enzymes;
  • removal of toxins, cholesterol, radionuclides, increased intestinal peristals with pectin;
  • restoration of vision, eye fatigue after receipt of beta-carotene in the body;
  • support for blood circulation processes, hemoglobin production, pressure regulation. In the lingonberry contains potassium and iron;
  • eliminate colds. The fruit part is rich in arbutin, helps with a cold and ORVI.

Eating fruits in a fresh or recycled form need on an empty stomach. They are contraindicated for stomach ulcers, reduced pressure and cholecystitis.

Natural drugs

Speakers a lingonberry in 3-4 years after landing, and berries can be stored in a fresh form. They are used as follows:

  • juice and fresh fruits are shown when pressure enhanced, as a laxative and antipyretic agent;
  • morse will help with colds, poisoning or influenza;
  • the dried sheets are rich in hydroquinone, arbutin and tannin, therefore used in rheumatism, arthritis, as an antiseptic or diuretic drug.

Lingonberry in the period when it matures, is consumed fresh, it is used to prepare compotes, marmalands or jelly, marinations, homemade baking. Sauer cabbage and red meat with ramberry sauce acquire an extraordinary, slightly sour taste.

What you need to know about the collection of fruits?

Maturation useful lingonberry occurs twice. The first time the berries are kept at the end of the summer - early autumn. The second fruiting takes place from October to November. The pulp of fruit has a characteristic kit, which disappears after the first cooling. If you collect harvest after frosts, when the lingonberry has already been dosed, it will lose the density of the peel and is suitable only for preservation.

Order cleaning of fruits

  • do not work as a scoop, comb or blade. Mechanical inventory can harm plant stalks and reduce the quality of the subsequent harvest;
  • the berry does not pereze after cleaning, so it is better to tear the harsh;
  • the fragrance of fruits is preserved for a long time. If you want to pamper yourself with a fresh lilac, it needs to be energized immediately;
  • use the calendar of collecting various cultures - it will prompt the exact timing of ripening;
  • cleaning events spend at the cool time of the day, in the evening or in the morning. In the hot and dry weather, fruits can pester - they are cleaned daily;
  • during transportation and storage, the harvest is protected from the Sun. This will retain the freight look, taste and integrity.

The collected berries necessarily go through, remove the green, dried, pitched, as well as the fruits and leaves.

Harvesting for the winter

Upon completion of the transition of fruits, they are washed in water, laid out on the towel and dry a little. If you need a dried material, place it in the oven at the temperature not more than +60 degrees or room with good ventilation. Shake the baking sheet so that the collection is evenly distributed over it.
Fresh frigid can be frozen, pulled with sugar or soak. For the preparation of uroin lingonberries on the classic recipe, there is a naughty berry and 3 liters of water. The workpiece is placed in a container by 1/3, poured with water, closed with a lid and leave for 7 days. Water is periodically attached.

How to store a lingonberry?

Thanks to benzoic acid, the lineberry is not subjected to rotting, retains a dense structure and taste. Cookins advise using several storage options without heat treatment.

In its own juice

Berries are moved, washed well and poured into the container. So that they let juice, they are a little cleared by the fork. The container with the resulting composition is covered with cloth and placed under the oppression. The container is stored in the refrigerator or cellar.

In Sakhar.

The washed fruits are placed in the container so that they fill it into ½. On top put the oppression. After the appearance of juice in the lingonberry, sugar poured and poured it with water. Close the container and remove it into the cool warm place.

Dried fruit

When the berry is kept, it is neatly collected, cleaned from garbage and lay out on the contrary. Drying occurs in a preheated oven with periodic stirring. The finished material is folded into the bags of fabric, glass jars with a lid and ship into a dry room.

Sugar and Salu Barberry

The crop is moved and washed. Then prepare syrup based on 1 liter of water, 2 tablespoons of sugar sand and 0.5 teaspoons of salt. The mortar is poured a lingonberry in banks and for 2-4 months put them in the cold. Billets are used for morse, pies, dessert, fish or meat dishes.

Freezing of cruising fruits

Berries need to rinse, drain and put a thin layer on the baking sheet, wrapped with a film. The hardened lineberry is laid out in packages. You can cook puree, grinding berries in a blender. Mass are placed in packages and removed into the freezer compartment.
These methods of blanks are easy and easily done by even novice gardeners.

Application of live bodies in cooking

The culinary raw material of the lounge is used for fruit and vegetable salads, sauces, baking, hobs, juices, souffle or desserts. It is added to cereal cereals, combined with low-fat meat or fish. Fruits, flew to the state of the puree - useful confiture for cottage cheese, yogurt and cereals. Marmalade and pastes are allowed during a diet, and the jam is useful for celiac disease.

Are the berries at home?

Green fruits are considered unsuitable as they do not arise. If the lingonberry is not completely doser, has a partially red surface, it can "walk" at home. For rapid maturation, you need to scatter the harvest on the contiguous layer. To speed up the redness of the surface, the tomatoes or apples are placed nearby. The ripening process can last 2-5 weeks.
If you do not grow a lingonberry, but collect wild berries, consider their ability to absorb radionuclides and heavy metals. Look for fruit bushes on sites remote from highways and plants.

Choosing high-quality berries

In addition to the search for an environmentally friendly area, it is necessary to inspect the fruits. High-quality berries have bright red or brown peel, quickly separated from the frozen. The pronounced fragrance serves as a sign of ripeness of the material. If you buy a lingonberry, choose dry, non-shy berries. In the freezing there should be no ice block or impurities. ND is required in the pharmacy collection.

Barberberry leaves - collecting and blanks

Lingonberry is a useful shrub, and when it matures, you can collect leaves. In the spring, the foliage retains more beneficial substances, so it is cleaned before flowering (April - May). The second time the ripening of the leaf lumps takes place at the end of September - early October. They are neatly cut off with garden scissors or a secateur. Dry material you need to immediately at the end of cleaning. It is recommended to rinse, go through and dry on the pallet.

Raising the yield of the plant

On the household plot, the lineberry ripens and fruits better than wild bushes. From one weaving area, about 50-60 kg of fruits are obtained. The plant is characterized by good luck, so the gardener needs to take care of:

  • soil acidity. The soil shrub successfully fruits on peatlands with good aeration and acidity equal to 3.0-5.0 pH;
  • drainage organizations. The optimal cov plant is from 60 to 80 cm. Exceeding the rate of soil moisture will result in rotation of the root system. Recommend to raise the garden;
  • observance of the distance between the seedlings. Landing work starts in May, removing plants by 25-30 cm;
  • the method of reproduction. Lingonberry breeds with seeds, daughters, cuttings with roots. The shoots purchased in the store are placed in the soil along with container earth.

In addition to growing rules, the quality of shrub fruiting will increase leaving procedures. The soil around the culture is periodically loosened, weeds are removed and moisturized. Harvesting should be timely - the berries need to blush.