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VM

Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 1:33 pm Post subject: Rosehips
Planning to make rosehips syrup. Tonnes of rosehips here, lovely and red but still very hard. Some books say wait til after first frost for rosehips. Any experts here? Do I wait til after frost or just till they have very slightly softened or go ahead now?

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 3:09 pm Post subject:
I've picked loads of Rosa Rugosa because they were very ripe, chopped them all up and stuck 'em in the freezer to do exactly the same thing when I've a bit more time next month

VM

Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Lincolnshire

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 3:14 pm Post subject:
Ah, hadn't thought of freezer - but perhaps that is because it is already full of elderberries...

bushcraftlife

Joined: 06 Oct 2013
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 5:22 pm Post subject:
I freeze then too. Works fine and also allows for several batches to be collected and then added together to be used at once.

gil
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 8:42 pm Post subject:
I picked, froze, and made a batch of rosehip syrup two weekends ago.

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 8:49 pm Post subject:
I really want to try and get some made this year. Need to find a handy Rosa rugosa bush.

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
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Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 8:51 pm Post subject:
Do you have to take out the little hairs before making syrup, or do they strain out?

gil
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Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 9:21 pm Post subject:
they strain out, no probs, even using an ordinary sieve and not a muslin / jelly bag / coffee filter / old hanky.

alison
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Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 9:26 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

I really want to try and get some made this year. Need to find a handy Rosa rugosa bush.

We have tons of them, if you want to come over.

nats

Joined: 12 Jun 2007
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Location: Swindon but not a Swindonian

Posted: Sat Oct 12, 13 10:09 pm Post subject:
Does it matter which hips? Any old rose?

gil
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Posted: Sun Oct 13, 13 12:59 pm Post subject:

nats wrote:

Does it matter which hips? Any old rose?

Any rosehips are fine : rosa canina (wild, long narrow hard dryish), rosa rugosa (big fat juicy one), ordinary garden roses rosehips, or even burnet rose (small dark purple).

I think people like using rosa rugosa because they are bigger, so you need to pick fewer to get the weight / bulk for jelly/syrup-making, but I've used all kinds, and really the rugosa are not significntly better.

And to repeat, bog-standard garden roses are absolutely fine to use.

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