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The harvest time comes and the owners of garden trees invariably have a question, how to collect cherries on a tall tree? Picking berries from a tall tree is a problem, but if not done, the harvest will be partially lost due to the fact that the grower does not reach the upper branches. Are there any devices to make this procedure as easy as possible? If they exist, then where can we get them and is it possible to do something similar on our own? This is what this article will discuss.
Requirements for fixtures
To organize your harvest, specialist stores offer a variety of tall tree pickers to help pick the berries from the top branches. However, it is not necessary to spend money - it will not be difficult for a gardener to make such things on his own. The work is simple, fast, and the materials you need are often right at your fingertips.
When choosing a puller option, it is worth considering some points:
- how effective the adaptation is (the speed of fruit breakdown, whether the cherry will wake up or deteriorate);
- safety of use for humans;
- convenience (how comfortable it is in the hand, is it possible to work for a long time);
- the length of the holder (the handle must be long enough so that it reaches the very top and the berries break off easily).
Tall cherry
What are the pullers
It is better for a gardener to choose such an improvised tool that will become as convenient as possible for him. If we talk about home-made devices, then they are of the following types:
- iron jar with cloves;
- a plastic bottle to which a wire hook is attached;
- a tube with a hook through which the berries will fall into a special container (this can be a bag or bag).
How easy is it to collect cherries from the upper branches? It is worth considering in more detail the devices that help the gardener. Some of them can be made by hand.
Hook tube
To make such a puller, you need to prepare a wide pipe through which several berries can freely slip.
The pipe must be cut obliquely at one end. The sharp end is cut into 2 parts. The width of the resulting groove should correspond to the thickness of the stalk. Each end must be bent into a hook. To facilitate this work, the material can be heated or rest against a flat surface.
The opposite end is also heated and then pushed onto a hard object (a cut bottle can be used). On it, when harvesting, you need to put on a bag where the berries will fall. This device allows you to easily remove berries at a height.
It should be noted that the use of tubes is widely used among gardeners due to the simplicity of the device. But if it is not possible to find materials for manufacturing, then you should familiarize yourself with other devices that allow you to collect cherries from the upper branches.
Plastic bottle
Such an assistant is also very popular in economic use. You need to take a plastic bottle and cut off the bottom.A solid wire is attached to the plastic, which can be fixed with a rope, glue or tape. The wire is shaped like a watering can. The narrowed groove should be the width of the stem. At the moment of tension, the berry will come off and will be inside the bottle.
Can
If we talk about how to properly collect cherries, then here you can use an ordinary tin can. A hole is cut in the tin so that teeth remain in the place where the lid was. They will grip and hold the berry. The jar is tied to the nozzle, it can be a piece of wood or a metal tube. It is best to choose lightweight materials so that your hands do not get tired.
Landing net
A fishing device can also help in the garden. To pick the berries, the hoop is bent in a perpendicular direction to the handle. If you don't have a net, you can use wire, mesh, or a plastic bag.
Picking berries is very simple, just hold the net over the branches and the ripe harvest falls into the bag for collection.
How it works
It does not matter which option from the proposed ones will be chosen, it is necessary to take into account its structure and think about whether difficulties arise when a person decides to collect cherries. The whole process consists in the fact that the berries are hooked with a hook, wire or a sharp edge. And after engaging, the collector only needs to pull the device hard enough so that the cherries are in the container.
Simple adaptation
If we talk about how cherries are harvested on an industrial scale, then the homemade or purchased devices listed above will not work. Fruit orchards are processed using special harvesters. Because there is not enough human resources to pick a berry by hand.
What are the benefits of cherries
The berry has a lot of useful properties that can significantly alleviate the condition of a person with various diseases. The berry helps to thin the blood and cleanse cholesterol.
Working in an office environment involves sitting for a long time, and therefore people often suffer from varicose veins or blood congestion. Sweet cherries can be used as prophylactic agents against these ailments. The berry helps with joint pain, gout or osteoarthritis.
Powerful antioxidants that slow down the aging process in cells have a rejuvenating and cleansing effect. Cherry removes toxins from the body, serves to normalize the functioning of the kidneys and liver. When cleansing the body of toxic substances, the condition of the human skin is noticeably improved.
Cherry has a beneficial effect on digestion, normalizes metabolic processes, improves appetite and helps to digest food.
How to store cherries
After harvesting, many gardeners wonder if the plucked cherries ripen? The answer is no, cherries are not capable of ripening during storage. Unlike some other horticultural crops, this berry does not have this property.
Cherry berries can be saved in different ways. For example, freeze fruits. Before harvesting in this way, cherries must be sorted out so that there are no rotten fruits, from which all products can deteriorate.
Harvesting
The berries are placed in special bags that do not let in the smell, so that the delicacies lying next to it do not affect the taste of cherries. The berries must be dry, without juice drips. If everything is done correctly, the harvest will be stored for a year.
You can place the berries in the refrigerator.Here it is also recommended to iterate over all of them in order to find tainted ones. It is best to use food containers or trays for storage. The package is not the best option, the berries are often aired in them. Thus, cherries can lie for about 5 days.
Some gardeners dry cherries, but in this form, they become a treat for insects. To prevent them from getting to the berries, you need to take a jar with a lid. It is worth considering that processing destroys vitamins, but despite this, the berries still have certain benefits.
When used in conservation, cherries must be refrigerated by placing them in sealed jars, into which air will not pass. The storage period is 365 days. Cherry jam does not need to be left in the refrigerator, you can choose a dark place where the sun's rays do not penetrate.
The use of special devices for collecting cherries greatly facilitates the life of the gardener, and significantly reduces the period of work in the garden. It is worth noting that you can also use fruit collections when processing cherry trees.
