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- This is how advanced people harvest the mugwort!
- When is the best harvest time?
- Harvest mugwort: where and how?
- What happens after the harvest?
- Tips & Tricks
This is how advanced people harvest the mugwort!
Whether found along the way, deliberately sown in your own garden or discovered by accident, mugwort grows and thrives without much effort. But how was he to be harvested so as to have a good quality for seasoning food later on?
When is the best harvest time?
Mugwort should be harvested shortly before flowering. The best way to look at the plant is exactly: Are the flower buds still closed at the end of the shoot? If they have already opened, the harvest is less recommended.
After the flowers have opened, the leaves of the plant taste unpleasantly bitter and can spoil food tastes. The reason: The plant protects itself from predators. After all, she wants to multiply ... Flowering usually begins between the end of June and July.
Harvest mugwort: where and how?
If you have mugwort in your own garden, you know where to find it. He likes to spread there, so that over the years the plants multiply. Otherwise, you may often find mugwort along roadsides, roadsides, and rubbish dumps with stony boulders.
Mugwort can be harvested without gloves and simply armed with scissors. Although it is not toxic, allergy sufferers should be careful. The abundant pollen of mugwort quickly trigger allergic reactions.
The shoot tips, which are usually richly studded with flower buds, are cut off with scissors. They should be about 15 - 20 cm long. Then the truncated shoots are tied together and taken home ...
What happens after the harvest?
The mugwort can be used fresh. However, it is usually unrealistic to consume such large quantities immediately, as mugwort has a strong spiciness. Therefore, it is best if you dry the mugwort.
That's how it's done:
Tips & Tricks
The root of the mugwort can also be harvested. This should preferably be done in late autumn.
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