I love raspberries! But why are so many per pack no longer nice to look at? I buy the normal 250g pack (the luxury version is too expensive for me), but when I look closely at the berries, there is often a greenish fuzz inside, which certainly shouldn't be there. Too bad about the money!
Oh yes, I put the pack in the fruit drawer and eat it the next day at the latest. So it doesn't lie around for long...
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Hello
Take the berries back to the store and get your money back. If berries develop a "fuzz" after less than a day, they are already bad.
Raspberries do not ripen and are very sensitive, so they are usually harvested by hand when ripe. To get them fresh to the stores, everything has to happen very quickly, otherwise they become mushy and start to go moldy. In the case of fruit, selling moldy goods is definitely fraud, and where you saw the packs with the fuzz, you should inform the food authorities, the store should be closed immediately and the employees locked up.
The season for raspberries is just beginning, but only on the calendar. The year so far has been too cool for the tender berries to develop well, so at best you will find local raspberries from Ticino or from the greenhouse, most stores have imported berries which probably also come from heated greenhouses. If you harvest such sensitive fruit as raspberries from a warm greenhouse, pack them, stack them and then put them in a cool place, condensation forms in the packs, which encourages rotting. If the berries are then exposed to different climates, such as a market hall, a lorry or a warm store, they are quickly ruined and at best can only be used for compost.
If you want fresh raspberries without mold, then buy them directly from the farm where you see the bushes or grow them yourself. Importing berries that grow here is crazy, only fools buy them.
Greetings from the Migi piglet
Hi Migi Piglet
Yes, I know about bringing them back, but I don't go shopping every day. Unfortunately, I can't grow the berries myself and I don't have a farm nearby. If I then have to walk 30 minutes again, it's not reasonable. So I will probably continue to be one of the fools who buy imported berries, even though they are also available from my own country.
Or will I make do with strawberries from Thurgau?
Have a nice day
Feeli76
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Hello
There are now also raspberry varieties that have been specially developed for growing in very small spaces. They can easily be cultivated in a tub on the balcony. The two-timer varieties, such as "Sugana", are particularly popular. The plants remain relatively small and can be harvested twice a year.
Raspberries are hardy and relatively easy to care for, preferring slightly alkaline, neutral or slightly acidic soil. Fertilization is not absolutely necessary, but the soil in containers should be changed after two years. They love the sun and need sufficient light, which is why south or west-facing balconies are very suitable, but they also thrive in partial shade (south-east), in which case the fruits ripen a little later. A windbreak is recommended for higher situated apartments.
If you need 30 minutes to get to your Migros, then you live in a rather remote location. There is bound to be a sunny forest edge with blackberries somewhere where you can plant some raspberries. Then you'll be much closer to fresh raspberries next year. The risk of others harvesting them is low, because well over 90% of the population believe that there are no edible raspberries in nature. :-)
I recently harvested a few kilos of nettle tips, you can make lots of delicious things with them and nettles are available for free at the edge of every forest. :-)
If you are one of the over 90% for whom this is far too complicated, too labor-intensive and too risky, then at least buy frozen berries. Although these are also imported, transportation is a little more efficient, but the amount of waste is much less. After all, the 200-gram hulls for the moldy berries that you throw away anyway are wasted raw materials and energy.
Greetings from the Migi piglet
who can often harvest without having to sow.
