When is the best time to pick chestnuts? What are the precautions for picking chestnuts?

In fact, beating chestnuts is similar to beating walnuts. You both stand under the tree and use a long bamboo pole to hit them. For some chestnuts that are out of reach, you may have to climb up the tree to hit them. Because the chestnuts are ripe, most of them will fall down after being hit with the bamboo pole, and you can just pick them up. Friends who don’t know what the precautions are, you can take a look at the detailed introduction provided by this site.

When is the best time to pick chestnuts?

September and October are the best.

Chestnuts will slowly crack open after the White Dew. They mature at different times, and some begin to fall off the thorn balls, while others are not yet fully mature. My family has five 20-year-old Dahongpao chestnut trees, which produce many chestnuts every year, especially this year. Looking at the time, it’s not far from the day to harvest the chestnuts, so I started thinking of various ways to get them down.

What are the techniques for hitting chestnuts?

There is a mnemonic for hitting chestnuts: "One shake, two kick, three use the pole". As mentioned before, shaking means holding a relatively sturdy branch and shaking it vigorously, first shaking off the cracked thorn balls, the relatively mature ones, and the ones with full seeds; kicking means kicking the chestnuts that are not convenient to move the bamboo pole, or the bamboo pole is not long enough, or the chestnuts are not mature enough and are not easy to fall off the branches. If you use the power of your feet to kick and kick hard, the chestnuts will fall off under the action of gravity; the remaining chestnuts can be hit with the bamboo pole prepared in advance. Any place that the bamboo pole can reach can be knocked down with the bamboo pole. It only takes a few minutes to hit a tree of chestnuts, and it is very efficient.

What are the precautions for hitting chestnuts?

First, you must take precautions before picking chestnuts. Because the chestnut shell is covered with thorns, you can get pricked if you are not careful, so it is best to wear casual shoes or sports shoes, long clothes and long pants, and do not wear slippers or sandals that expose the skin, short clothes and shorts. Then wear rubber gloves and a straw hat.

Second, before picking chestnuts, carefully observe whether there are beehives on the tree. If there are beehives, be careful. Once you provoke bees, you will not have time to run away. Your whole body will be stung and swollen and painful. In serious cases, you may be poisoned and fall into a coma. If there are no beehives on the tree, you can pick chestnuts without worry.

Third, when someone is picking chestnuts, others should not rush to pick them up. If you pick them up before they are all picked, you may be hit on the head or body by the falling chestnuts, and the thorns on the shells may make you scream, which is quite dangerous.

Fourth, after you get the chestnuts home, you need to remove their shells. You can use a small hammer to knock the chestnuts while taking out the fruit inside. Rubber gloves are essential at this time. This is a relatively time-consuming process. Finally, pick out the wormy parts of the chestnuts and throw them away. The remaining intact parts can be dried and preserved.