Roselle Harvest and Drink

In one harvest I usually get more the thirty fruits. Many a times, I've given them away.

Sometimes, I will make a drink from this .... that's the easiest thing to do. Boil a pot of water ... I use 2 litres and peel the bracts out of thirty roselle fruits as shown below. Then after the water has boiled turn off the fire and dump the entire fruits together with the peeled calyx. Cover the pot and wait for about 15-20 minutes. The water will turn blood red. The taste is tangy and I like it, so I drink it straight without adding any sugar. It is especially refreshing if it's chilled.

Hibiscus sabdariffa / A Row of Roselle

The row of Roselle is looking good. One of the plant even has a branch growing outwards while the others are just shooting upwards. The stems are red and this is an indication that the plants are receiving enough sunlight to grow well.

Roselle Calyxes

The row of Roselle plants are fruiting with these lovely red calyxes. I havn't tried making a drink with them cos' I heard that they are pretty tangy sour. I know anything that's sour has lots of Vitamin C. I will collect one to try soon. I also heard that the leaves can be eaten in a salad and they taste a bit tangy too. Now wait till I make my salad first.

Here's Wilson's article about the Roselle Plant also called the Ribena Plant .....

http://gardeningwithwilson.com/2009/04/30/ribena-plant/

Roselle Flower N Fruits

The roselle plants in the planter bed have flowered and fruited.

Roselle

I got the seeds from Wisteria and germinated them and planted them this way thinking that they are climbers. I got feedback that they can grow to be rather large plants and are not climbers LOL .Now I've planted them in another part of the garden. Will update at a later date.

Update 21/3/09
Here's where the roselles are planted now and they are doing quite well cos' I see they have red stems now. That means they are getting enough sunlight for them to grow. In fact when I checked on them recently two of the plantlets seem to be fruiting and another one has a flower bud blooming.