August is a special time not only for ordinary people who like to observe the incredible riot of colors and the beauty of our nature, but also for berry growers or just for those people who have currant or blueberry bushes on their plot. Berry season is in full swing and you need to get everything from it! Picking berries is a very exciting and interesting, but extremely exhausting activity: the branches climb into your eyes, the berries are difficult to get, and it’s just annoying to throw one berry into the basket. The question arises: how can you speed up and simplify the harvest and the answer is - a berry picker. The thing is very practical - a comfortable handle, great pleasure, and most importantly - a high speed of collection. Indeed, the harvest is about three times faster than usual, but there is an opinion that berry pickers harm berry bushes. You can even give an example: in Belarus, picking berries with any mechanical devices is prohibited. It is believed that a large number of leaves break off from the bush and branches break off in the process of its use.

But it is only considered so - an experiment was conducted, the results of which slightly disagree with the prevailing opinion.

In this experiment, a high-quality berry picker was used - not handicraft - like this .

What is the point? From lot 25 square meters they harvested lingonberries - they harvested well, without missing anything. Having processed the site, they started counting the harvest - as a result, they got about 3 kilograms of berries, 40 leaves and a couple of inflorescences.

From this experiment, we can conclude that a high-quality factory berry picker does not harm nature in any way, and what does this mean, which means that this unit can be used to the fullest.

But something I digressed from the product itself - let's take a closer look at the berry picker itself, or rather, list its advantages over manual method picking berries:

Firstly, the berry picker greatly increases the efficiency of your work: you no longer need to bend down, bend over, crawl on your back and climb thorny bushes, just run through the bush once and all the berries are already in the combine’s capacity.

High level of convenience. The berry picker is made in such a way that when using it you will not experience discomfort: a comfortable rubberized handle, sharp cutters for separating berries from a branch and a very durable berry receiver made of high quality plastic. Harvesting will bring only pleasure.

- The most important advantage of berry pickers, by right, is speed. A bucket of blueberries in 15 minutes - impossible? Very even possible! One movement along the bush and in the combine harvester there is already half a glass of fresh berries - how do you like this alignment?

Now you know what berry pickers are, how they are dangerous and not dangerous, their main qualities and advantages, but you came here not to learn more about them, but to buy them. We list all the products of the berry pickers that our store offers:

Harvester for picking berries, 10 cm wide. An excellent tool, suitable for picking a wide variety of berries: blueberries, lingonberries, cranberries, cranberries and even sea buckthorn. hallmark This harvester is that it does not capture the leaves, of course, three leaves can fall on, as you understand - these are not serious losses from the bush.

Basic berry picker 14 cm. An excellent average option, suitable for picking wild berries in the forest, as well as for your own bush on the site. It does not damage or crush the berries - they get into the harvester receiver safe and sound. Doesn't pick up leaves. It has a comfortable handle, which is most important - once you try to collect with this tool, you will understand that you do not need anything else.

Berry picker wide 17 cm. Berry picking is a wonderful activity, you must admit: forest, nature, what else do you need, if picking berries is a direct source of profit, then for industrial picking you need something more than a small berry picker. For such purposes, a wide berry picker was invented.

Berry picker for children. Berry picking is often a family activity. They also like picking berries, but they won’t pick five buckets of them and won’t be able to use adult berry pickers. Based on these reasons, a children's berry picker was invented. This harvester has two differences from the usual ones - it's design and size.

Many special devices have been invented for harvesting berries. They are produced at factories, and craftsmen make such devices to order on their own. To choose a model for a wild rose, you need to familiarize yourself with the types and photos of devices. For personal use, many of them can be made with your own hands.

Types of devices for picking berries

Devices designed for picking berries in the garden, in the country or in the forest save time and optimize the entire process. No need to stretch or bend over each individual berry, you can remove several pieces at once. Some devices invented specifically for wild rose do not speed up the collection, but only make it more comfortable. For example, the purpose of some is to protect their hands from thorny branches. A simple classification of devices that are used to collect a variety of berries looks like this:

Attention! On the forums, many gardeners speak out negatively against the use of fruit pickers. In their opinion, special scoops and rakes negatively affect the integrity of berry bushes and trees.

Simple devices for removing rose hips from branches

So that during the harvesting of a useful crop the branches do not prick your hands, you should stock up on a simple device that is made from ordinary plastic bottle. It can be a container for drinking water, shampoo or liquid soap. First of all, it must be washed and dried well, and then:

• cut off the bottom, make 4 sharp cloves on the edges. The height of each of them is 4 cm;
• put the bottle neck on a stick;
• for reliability, fix with a nail or screw.

Advice. This model is suitable for collecting almost any berries that hang on branches. For rose hips, you can increase the number of cloves, making them more frequent, and also use a container made of dense plastic. Then it will not be deformed during operation.

An even easier way to make a rosehip picker is to simply cut off a plastic bottle. It should be freely worn on the hand and have a slightly narrowed neck. It is cut off together with the bottom of the container. The hand is pushed into the finished design in such a way that the narrower part of the bottle is in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe fingers. The device protects against prickly rose hips, allowing you to comfortably pick off each berry.

For the same purpose, you can make a tin ladle. It is suitable for harvesting not only rose hips, but also gooseberries, which are also known for their "inhospitability" (sharp thorns). To do this, a blank is cut out of a sheet of tin, resembling a drawing of an unfolded scoop with sharp teeth on both sides. Approximate parameters:

• height - 40 cm;
• bottom width - 5 cm;
• the height of the teeth (2 on each side) is 2 cm. They are drawn outside the bottom contour;
• handle width at the top - 10 cm.

Rose hip

Having cut the workpiece with scissors, it is bent: the upper part of the handle is folded across the width, making it voluminous for convenience. Then the bottom is turned inside, both sides are connected above it with cloves - they form the front part, which will remove the berries.

Devices that make picking berries faster

To stack berries taken from a bush, they usually use a basket, bag, bag, jar, etc. As an alternative to any of these containers, craftsmen have come up with several inventions to speed up the harvest. For example, simple in execution, but functional tray. It is made of slats, the bottom is made of a sheet of plywood or a piece of tarpaulin. The second option is even better if you plan to collect not rose hips, but currants or gooseberries. In this case, the berries will not be beaten.

The structure is placed under a bush, and the cut berries are dropped directly onto it. Approximate tray dimensions:

• length - 80 cm;
• width of one side - 80 cm, the other - 45 cm.

Berry Picker Helps Reduce Harvesting Time

The narrower side of the tray is not made straight, but in the form of the letter V. This will allow you to move the device close to the base of the bush. According to reviews, such a device speeds up the collection of berries by 1.5-2 times.

The same function is performed by a net for harvesting. A cover is sewn from the fabric in the form of a cap, but they do not put it on a stick, but make a slit on one side. A hand is inserted into this hole, and picking off the berries, they immediately drop them into a cloth bag. You can trim the top, as well as the hole for the hand with a metal strip. It is also often used to make a small ring (retainer) for the index finger, which facilitates the use of the device. With such devices, you do not need to be distracted by placing each fruit in a basket or jar.

Do-it-yourself berry harvester: video

As it was correctly noted here, the principle of creating any combine for picking berries, including for blueberries, is the same: a box with a small capacity (about a liter or two), the bottom of which is a comb or comb. A handle is welded to the box - long, short, at your discretion. The distance between the teeth of the comb should be maintained optimally: so that the berries do not fall through, and so that the bushes do not tear out, do not spoil the plants.

By the way, experienced berry pickers say that with certain skills (hold bushes with one hand, pick with the other), this method is no less gentle than, for example, manual picking.

blueberry harvester

A blueberry harvester is no different from a harvester for lingonberries and similar berries. Yes, it is believed that picking berries with such devices causes significant damage to the plant, injuring the stems and leaves, but picking berries with such a combine is quite fast.

I will not load you with the intricacies of the drawings and suggest that you familiarize yourself with the drawings of such combines here (you will also find a drawing of a device for cleaning berries here)

There is such a simple option - this is a bucket and rods welded to it.

But still it would be better if the harvester is made of plastic - this will cause less harm and it is more convenient for them to work.

You can also buy a harvester for picking berries by ordering it in an online store or buying it in the household department.

By the way, if you are still going to pick berries with a combine harvester, then read the rules on how best to grab a bush, hold it, etc.

Acquainted with detailed instructions for the manufacture of a blueberry harvester can be found here. With it, it is much more convenient and faster to pick blueberries.



But I prefer to pick berries with my hands, the result is less, but more interesting!

Attention, using a blueberry harvester is illegal!

Homemade harvester is not complicated in the device. The main part is a place for picking blueberries, the so-called body. You can use a tin box or something else. Get a comfortable handle. You also need a comb, which you will peel off the bushes. It can be cut from tin, you can use a hard wire.

The combine, of course, will help you pick blueberries very well and quickly, but in the process you will be united with nature and have many pleasant moments, because picking blueberries with your hands is pleasant, the smell and feeling of berries in your hands bring a lot of pleasure. And to make a combine, you just need to take something like a planer and adapt a rake at the exit, it will turn out convenient and not expensive.

You can do it, but this is an administrative violation, for which you can be held accountable (in Belarus, 20 basic units, which equals 2,000,000 Belarusian rubles).

for manufacturing, you will need aluminum tin, metal scissors, metal screws and steel wire with a cross section of 2-3 mm. Here's what should happen:

It is known that it is illegal to collect blueberries with a harvester and is an administrative offense. In this case, I fully agree with the authorities (at least in some ways care for nature is manifested). Think for yourself, blueberry bushes (like lingonberries) grow for a very long time, and you can easily damage them with a combine.

At least watch out when picking berries with a combine, so as not to spoil the blueberry bushes. Thanks to such a combine, you can even collect gooseberries.

The main element of this device is a comb. In fact, all other details are already secondary.

• You can either buy a comb in a similar form or make your own from wood. In this case, the length of the teeth should be approximately 60mm, and the gap between individual teeth should be 5mm. It is advised not to use metal, cutting combs, as they are more likely to damage the bud of the plant and the berries next year cannot be seen from this bush.
• In addition to the comb, it would be convenient if there was a small box / drive where the collected berry would roll. Let the box be not very large, so that it is more convenient for her to wield.
• Well, for complete convenience, you can attach a handle to the drive, holding on to which it will be more convenient to pick berries.

In fact, there is nothing complicated in this device, and you can make it from improvised means - from plastic or wood. The most important thing is the distance between the teeth, and the rest is a matter of comfort / convenience.

You can peep at the existing combines, how all the nuances are implemented there. For example, you can look here or also here

Some berries take a very long time to pick with your hands, including blueberries. Therefore, people came up with a special harvester for harvesting blueberries.

For the manufacture of such a combine, plywood and non-soft wire are used. The harvester is a kind of bucket, in the lower part of which the same wires are located at a certain distance from each other (so that the blueberries are captured and do not slip through them). The meaning is that the blueberries are captured between the wires, some effort is applied and the berry comes off the bush and falls into the depths of this combine.

You can see how to do it and what proportions you need to observe in the video below:

Summer is the time when sweet berries ripen and it's time to pick them. When difficulties arise during work, a lingonberry harvester will help you, which you can do yourself. With the help of such a device, you can easily collect whole fruits from your garden. The manufacturing process of the device will not bring any difficulties, and harvesting will become very convenient and interesting.

Materials and construction

Such a do-it-yourself harvester for picking berries is somewhat reminiscent of a scoop.

In order to make such a simple apparatus for small berries with your own hands, you need the most ordinary materials, tools that are in every home:

• Sheet steel;
• fasteners;
• tree branches;
• drill;
• metal wire.

The design of the device is quite simple, so you can easily make it. It will become simply irreplaceable in use. Now you can quickly and easily collect the fruits of not only lingonberries, but also blueberries, cranberries and other berries (Fig. 1):

1. The whole design of this device is a body with handles and a bottom. To prevent the berries from falling out again, a comb is provided.
2. She has a special partition (Fig. 3), which facilitates the harvesting of large quantities. The main advantage of this device is that lingonberries do not spoil at all at the time when they are harvested.
3. Before starting work, in addition, you need to purchase plywood or plastic, from which the main part is cut (Fig. 1). The rest is done with wire.

Manufacturing technique

1. In order for the berry picker to serve you for more than 1 year, you need to carefully carry out calculations, draw up all the drawings and diagrams, which describe in detail the dimensions of all parts of the device.
2. Next, use special scissors to cut out the body and bottom of the combine from a metal piece (Fig. 2).
3. Then proceed to the manufacture of parts for the comb, which is made of wire with a diameter of 3 mm. Prepare several such pins no larger than 100 mm in size.
4. Bend galvanized steel from one end, you will get a hard edge, at a distance of which a straight line is drawn, perpendicular to the long side of the plate.
5. Make several holes, the diameter of which is equal to the caliber of the rods. They are located on the sides of the plate. The most suitable distance between the teeth is 4 mm (Fig. 3).
6. Bend the ends of the plate so that you get a side. The detail prevents the collected berries from falling; insert the rods into the holes made and fix them wooden lath.
7. The rods should be soldered to the base of the apparatus.
8. The sidewalls must be cut separately from the bottom of the structure, and their height is chosen as desired. The edges must be bent at a right angle to the inside. Attach the bottom to the fold lines, and make rods on the sides to make the device a little stiffer.
9. To give the handle a peculiar shape, use a small amount of galvanized steel. Release a few centimeters from the edges of the strip and bend at an angle. Attach the handle to the top side of the part base. Another version of the handle can be made from a metal rod and welded.
10. In order not to harm your fingers, wrap everything with electrical tape.

Now picking berries will not cause any trouble.

Of course, metal appliances are the most durable, but there are options for making a combine from other materials.

How to make a berry harvester (video)

Other options for creating a device

If you do not know what material to use for the combine, then pay attention to the tree. The manufacturing method is quite simple and practical. What you will need:

• skewers for barbecue;
• large branches of a tree (approximate diameter of branches 10-12 cm);
• saw;
• chisel;
• drill;
• drill;
• glue.

To start with a saw, make 2 identical circles from branches. Then, using a chisel on one wooden figure, make a hole indented from the edges by 1 cm. The resulting parts must be properly sanded and get rid of splinters and burrs.

After that, proceed to the creation of the comb. For this purpose, you will need a drill and a drill, the diameter of which must match the caliber of the barbecue sticks. Drill holes in the circle.

The optimal distance between the holes is no more than 5 mm, so that the berries do not fall to the ground when harvested. When the holes on the first figure are ready, repeat the same with the second. Next, lay one rounded part on top of the other so that their holes match. Using barbecue sticks, pull both figures from each other at a distance of 15 cm and fix the frame with glue. The combine harvester is ready (Fig. 4).

The easiest way to assemble a harvester consists of a durable plastic bottle. For this design, you will also need a knife, stick, rein, etc.

Ketchup containers, which are known for their strength, are best suited. container for mineral water can quickly fall into disrepair. The bottle itself should be small in size, with a large neck in order to easily get the collected berries.

Make marks on it, a small flag with a couple of teeth. Using a sharp knife, a hole is cut along the contour, after which the bottle is tied to a stick with a cord or fixed with tape.

Harvester for harvesting blueberries and lingonberries (video)

Since ancient times, man has obtained his livelihood by collecting edible wild fruits and berries. The method of picking berries has remained the same since those times - you squat or lean over a bush, tear off a berry (or better a handful of berries) from a twig and put it in a basket. Of course, it is also possible to pick berries in this way, only now you will prick your hands on branches, or even one of the inhabitants of the forest or swamp will bite. It is not easy to bend over every berry, and labor productivity is low. Although, what kind of work is it - it's a pleasure from communicating with nature, but it's still hard to bend down and unbend.

To increase it (productivity) and collect for certain time more berries, you need some adaptation.

When a lot of mushrooms are born in the forest, people say: “Though a scythe!” And here a comparison naturally suggested itself: what, berries in a good year should be harvested with a rake? This is where the idea came to mind...

Currently, I have made an original tool for picking berries, with which you can do this while standing, without bending over. I consider my invention important for male assemblers - for some reason it is more difficult for them to bend than for women.

The design is, in general, simple. It looks like a joint combination of small inverted horse rakes (although you rarely see such ones anywhere now) and a toy excavator bucket: it consists of a body and teeth connected by a plate. Well, since this tool is manual, there is also a shell with a handle attached to the body.

The bucket body is cut from galvanized steel sheet with a thickness of 0.5 - 0.8 mm. I do not advise using a thicker sheet due to the weight of the structure: when picking berries, your hands will get tired. But replacing galvanized steel with stainless steel of the same thickness is not only possible, but also desirable. The wire for the teeth must be chosen hard, springy, so that it keeps the given initial shape, even if it bends arbitrarily during operation. It is best to bend the wire into teeth using a copier.

The device in question is designed to collect various berries with a diameter of 5 mm or more. These are such gifts of the forest as blueberries, lingonberries, blueberries, cranberries. You can collect currants and gooseberries. If you want only larger berries to fall into the scoop, you can increase the pitch of the wire teeth accordingly. At the same time, the distances between the cloves in the light should be equal or even slightly less than the harvested berry.

With a wire diameter of 2 mm, the pitch will be 7 mm. For the described device of identical cloves, 18 pieces are needed. In the case and the plate with the same pitch of 7 mm, 18 holes with a diameter of 2 mm (according to the thickness of the wire) are drilled (preferably together and simultaneously), into which the teeth are inserted. The plate is bent 180 degrees, compressing each wire. It is better to solder this place for the rigidity of the whole structure with any fusible solder. The straight ends of the wires are inserted into the holes of the body until they stop. After that, the ears of the plate are riveted to the body, and the ears of the body are bent and crimped tighter around the extreme teeth.

1 - housing (galvanized steel sheet s0.5);

2 - teeth (spring steel wire Ø2, 18 pieces);

3 - plate (galvanized steel sheet s0.5);

4 - tuleyka (pipe Ø20-24);

5 - assembly connection of fixture parts (steel rivet Ø3, 5 pcs.);

6 - handle (hardwood tree);

7 - fastening the handle in the shell (screw Ø3).

The bracket for attaching the handle - the body is made from a piece of thin-walled pipe or curved from galvanized steel with a slightly greater thickness (1 - 1.5 mm) than the body and plate. The handle is round, made of light, but at the same time quite strong wood. You can also use modern plastic materials but not fragile. The average length of the handle is approximately 500 mm (but this size may vary depending on the height of the assembler), and its diameter is 18 - 22 mm. The lower end of the handle is cut slightly into a cone, or rather, into a wedge and inserted into the tube of the body. There is a hole in the wall of the tube for a small screw, with which the handle is attached there. The tuley itself is attached to the body with three rivets. Modern instrument- riveter - allows you to beautifully, and most importantly - securely fasten thin-walled parts. Those who do not have a riveter can perform this operation manually or screw the handle to the body with M4 bolts.