In general, open-air strawberries begin to mature in April and May. This type of strawberry is sweet and sour and has a delicious taste. Strawberry in the unseasonal season is usually planted in large greenhouses. In the cold winter and spring seasons, it is cultivated using windbreaks, impotence, hotbeds, plastic greenhouses, greenhouses and other cold insulation facilities. The nutrient content of strawberry produced in this way is not lower than that of strawberry cultivated in open air. However, some strawberry growers have used ripeners or other hormone drugs in order to get strawberries in the morning market, increase production, sell for a good price, and some use pigments to process strawberries. In this way, the growth period of strawberries will be shorter and the color will be more fresh, but the strawberry flavor will be lighter and the nutrient content will be greatly reduced.
Hormone Strawberry Bad Place
Experts pointed out that for these hormone-containing fruits, the public should eat less. Because after eating, hormones are deposited in the body, it will damage the function of human reproduction. If you eat this ripe fruit for a long time, it will lead to children's development disorders. Some young children who have not reached puberty will have physiological conditions that do not match their own age. This ripening agent that remains in the fruit may cause the girl's breast to swell, the boy to grow a beard on the mouth, and the thicker vocal sound.
How to tell if strawberries use hormones
According to experts, strawberries grow too quickly and it is easy to form purse water. Some strawberries touch the water. At the same time easily hollow in the middle. Irregular shapes and large strawberries are generally caused by excessive hormones. After ripening agents or other hormone drugs were used in strawberry, the growth period became shorter and the color was fresh, but the fruit taste became lighter.
How can we distinguish between ordinary strawberries and hormone strawberries?
“Look at the appearance, see the color, see the surface, look inside, smell the smell, taste the taste, and weigh.†It was Luam's “eight steps†to pick a good strawberry. She said, look at the appearance: It is better to choose a smaller, more regular cone shape. Hormone strawberries are larger and more bizarre, and there will be more distorted situations. Some hormonal strawberries have a conical shape because of their variety, but they are large in size.
Second, look at the color: choose a bright red uniform color, bright red color as well. Hormone strawberry color is not uniform (that is not full-red fruit or semi-red and half green), gloss is poor, the color of the strawberry leaf pedicle is clear and red, local red color is too deep, while other parts are lighter in color.
Third, look at the surface: The surface of the sesame seeds (granules) is golden yellow. The fresh fruit has a shiny surface that does not break or flow.
Four look inside: Cut strawberries along the pedigree of the strawberry, picking the red and shiny flesh of the flesh. The interior is plump and full. If there is a cavity or hole in the strawberry, it may be a hormone strawberry or a strawberry that survives. In addition, if the color of the flesh is found to be too white, this strawberry should not be purchased.
Five smells: Good strawberries have the unique fragrance of strawberry, but the taste of hormone strawberry is strange or the taste of strawberry is particularly heavy.
Six tasting notes: A good strawberry has a high sweetness and an even distribution of sweetness, while the hormone strawberry tastes boring and smells unsavory.
Weighing: Don't buy strawberries that are particularly heavy, mostly hormone strawberries. Small or medium weight strawberries are better than heavy strawberries.