Why are cucumbers bitter?
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The reason is simple - cucumbers were grown in violation of technology.
Cucumbers often plucked from the garden in the region of the stalk have a bitter taste. In the process of salting, this unpleasant aftertaste disappears, but fresh cucumbers with a bitter tip are unpleasant to eat. The bitterness is caused by the substance cucurbitacin, which this vegetable secretes.
The problem of bitterness lies not in temperature changes and not in the low temperature of the water with which the plant is watered, but in the choice of varieties and hybrids. In particular, bee-pollinated varieties of cucumbers can taste bitter.
How to grow cucumbers without bitterness
It is optimal to plant self-pollinated plants that will not be 100% bitter. There are some hybrids that are never bitter - these are Marinda, Cupid, Herman, Athena, Mirabelle, Adam and a number of other hybrids. Even if 5-7 different varieties grown in identical conditions will grow on your site, then among them it is the hybrids that will never be bitter.
If it so happens that you come across bitter cucumbers and need to cook them - read the ways how to get rid of the bitterness of cucumbers.
Author / Editor - Lydia Ivanova
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