You bought fresh cucumbers for salad or for preservation, but they turned out to be bitter taste. It's a shame when you grow the cucumbers in the country, but after care and painstaking care they grew up with bitterness. The fruits are obtained by bitter due to our climate - sharp temperature differences and lack of moisture. From this, the cucumbers are distinguished by Cukurbitatsin, the substance is in the peel of the fetus. Do not rush to throw vegetables, you can remove bitterness with them.
Clean bitterness with cucumbers rubbing
For lettuce, you can simply cut the peel from cucumbers and use to use. But all vitamins are in the peel. So try another way:
- cut in the washed cucumbers "ass";
- try a sliced \u200b\u200bpiece to taste. If it is baptized - rub the cut from the fetus cut with circular movements;
- you will see that white foam will go from cucumber. Straighten until it becomes small.
With these actions, you get rid of the vegetable from Cukurbitatin, and bitterness will disappear. Wash the fruits once again and use the destination.
We remove bitterness with cucumbers with salt
This method of getting rid of bitterness is suitable if you made a salad of cucumbers, and you didn't like the taste. Put the chopped vegetables with salt slightly and leave half an hour. Wait for the cucumbers let juice. Cukurbitatsin will be released with juice, and bitterness will disappear. Rinse cucumbers under running cold water, and let it die a bit. If you do not promo - reduce salad.
Clean the bitterness of cucumbers before conservation
You want to pickle or pick up cucumbers, and they turned out to be bitter. You prepared for preservation not one kilogram of vegetables, and the first two ways will be ineffective. Miss with fruits will have long. Do not be discouraged, use the following method:
- thoroughly wash the cucumbers under cold water;
- pour vegetables in a cold water pelvis and leave for 12 hours. If you pour in the morning - change the water every 3 hours;
- in the morning, cut the skin with the cucumbers if the cucumbers are very bitten. If the taste suits you - leave the peel.
During the preservation, put on top of the jar of a few robles of Khrena or a little dry mustard. Marinization of vegetables removes bitterness with them, as the heat treatment will destroy Cukurbitatsin.
How to prevent bitterness in cucumbers in bed
To reduce the amount of Cukurbitatsin in vegetables that grow on a garden, use the following tips:
- water the cucumbers with warm water. In the heat, watering increases. If it became cold - do not water at all a few days;
- spray cucumbers in severe heat. Do it early in the morning and late in the evening;
- fodder vegetables. Use comprehensive fertilizers or potash salter. Never fertilize the cucumbers with a fresh manure, the roots will imperide the roots from him;
- pay attention to the packaging when buying cucumber seeds. Choose a variety without bitterness. This is written on the package;
- protect cucumbers on a plot from direct sunlight. Install the protective grid on the beds. But the lack of the Sun can be the cause of bitterness;
- choose the right ground for planting cucumbers. Do not land them in soil with lots of sand and clay.
You will not be able to change the weather and climate affecting plants. But it is properly to care for cucumbers in the country area under the power of every gardener to get a harvest without bitterness. And if you bought bitter cucumbers - take advantage of the above methods and get sweet and delicious vegetables for salads and conservation.