Post Date October, 10 2023
Is there a contraceptive pill for the top flower cucumber? Everyone likes to buy cucumbers with yellow flowers, but recently there have been reports that cucumbers with yellow flowers use contraceptive pills. So, do cucumbers with top flowers have contraceptive pills? Now let's introduce it to everyone.
Cucumbers with thorny flowers contain contraceptive pills and cannot be purchased. Nowadays, there is news circulating on some online forums that some citizens are afraid to buy cucumbers with flowers on top when they see the color change. What is the truth?
Cucumbers usually have obvious tumors at the top
Vegetable vendor: Pull out the flowers first when selling cucumbers
At a vegetable market near the Yanshan community, a vegetable vendor is pulling out the flower bones of cucumbers from a basket one by one.
Flowers are not easy to sell. The vegetable vendor said that in the past ten days, several customers have asked him, 'Has this kind of cucumber with flowers been sprayed with contraceptive pills?'? To avoid suspicion, he had to pull out the flower bones on the cucumber one by one.
Visit: There are flowers on the top of cucumbers
At the Linxiang South Street vegetable market, Mr. Wang, who sells cucumbers, said that only tender cucumbers have complete flower bones. He pointed to a pile of cucumbers with water droplets and said, 'This kind of cucumber with flowers was just picked from the field last night.'. Mr. Wang said, 'It's been three or four days since I left it, and when I first picked it, I still brought the flower bones.'.
On the streets, markets, and some large supermarkets, almost all cucumbers have flowers, and it is rare to see cucumbers without flowers.
Expert: Cucumbers have tumors
Cucumbers produced by hormones are rare in the Jinan market. Wang Bing, a researcher at the Vegetable Research Institute of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, said that it is rumored online that the use of contraceptives on flowering cucumbers is actually an auxin, a plant hormone. Generally speaking, the use of nationally approved auxin during vegetable cultivation results in vegetables that are harmless to the human body.
Most cucumbers used for medication appear in some cities in the south, and are rare in Jinan. Under normal circumstances, some naturally grown cucumbers will remain after ripening, but have already withered and will naturally fall off when lightly touched during transportation.
During the growth process, a large amount of auxin was applied to cucumbers, and the top flower buds were relatively large. Even after a few days of storage, the top flower remained in bud. Cucumbers have a distinct characteristic, which is the connection between flower bones and buds, with a distinct soybean size resembling a tumor. If citizens encounter such cucumbers, it's best not to buy them.
