Tomatoes are bitter

Tomatoes can be eaten as a vegetable or as a fruit. Tomato is a very good food because it contains rich vitamins needed by the human body. People who regularly eat tomatoes will experience whitening changes in their skin, and their body's immunity will also be improved, enhancing their resistance. Avoiding some major diseases is helpful to human health. Why do tomatoes taste bitter?

This phenomenon is mostly caused by the following factors:

(1) Excessive application of nitrogen fertilizer and sufficient water will cause the seedlings to grow too tall, the leaves to become enlarged, and the light to be shaded too much. The fruits will not see the sunlight, grow slowly, and have difficulty in coloring.

(2) Excessive nitrogen fertilizer will also inhibit the root system's absorption of fertilizer elements such as potassium, calcium, and magnesium, inducing physiological rot and causing poor fruit coloring.

The plant height exceeds 160 cm, the light in the lower leaf curtain layer is weak, the temperature is low, the fruit grows slowly and is not easy to color.

Prevention methods:

(1) Reduce the use of nitrogen fertilizer, appropriately increase the application of phosphorus, potassium and micro-fertilizers, and control irrigation before fruit setting to prevent the seedlings from growing too tall.

(2) Two days before watering, spray the plants with 2000 times the amount of growth-enhancing agent to prevent the leaves from growing too large and avoid insufficient light between the rows.

(3) Strictly control the plant height to around 150 cm to prevent the lower light from deteriorating and the temperature from being too low.

(4) Scientifically use "TinDa-2116" to improve the ability of tomatoes to resist low temperature and weak light and enhance leaf photosynthesis.

(5) Thin out the leaves appropriately to improve the lighting conditions in the lower part.

Food matters

1. It is not suitable to be eaten raw, especially for people with weak spleen and stomach and women during menstruation. If you only eat tomatoes as fruit to supplement vitamin C, or to relieve summer heat, it is best to eat them raw.

2. It is not suitable to eat on an empty stomach. When you are on an empty stomach, the secretion of gastric acid increases. Because certain chemical substances contained in tomatoes combine with gastric acid to easily form water-insoluble lumps, eating them often causes abdominal pain, stomach discomfort, and stomach bloating and pain.

3. Do not eat unripe green tomatoes because they contain poisonous solanine. Eating unripe green tomatoes will taste bitter. Eating too much can lead to severe poisoning, with symptoms such as dizziness, nausea, general discomfort, vomiting, and general fatigue. In severe cases, it can be life-threatening.

4. Do not heat at high temperature for a long time, because lycopene is easily decomposed by light, heat and oxygen, and loses its health-care effect. Therefore, long-term high-temperature heating should be avoided when cooking.