Cucumber is poisonous? Can I eat cucumber with flowers?

Cucumber is not poisonous. Cucumber with flowers can be eaten.

"What people call' hormones' is actually the use of plant growth regulators." Le Cai, an agronomist at Changping Plant Protection Station, said. According to the natural growth law, cucumber grows slowly, and when the cucumber is picked, its yellow flowers have naturally fallen off.

Le Cai said that in the current scientific and technological research, human beings have not found that the residues of plant growth regulators in vegetables and fruits will affect people and animals. Therefore, it is no problem for people to eat cucumber with flowers under the condition of meeting the safe dose of plant growth regulator. In addition, some cucumbers planted in greenhouses will bring flowers when they mature, but the small yellow flowers of cucumbers will not be so yellow.

Extended data

1. Under normal circumstances, it usually takes more than one week to pick cucumbers, and it usually takes 3-4 days for cucumbers to grow normally. On the fourth day, the smallpox will fall off automatically. Although some cucumbers still have flowers when they are ripe, they have withered. Therefore, if you see bright yellow flowers on cucumbers, it must be the result of human intervention.

2. According to relevant national regulations, plant growth regulators are allowed to be used in agricultural production. At present, agricultural departments only detect pesticide residues when sampling the quality of agricultural products, and the sampling of plant growth hormone can not reach the current technology, so this index is not within the detection range.

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