After Tet, my kumquat tree is still full of fruit, big and ripe. Can I use it to display or eat? (Thu, 22 years old, Hanoi ).
Reply:
Kumquats have a fragrant smell, are rich in nutritional value, are good for health, and can be used by everyone. In Oriental medicine, kumquats are spicy, sweet, slightly sour, warm, dissolve phlegm, reduce cough, regulate qi, and strengthen the spleen. Eating kumquats with rock sugar can cure coughs and asthma. Kumquats marinated in sugar have the effect of appetizers and regulating qi. This fruit is rich in vitamin C, has antioxidant properties, enhances the body's resistance, improves the immune system, helps sober up, and cures colds and fevers.
Before Tet, gardeners plant and care for kumquat trees to sell. According to folk beliefs, kumquat trees full of fruit symbolize health, peace, longevity, luck and reunion in the new year. Beautiful kumquat trees bring fortune and success in work, and can be enjoyed throughout January or longer.
Therefore, many places spray or inject pesticides or chemicals, chemical fertilizers to make the fruit beautiful, big, keep the tree beautiful longer or produce fruit faster. Therefore, eating this type of kumquat is not good for health, easily contaminated. Even soaking or washing is not safe.
In case of kumquats grown at home for Tet, with clear origin, no fertilization or chemical pesticides, you can use them with peace of mind. However, this type of kumquat is often not beautiful, the fruit is not big, round, and golden yellow.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh
Institute of Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology
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