Old farmer's experience: how to judge whether the grapefruit is mature or not? How to choose grapefruit?

The flesh of grapefruit is high in vitamin C. It has the effect of eliminating food and detoxifying alcohol. Now is the time for grapefruit to go on the market, so how to judge whether the grapefruit is mature or not? How to choose grapefruit? Next, let's listen to the experience of Uncle Li, a grapefruit grower in Xiangxi, Hunan.

How to judge whether the grapefruit is mature or not when buying it?

1. Smell: smell the fragrance, the ripe grapefruit has a rich fragrance

2. Knock: that is, press and beat the skin of the fruit to see if it sinks. The quality of the sunken inelastic grapefruit is poor.

Pay attention to when buying grapefruit, ripe grapefruit, smell will smell very good, you buy when you press its skin, ripe grapefruit skin will be sunken down, the surface of the thin basically can be bought.

3. If you buy a grapefruit that is not very ripe, it will be ready in a few days. If you are in a hurry, you can take these measures to accelerate ripening and get it ripe quickly:

(1) Rice ripening method. With ordinary rice, bury the grapefruit you want to ripen in the rice, usually 5 days later, the fruit will be fully ripe. The time can be reduced or increased according to the degree of ripening of the fruit itself.

(2) Banana, apple ripening method. Put the grapefruit you want to ripen with bananas or apples and fasten it tightly in a bag. It will be fully ripe after 3 days.

There are so many different kinds of grapefruit on the market, how to choose them?

1. The grapefruit with delicate and smooth skin is more delicious. If the skin of grapefruit is rough and too yellow, it may be because it has been placed for a long time or does not grow well. The grapefruit with fine and clean skin and yellowish or orange-yellow skin is ripe, juicy and sweet.

2. The thin-skinned grapefruit is delicious. Cut the grapefruit with a knife. If the skin is thicker, it will not be too delicious. The delicious grapefruit generally has a thin skin. Or press the epidermis with your hands. If the skin is hard, the skin is thin, and the skin is soft.

3, the heavier grapefruit is delicious, the heavier grapefruit contains more water, so it is more delicious, the same size of grapefruit, first weigh with the right hand, and then weigh the second, be careful not to use the left and right hand comparison at the same time, because the left and right hand feeling threshold is different. It's best to weigh it.

4. The grapefruit with wide top tip and lower width is more delicious. If the upper neck is longer, it means less meat and more skin. It is best to choose a grapefruit with a short, flat, round neck and a flat bottom.

5. The grapefruit with more moisture is delicious. Cut the grapefruit and check the moisture of the grapefruit pulp. If the grapefruit pulp is dry, it will be too hard, too astringent and lack of sweetness.

Attached: preservation method of grapefruit

1. Just bought the grapefruit to eat may feel less water, that is because it has not been fully saccharified, take off all the plastic bags on your grapefruit, a week later, you will feel a significant increase in moisture

2. The grapefruit should be stored in a ventilated place, and the temperature should not be too low; it is better to be above + 10 degrees.

3. Grapefruit is afraid of water, so it is best not to touch it, but what you fear most is wine. Do not let wine touch grapefruit. Grapefruit peel will rot as soon as it touches wine. Of course, there are fewer opportunities to drink and eat grapefruit.