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What Causes Bitter Cukes? |
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Crisp, crunchy cucumbers straight out of the garden are delicious — except when they're bitter. What's up with that?
If you've ever bitten into a cucumber and noticed an odd bitter taste, you're tasting cucurbitacin — a natural organic compound found in the leaves, stems, and roots of cucumbers.
Cucurbitacin can spread to the fruit of the cucumber plant, and is typically more pronounced in the stem end rather than the blossom end. It's also more noticeable in the peel and in the light green area just under the peel.
Lack of water, spacing, and fertilizing affect of the amount of cucurbitacin in your cucumber, and almost any common variety of cukes will have some degree of bitterness. But there are ways to avoid tasting it.
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