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Q: What do they use to grow those gigantic fruits and vegetables?
The size of fruits and veggies here seem quite unusual. I saw litchis the size of an apple in Guangzhou, watermelons as big as a 3-year old child, carrots the size of a bottle of beer and much more. It doesn't look like any of those are safe to eat.
You should see bananas in Kaifeng. Every batch of bananas has most of them 'burst out of the shell'. Fresh, greenish bananas are all 'shell is too small for fruit'. It must be some additive for growth.
I'm thinking, whatever Chinese find to increase the profit, they'll use it, and Gov. doesn't really give a fuk for that.
It would be the same in the West, if Gov. wouldn't prohibit some additives.
I'm not really sure, if Chinese grow bananas in China, but they probably do somewhere.
icnif77:
I wasn't sure, if they grow them anywhere in China. Bananas in China are different than anything I ate before. They are like overgrown or something. I'm sure Chinese add something to stimulate the growth.
it is all in the urine...the growth
my 5th floor balcony garden is doing fine
You can't see the (good) taste, but you can see the size ?
No regulations on use of fertilizer
No education for farmers
Selection of seeds from only big crop/Genetically engineering perhaps ?
jetfire9000:
about 5 months ago i saw what appeared to be a major counter movement to GMO in the news. It was odd but exciting to see. However that all seems to have disappeared. All I know is that most of the fruits and veggies on sale see too perfect looking not to be GMO.
Scandinavian:
Food safety is on the list of topics not allow to be on the news !
You should see bananas in Kaifeng. Every batch of bananas has most of them 'burst out of the shell'. Fresh, greenish bananas are all 'shell is too small for fruit'. It must be some additive for growth.
I'm thinking, whatever Chinese find to increase the profit, they'll use it, and Gov. doesn't really give a fuk for that.
It would be the same in the West, if Gov. wouldn't prohibit some additives.
I'm not really sure, if Chinese grow bananas in China, but they probably do somewhere.
icnif77:
I wasn't sure, if they grow them anywhere in China. Bananas in China are different than anything I ate before. They are like overgrown or something. I'm sure Chinese add something to stimulate the growth.
Chinese like big vegetables, fruits, cars and so on. Compensating for something else.
well, there were those exploding watermelons a few years ago.
HGH, and other steroids.
it's just different breeds. nothing to worry about.
