What to do if there are worms in bayberry

When fruit farmers are planting fruit trees. The most troublesome problem is being bitten by mosquitoes, which will not only damage product production but also affect the health of customers. The fruit of bayberry is very attractive to insects, so when eating bayberry, you must wash it thoroughly and get rid of the insects inside. You can place the bayberry in a container and add a little salt. Soaking it in salt water can kill the insects. Here are the specific steps.

You can take a dish and fill it with shallow salt water.

Place the bayberries in salt water.

You can see the bugs coming out every 15 to 30 minutes.

Scoop up the insects on the surface.

Such bayberry can be eaten after rinsing it with clean water.

There are many fruit fly larvae in bayberry. You can soak it in water or white wine, put it in an oxygen-free environment, and it will come out. But I suggest you don’t try it, because if you try it, you won’t dare to eat bayberry anymore. Hahaha. In fact, the high protein content in bayberry is not harmful to the human body. It depends on whether you can accept it.

Bayberry: A small tree or shrub belonging to the class Magnoliaceae, family Myricae, genus Myrica. It is also known as Shengshengmei, Baidimei, and tree plum. It has high medicinal and edible value and is distributed in East China, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and other regions. Bayberry is native to Yuyao, Zhejiang, China. In 1973, when the Neolithic Hemudu site was excavated in Yuyao, Bayberry pollen was discovered, indicating that bayberry was growing in the area more than 7,000 years ago. There are more than 50 species in this genus. The known species in China include bayberry, white bayberry, hairy bayberry, green bayberry and dwarf bayberry. The main species cultivated economically is bayberry.

Bayberry has luxuriant branches and leaves, a round crown, and abundant red fruits in early summer. It is very lovely and is an excellent tree species for combining landscaping and production. It is suitable to be planted alone or in clusters on lawns, courtyards, or in rows on roadsides; it is also ideal to use dense planting to separate spaces or provide shelter. Economic Uses: The fruit has a moderately sweet and sour taste and can be eaten directly or processed into dried bayberry, sauce, candied fruit, etc. It can also be used to make wine. It has the functions of quenching thirst, promoting salivation, and aiding digestion.