Wild fruit 3 times more nutritious than tomatoes, can delay aging, grow it in a pot and pick it to eat

There is a small wild berry that used to love growing in sunny open fields and abandoned land at the edges of fields. When unripe it is green, and once ripe it turns yellow. Peel off the paper-like skin, and the fruit is juicy and sweet, especially loved by children, and summer and autumn are precisely its peak season.

The scientific name of this small wild fruit is goldenberry. We call it Chinese lantern, because its fruit is shaped like a lantern, with a very thin skin, and the fruit inside is about the size of a cherry. In some places it is also called jin guniang. Do not underestimate this small wild fruit; its nutritional value and medicinal value are both relatively high.

The fresh fruit of the Chinese lantern contains 3 times as much vitamin B as tomatoes, and also contains 7 other vitamins needed by the human body, 18 amino acids and 21 trace elements, etc. It has the effect of delaying aging, and it is also a traditional Chinese medicinal herb, with the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and relieving cough and promoting urination.

The Chinese lantern has a high sugar content and tastes fresh and sweet. Besides being eaten directly as a fruit, it can also be used to make canned goods, candied fruit, salad dressing, etc., with a unique flavor.

In fact, this small Chinese lantern can also be planted in a flower pot. It is an annual plant of the Solanaceae family, can grow up to 50 cm tall, and has a relatively long flowering period, from February to October. The fruiting period is even longer, starting to bear fruit in March and continuing until November. From then on, grown in a pot at home, you can pick the fruit fresh whenever you want to eat it.

The Chinese lantern has strong adaptability and is very cold-tolerant. It can be grown in both the north and south, with a suitable temperature of 12-30°C. The best planting season is April and May, and it can also be planted in autumn. It does not demand much from potting soil, but sandy loam rich in organic matter is beneficial to its growth.

The Chinese lantern does not have high light requirements. Even if the light at home is not very good, you can still grow it well. It is very drought-tolerant; just water it by the principle of dry-wet alternation, without waterlogging, and slightly dry potting soil is better. From planting in the pot to harvest takes only about 2 months, and then you can eat the fruit.