Spring bamboo shoots and winter bamboo shoots belong to bamboo shoots, and the main difference between them lies in the different seasons. Spring bamboo shoots are the best season for harvesting from the middle and late March to Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, while winter bamboo shoots are the best season for harvesting from the late October to the early February of the following year. Spring bamboo shoots are thinner and longer than winter bamboo shoots, and their skins are purple, while winter bamboo shoots are shorter and thicker, and their skins are dark brown.

1, different growth sites

Winter bamboo shoots refer to the unearthed bamboo shoots, which are tender stems of Phyllostachys pubescens that grow underground in winter, while bamboo shoots are shoots that break through the ground and belong to the bud parts of bamboo shoots.

2. Different shapes

　

The appearance of spring bamboo shoots is slender and long. Compared with spring bamboo shoots, winter bamboo shoots are short, thick and short, and the skin of spring bamboo shoots is green and purple, while the skin of winter bamboo shoots is dark brown.

3. Different harvest seasons

Winter bamboo shoots can be harvested from mid-October to early February every year, with famous areas in Jiangxi and Zhejiang. Spring bamboo shoots are the best excavation period from the middle and late March to Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, but they are widely distributed in May and beyond.

4. Different nutritional values

　

The nutritional value of spring bamboo shoots is higher, because spring bamboo shoots are tender buds, are in a vigorous period of nutrition, have fresh and tender meat, are known as "king of vegetables" and "eight treasures of mountains", and have a long history in China, while winter bamboo shoots are slightly harder in meat and cold in nature, and are not suitable for infants or menstruating women.