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They can if -
- the bananas are already ripe, and
- the bananas are placed in the immediate vicinity to the other fruit (such as in a fruit bowl)
This is because bananas give off ethylene gas which makes fruit ripen faster.
Some companies that artificially grow fruit use ethylene gas to ripen their fruit faster (although this gas is concentrated, not from growing bananas with other fruit)
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∙ 15y agoSometimes. Depends on the banana and the fruit you're comparing it with.
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Why does an over-ripen banana in your fruit basket cause the other fruits to begin to spoil?
As bananas ripen they give off a gas that causes other fruit near them to ripen faster and then spoil.
Why does a green banana and an apple ripens faster?
All fruit produce ethylene gas in order to ripen, so by keeping your apples and bananas together in the open you are speeding up the ripening process. Bananas ripen faster than apples, which is why they spoil first.
Do ripened bananas influence unripened bananas to start the ripening process?
In a sense, they do. As bananas ripen, they give off heat and ethylene gas, which stimulates other bananas (and other fruit) to ripen.
Why did the green bananas placed in the plastic bag ripen more slowly than the other bananas?
the bags are semipermeable and allow the release of ethylene gas, which is know to cause surrounding fruit the ripen faster. One bad apple...
How does a banana ripener ripen bananas?
The warmer it is , the faster they ripen
Why not put bananas in the fruit bowl?
For some reason, when bananas and other fruit (specifically apples) are settled together, the combination causes the bananas to ripen (and then OVER ripen) in a matter of a few hours. I am not sure why this is, just that it happens.
Do bananas ripen faster in a plastic bag or do they ripen faster when not in a plastic bag?
Bananas ripen quickly on their own as they're one of the few fruits that release ethene. Keeping them together in a plastic bag should make them ripen. Keep them away from other fruit that you don't want to go off, and if you want avocados to ripen put them in a brown paper bag with bananas in an airing cupboard.
How do you ripen bananas faster?
Putting them in a plastic (or even paper) bag in a warm spot will help them to ripen faster.
Bananas rot faster?
I am pretty sure bananas will ripen and/ or rot faster if they are contained in something such as a brown bag.
Why do fruits ripen faster during sunny days?
They give off ethylene gas which will ripen other fruit. Ethylene gas is also used in greenhouse to artificially ripen fruit commercially.
An unripe fruit will ripen faster if placed next to a ripe fruit because of?
A chemical called Ethylene is what causes unripened fruit to ripen faster when placed next to a ripe fruit. The ripe fruit gives of this chemical, naturally of course.
Do bananas ripen faster intact in a bunch or separated?
They emit ethylene gas which signals the other bananas to ripen. When they're separated they get less exposure. If instead you want to make them ripen more quickly, put them in a plastic bag together, or with a banana that's already ripe.
