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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 15y agoBananas are always picked green and then "gassed" with ethylene to speed up the ripening process. Ethylene is naturally produced by ripening fruit of many types.
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How do you ripen bananas on tree?
Just let them grow. :)
Why do bananas ripen even though they are not connected to the banana plant?
Bananas do not naturally ripen once plucked from the tree. Rather, commercially sold bananas are gassed with a special chemical that encourages ripening after they have already been harvested.
Can you pick apples from the tree to avoid the frost and have them ripen in the box?
Yes
Why are bananas are almost always piked when they are still green?
Because bananas need to ripen and if you pick them when they are yellow they will be brown by the time they are shipped and sent to the stores.
How can you tell if your banana tree produces yellow or green bananas?
As far as i know all Banana trees grow green bananas, and they ripen into yellow later on.
How does a banana ripener ripen bananas?
The warmer it is , the faster they ripen
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.
When do you take the bag off bananas?
I don't put my bananas in bags. Bananas will ripen with out a bag.
Can you make bananas ripen more slowly?
NO you cant they can ripen better if you leave them in the shade
Your apple tree fell over and you had to pick the apples before they were completely ripe Put them in the fridge for now Can you lay them out at room temp to ripen and how long?
they will never ripen, sorry.
How does a banana ripen on a counter?
u go bananas
What color is a baby banana?
Bananas star out green and turn yellow as they ripen, that why some people pick them when they're green to make plantains, because yellow bananas are sweet and mushy but the green ones are very firm
