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Placing a green tomato into a paper bag helps it to do what?
Ripen
What is best way to ripen tomato's?
Put them in a paper bag.
How do you ripen an already picked cucumber?
You don't. Cucumbers aren't like tomato's or melons or most fruit. It's a vegtable and can only start to decay, not ripen.
Do blueberries continue to ripen after being picked?
white and green ones do not red or blue ones will continue ripening.
Many people leave unripe tomatoes on a brightly lit window sill to ripen Some people put unripe tomatoes in a drawer with ripe ones How could you find out which way is the best?
Putting an unripe tomato in the sunlight is a bad way to ripen them. The best place to put an unripened tomato is on top of your refrigerator. The warmth is what helps them to ripen. Enjoy your tomatoes!
Will a red or green tomato ripen the fastest?
A green tomato will typically ripen faster than a red tomato because it is still in the early stages of maturation. Green tomatoes contain higher levels of certain enzymes and compounds that facilitate the ripening process. Additionally, placing green tomatoes in a warm environment with exposure to ethylene gas can accelerate their ripening. In contrast, red tomatoes are already ripe and won't undergo further ripening.
What causes a banana to split as they ripen?
they are kept cold... very cold while going from green to yellow, by the grocer. If bought and taken where it is hot, say a non-a/c car, then the heat will split them all open by the time you get home.
How do you ripen green tomatoes off the plant?
* Place them in a paper bag or even just a bowl with fruit that is already ripe such as bananas, apples and other tomatoes. This allows the ethylene naturally produced by ripe fruit to ripen the others. This is preferable to the artificial ripening done commercially with ethylene which produces fruit that look ripe but are hard inside. * I pick all my tomatoes just when they begin to change color. They are still green and I take them inside and place them upside down on a beach towel. You can wrap them as green and they will last for up to 3 months before ripening in newspaper. If you place a ripe tomato with unripe ones, they will ripen faster. === ===
When did genetically modifying foods begin?
The first genetically modified food began in 1994. Scientist genetically modified a tomato which didn't ripen so quickly after it was picked.
Is picked fruit technically alive?
Yes.... When you pick a tomato it will continue to ripen, also the seeds are also technically alive. The real question is what point would they be considered dead ?
Would giving a tomato plant a house plant food work?
Yes but to ripen the fruit you would need a high Potash feed later in the season once the fruit begin to grow.
Which will take the longest to ripen red or green tomato?
An unripe tomato is green, and becomes yellow and then red as it ripens. (Though I believe that there are certain specially breed varieties that produce fruit in other colours, including green, yellow, orange, pink, black, brown, ivory, white, and purple.)
