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[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

In my experience that banana is what ripens all other fruit that is remotely near it. That apple hasn’t got much time left before it suddenly is rotten

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago

Which is funny because apples produce more ethylene gas, but they don’t react as intensely as bananas, which just rapidly decay

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Ethylene-Production-Rates-Sensitivity-Levels-and-Principal-Effects-for-Some-Fresh_tbl1_236204770

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago
[-] kautau@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago
[-] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Potatos are terrifying. Now I don't feel bad about eating so many fries.

[-] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Hmm. I've always thought that bananas released the most ethylene; and that they can be used to ripen other fruit (or ripen themselves faster if you put them in a bag or something). ... But this seems to suggest it is apples that should be used for that - unless there's a significant difference between 'produced' and 'released'.

In any case, I guess it's something I might revisit and reassess.

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