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I've heard that bananas can be caused to ripen rapidly by exposing them to ethylene gas. This means you can transport them green so they don't bruise and then q

by habosa 6y ago

I've heard that bananas can be caused to ripen rapidly by exposing them to ethylene gas. This means you can transport them green so they don't bruise and then quickly turn them yellow when they arrive at the destination for sale (like in the last warehouse). I'd imagine you can do the same with tomatoes?

bonzini 6y ago
Yes, but fruits and vegetables that are quickly ripened with ethylene remain much less tasty than those that ripened on the plant. (As an aside, some fruits including apples also produce ethylene a they ripen. This is why putting an apple and an avocado in a plastic bag will cause the avocado to ripen faster. It is also the origin of the saying "one bad apple spoils the whole basket", because bad apples produce a lot of ethylene and causes the rest of the basket to quickly overripe. More info can be found at https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2018.00016 https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2018.00016 for example).