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My aunt has an avocado tree. Freshly-picked avocados ripen very differently than store-bought ones. They stay ripe for way longer, since they don't have to be p
by gnicholas 3y ago
My aunt has an avocado tree. Freshly-picked avocados ripen very differently than store-bought ones. They stay ripe for way longer, since they don't have to be picked in advance and shipped. And I say this as someone who lives in CA, where we get produce on the fresher side, in general.
When I visited my aunt she gave us several avocados, and I thought, "we're never going to be able to eat these before they go bad". I was so wrong — they stayed perfect for well over a week.
- hutzlibu 3y ago"They stay ripe for way longer, since they don't have to be picked in advance and shipped" ... and since they are treated with all kinds of chemicals who mess with the ripening.
- freshpots 3y agoWhich kinds of chemicals? Why multiple? Or are they used for other purposes but affect ripening?
- hutzlibu 3y agoI am not an expert for avocados, but I suspect that they do the same as with most fruits (I worked in fruitpicking while backpacking): apart from herbicides, fungicide and pesticides, there are chemicals to block the ripening while the fruit is still on the tree, because you want to harvest all fruits at once. And then you do various things for packaging. And there were likely other purposes as well, I have forgotten now. All in all, lots of them were used, way more than I expected. So much, that I prefer organic.