Comments on: How to Accelerate and Slow Banana Ripening

By: Rampo

Rampo — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:27:19 +0000

Plastic bags trap in moisture, resulting in the “squishier” fruit. Paper bags work much better with bananas.

By: Chance Wall

Chance Wall — Fri, 18 May 2012 02:16:25 +0000

I’ve tried putting bananas in plastic bags by themselves and removing as much air as possible to slow down the ripening and extend banana life. The results were that they stayed greener longer, but became squishy-er than normal bananas. The actual fruit is almost liquidy and probably wouldn’t even taste good anymore (I’m not going to make the observation on taste!) My question is what do YOU think caused the squishy-ness of the banana to happen? Your opinion is greatly appreciated!

By: wee

wee — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:37:04 +0000

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By: Jordan

Jordan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:28:58 +0000

Thanks man, very helpful. Do you know of any handy substances that can be used to remove the ethylene gasses?

By: CM

CM — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:55:23 +0000

I tried the fridge method and it did nothing but cool the banana. It remained green and unpeelalbe. I then but another unripened banana in brown bag and that did nothing .. After 3 weeks with still unripened green bananas I gave up.

Any suggestions to help ripen these particular bananas?

By: Chad Upton

Chad Upton — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:10:14 +0000

There are a couple of things discussed. Which ones did you try and for how long?

By: jack

jack — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:08:02 +0000

This does not work at all

By: agnes

agnes — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:58:07 +0000

Instead of paper bag, can I use trash bag inside of big brown box, and put apples of tomatoes in it.

By: gisselle

gisselle — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:41:12 +0000

you are a *******

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:52:49 +0000

This explains everything! I had a bunch of bananas together and they ripened so quickly I’m having a hard time keeping up eating them.

By: Neo

Neo — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:38:46 +0000

i am a school student and i am testing this theory>

By: Marcos

Marcos — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:30:34 +0000

Ethylene is one of three factors that effect ripening process.

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:06:59 +0000

This is because the bananas excrete the ethylene, so if they are bunched together more gas is trapped, and they start producing more of the gas themselves so it’s a vicious circle and BAM, you have overripe bananas. Bananas are so cool.

By: Janek

Janek — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:10:31 +0000

Bananas tend to ripen slower if you separate the bunch apart.. not exactly sure how but give it a shot!