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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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 51 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days 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.