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[–] kautau 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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] kautau 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.