Timeline for How to ripen fruit fast without harmful chemicals?

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Jan 8, 2015 at 12:41	history	edited	THelper	CC BY-SA 3.0	more explanation, add list of fruits that produce relatively much ethylene
Aug 29, 2013 at 4:48	comment	added	Móż		Ethylene is actually the chemical used by most fruit sellers to ripen fruit. The only difference is that they get it out of a tank rather than using overripe fruit. We would have had to import an awful lot of bananas to ripen the tonnes of kiwifruit we ripened this way every year. The reason, BTW, is that fruit keeps better unripened and can be brought out of storage when required.
Aug 13, 2013 at 5:24	vote	accept	Yadav Chetan
May 17, 2013 at 12:59	comment	added	THelper		@RodyOldenhuis I think you can use several types of fruit. The main criteria is that they are ripe and/or bruised. I suspect that bananas work best, but I don't have any evidence for this.
May 17, 2013 at 12:55	comment	added	Yadav Chetan		@RodyOldenhuis i even heard that onion is good for ripping fruits
May 17, 2013 at 12:43	comment	added	Rody Oldenhuis		@YadavChetan: I always thought it was the other way around; apples give off ethylene, thus ripening a wide variety of fruits when placed close to them (including bananas). I also thought that tomatoes can be used for the same purpose...we need a few more references here :)
May 16, 2013 at 20:22	history	edited	THelper	CC BY-SA 3.0	deleted 14 characters in body
May 16, 2013 at 20:11	history	answered	THelper	CC BY-SA 3.0