Bananas not ripening

Sometimes my bananas are green and don't look ripe after a week, but then when I go to grab one they are overripe and fall off. They just never turn yellow/brown.

Can't even peel them.

Try putting them on top of the refrigerator because heat rises and the top of the frig stays warm.

Also try putting a ripe apple or two in the bag with the bananas. Apples give off the chemical needed to ripen.

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Do you know if they were "organic?"

Several years ago, that happened to my Mom. She bought bananas at TJ's, and took them back after many days of no sign of ripening. The clerk recognized them as organic by the sticker on them, and told her that does sometimes happen.

I don't know if the clerk meant that it meant that it happens to bananas, only, or if that included other produce.

They are. Guy at Costco said to just take them back.

We've had just the opposite. I buy them for mr_sunshine and they're usually green, but ripen too fast and he won't eat them all. I started just buying a couple at a time and then buying more every few days.

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I'll buy a bunch with about 8 bananas and leave them on the counter of course. I intentionally buy yellow bananas that look like they can be eaten immediately.

As soon as I see a modest amount of brown spots, I stick them in the fridge. This stops or drastically reduces the ripening process and I'm able to eat them at my leisure. The peels continue to get darker every day but the flesh remains perfectly white...unless some browning started before you put them in the refrigerator.

ms_sunshine, this is not just something people read on the Internet. I do this every other week. You should give it a try.

Thanks for the heads up, rotomo. 


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