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Old 09-04-2012, 06:50 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by shimmy View Post
Hi, So, I harvested my dwarf bananas. I hung them inside and on day 3 they were still completely green. Then on day 4 they where all yellow. then on day 5 they had tons of black spots. Day 6 many where going bad, so I had to freeze them all.
One way you can avoid the problem of them all ripening at once is to harvest a hand (or a few fingers) at a time from the bunch when still green but filled out. If you chop down the entire bunch, they will all ripen at close to the same time.
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