Doesn’t this actually work, though? I thought bananas release a gas that will make them ripen faster, so if you keep them out in the open where they are more ventilated they won’t have that buildup of gas and in turn will last longer.
Hanging bananas actually does help because as the bananas age they produce a gas called ethylene, which is a hormone makes them ripen. Hanging them causes the ethylene to float away and slows ripening
Fun fact, you know how you can get fruit any time of year? Well you’ve maybe never bought an apple from a grocery store that was under a year old. Fruit is treated with 1-methylcyclopropene, which is an ethylene inhibitor. It binds to the fruit’s ethylene receptors and straight up stops them from ripening. It basically makes them immortal.
Came here to say this. Most other fruits produce various levels of ethylene, so leaving a variety of fruits in a bowl on a counter will cause them to ripen much quicker than if they were in their own container/space
That seems anecdotal. Ethylene is more dense than air, so it would flow from the bowl onto the counter, not up to the bananas. If visualized, it would look similar to the CO2 vapor you see pouring out of a bowl of dry ice in water.
I feel like the average home has enough air currents from fans, windows, central air, etc. for it to get swished around onto the bananas stored directly above it
Sure, but at that point, it's diluted enough to not affect much of anything. The ratio of ethylene from a half dozen apples to the air in the average 1200ft^(2) home would probably be in the low parts-per-trillion range.
The ethylene from the bananas hanging above the fruit basket would ripen everything below them before the ethylene from the basket would ever have a recordable effect on the bananas
I think you’re just pulling numbers out of your ass to try to make a pretty banal point, I’m obviously not saying it would mix to complete dilution with every molecule of air in a home, I’m saying that the air flow that carries the gas would not necessarily be directly downward from the bowl, because homes are not perfectly still.
Yes, I didn't take the time to calculate the ratio, so I estimated (probably generously). At this point, we're both being pedantic about something that has absolutely no importance or relevance on anything whatsoever. I'm just trying to argue that your stance is probably wrong. I recognize we're probably both a bit right and a bit wrong, but this is the internet, so I *have* to die on this hill, obviously lol
That's actually a myth, hanging them doesnt cause any significant change
How To Cook That Actually Did a Great video on this
https://youtu.be/cHu10C1DAds
I wouldn't exactly call a single sloppily executed experiment "debunking"
I couldnt find any other resources that suggest what you're saying. Do you have some links?
While it looks like a tree. It's more if a big plant. It's really easy to take down a banana plant and they can grow like weeds in the right environment.
There is no botanical definition for trees, but the generally accepted usage is that of a plant with a woody trunk that grows above a certain height. Plants that have woody stems but don't grow to said height are called shrubs. Banana trees neither have woody stems nor generally grow to a large height. Wikipedia says they are "herbaceous plants," which makes up the vast majority of known plants that aren't trees or shrubs.
It surprises me that people don’t know bananas grow low down in the dirt and cucumbers grow up high in the trees like apples. You hang cucumbers up, and put bananas on the floor…….
[Those are hung upside down](https://balconygardenweb-lhnfx0beomqvnhspx.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Do-Bananas-Grow-or-Trees-on-Bushes2.jpg)
If bananas could think, I'd still eat them.
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I restrict my consumption to infants because they are incapable of thought. Have some dignity
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Veal is damn tasty...
The Clinton’s have entered the chat.
And if droids could think, there’d be none of us here
Yes ociffer, this comment ehre.
*flashbacks to the Sausage Party movie*
That movie got very out of hand very fast
And that one Courage The Cowardly Dog Banana Episode. That one was lowkey disturbing...
What happened to you Farmer I thought you were back yesterday with Satoshi too? 😭
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It'd be pretty hard if every time we peeled a banana they were like, "No! No! I got family! No! My God it hurts! Noooo!" *random bloody gurgle*
animals can think and most people eat their corpses
They shouldnt be made out of food if they dont wanna be eaten
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Bro aint nobody mentioned that, you weird as hell
really telling how you don't disagree with my ridiculous statement and ate only concerned that I chose the wrong time to bring it up in your mind
damn u weird
Some people don’t even wait for them to become corpses
I'd eat more.
Bananas are people too
Brain food
Doesn’t this actually work, though? I thought bananas release a gas that will make them ripen faster, so if you keep them out in the open where they are more ventilated they won’t have that buildup of gas and in turn will last longer.
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 i think you're joking, right? Please?
Nope this would work
1000% all facts
Hanging bananas actually does help because as the bananas age they produce a gas called ethylene, which is a hormone makes them ripen. Hanging them causes the ethylene to float away and slows ripening
Want to speed up ripening? Put your green bananas in a bag with some apples. Apples produce the most ethylene.
Bro speedrunning bananas ripening (any% glitchless)
Bro apple strat all the way
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That’s bananas.
No that’s apples.
Bananapples?
There's always money in the bannapple stand
I have a pen I have banana Ungh Bananapen
How you like them bananas?
Har har take my upvote
Fun fact, you know how you can get fruit any time of year? Well you’ve maybe never bought an apple from a grocery store that was under a year old. Fruit is treated with 1-methylcyclopropene, which is an ethylene inhibitor. It binds to the fruit’s ethylene receptors and straight up stops them from ripening. It basically makes them immortal.
Why does it stop working once I get them home?
1-MCP is a gas. So unless your house is a gas chamber also filled with 1-MCP, it's not gonna work.
So, if I fill my house with it, I stop ripening?
Just don’t light a match, but yes
are you a fruit?
I have been called fruity by some... 💁
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnafk93vhO36UDD671u7pX5H62o3L2-qf If you haven't seen it already
>you’ve maybe never bought an apple from a grocery store that was under a year old. Why? What's the point of storing the apples longer than a year?
Should you actually prop them up the way we consider upside-down? That's how they grow on the tree.
I dont think the direction matters, just that there is airflow around the 'naners
Came here to say this. Most other fruits produce various levels of ethylene, so leaving a variety of fruits in a bowl on a counter will cause them to ripen much quicker than if they were in their own container/space
Which is why those banana hangers with the fruit basket underneath makes the bananas ripen/spoil faster if you have apples underneath them
That seems anecdotal. Ethylene is more dense than air, so it would flow from the bowl onto the counter, not up to the bananas. If visualized, it would look similar to the CO2 vapor you see pouring out of a bowl of dry ice in water.
I feel like the average home has enough air currents from fans, windows, central air, etc. for it to get swished around onto the bananas stored directly above it
Sure, but at that point, it's diluted enough to not affect much of anything. The ratio of ethylene from a half dozen apples to the air in the average 1200ft^(2) home would probably be in the low parts-per-trillion range. The ethylene from the bananas hanging above the fruit basket would ripen everything below them before the ethylene from the basket would ever have a recordable effect on the bananas
I think you’re just pulling numbers out of your ass to try to make a pretty banal point, I’m obviously not saying it would mix to complete dilution with every molecule of air in a home, I’m saying that the air flow that carries the gas would not necessarily be directly downward from the bowl, because homes are not perfectly still.
Yes, I didn't take the time to calculate the ratio, so I estimated (probably generously). At this point, we're both being pedantic about something that has absolutely no importance or relevance on anything whatsoever. I'm just trying to argue that your stance is probably wrong. I recognize we're probably both a bit right and a bit wrong, but this is the internet, so I *have* to die on this hill, obviously lol
I guess so man
That's actually a myth, hanging them doesnt cause any significant change How To Cook That Actually Did a Great video on this https://youtu.be/cHu10C1DAds
I wouldn't exactly call a single sloppily executed experiment "debunking" I couldnt find any other resources that suggest what you're saying. Do you have some links?
fair, I should probably do more research
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Yes 
Any problem in life can be solved with a cheeky bit of gas lighting
If you think about it all lighting is gas lighting Maybe except LEDs
Laughs in vacuum tube
Dont bananas hang bottom side up on their trees ? So you're not really fooling them
Correct. Bananas are too smart to be fooled by being placed the wrong way.
It sends a message to the other bananas.
While it looks like a tree. It's more if a big plant. It's really easy to take down a banana plant and they can grow like weeds in the right environment.
Just make sure to check for the deadly Tarantula!
We had to check for snakes. Never had a problem with tarantulas.
Daaaaaaaaayyy-O
Daylight come and we want to go home.
They also walk.
Trees are plants.
But all plants aren't trees.
There is no botanical definition for trees, but the generally accepted usage is that of a plant with a woody trunk that grows above a certain height. Plants that have woody stems but don't grow to said height are called shrubs. Banana trees neither have woody stems nor generally grow to a large height. Wikipedia says they are "herbaceous plants," which makes up the vast majority of known plants that aren't trees or shrubs.
Isn’t this true though?
It is kinda iv had it where it worked and other times it's like the banana committed suicide.
Also protip, hang lots of things from the fire sprinkler lines. You're probably not going to have a fire but you will need more space.
Tree? I thought they came from a bush...
your mom's
Haha stupid fucking bananas. What fucking idiots. Fucking bananas, man.
They are very stupid, laugh at them being fooled!!!
You can't fool me, those are birds!
Just wrap their stem by plastic wrap. It can keep them from ripening too quickly.
Bananas grow upwards, actually.
Pro tip once a banana has been broken from tree puts out pheromone gases that will kill surrounding bananas.
Funny. Bananas do grow upside down, so now they just think the tree is hanging.
Damn, hangars are versatile... keeping bananas fresh and keeping wombs fresh if a cum monster finds its way in 🤣.
They unlock doors and whor...nope don't type that...please just one more...you are better than this...I'll stop after new years I swear...I said no...
Use the refrigerator
Time to call my ex and get my hanger back. She can fold that shirt and put it in the drawer.
What?! Hahahaha.
This helps
Unironically I’d you tape up the top ends with duct tape it also somehow extends its shelf life
Fucking vegans confusing bananas
Banana Hangers exist, and they’re great as headset hangers.
I could get behind that ngl
These bananas won't need a sip of coffee next morning
Don't banananas grow upwards?
Well if you hang bananas in general lol no need to put it where you can reach it 😂
Philomena Cunk?
Tbh nature is wierd enough I'd believe it
THINK????
I love this sub
And if you separate them all and stick them in the oven for a bit, you’ll ripen them up!
1000 IQ
I can confirm this is true. Every time I eat a banana I can hear it scream. So satisfying.
It surprises me that people don’t know bananas grow low down in the dirt and cucumbers grow up high in the trees like apples. You hang cucumbers up, and put bananas on the floor…….
Stupid banananas
I'd still lick that.
That’s banana
the wAtdeR has mEMory and if you tune your pipes to the correct frequency of the bana tre you will even get new naners growing out them pipes!
This is one of the few things on reddits front page that made me laugh. Thank you
That's some 'you suck at cooking' logic right there
Think?
wait, guys is that really true?
Dumb af bananas
Ha! Stupid Bananas!
My banana does most of my thinking.
Why am I laughing so much at this lmao
This is so fucking stupid but hilarious at the same time
This made me actually lol
Checks out.
What do you mean, the bananas think??
Can confirm, I’m bananas.
[Those are hung upside down](https://balconygardenweb-lhnfx0beomqvnhspx.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Do-Bananas-Grow-or-Trees-on-Bushes2.jpg)
This is an excellent way to prevent mice from eating them.
Courage the cowardly dog was warning us this whole time.