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momoese · 01-07-2008, 07:10 PM

All you can do is hang them up and wait. I had some reds that were about 3 months that didn't want to ripen and had no flavor on the few that did. But then I've had Hawaiian Apples that did ripen with about the same hanging time on the plant and they had great flavor even though they hadn't plumped yet.

You can put a paper bag over them with some apples included to help gas them. This will help to shorten the ripening time.

01-07-2008, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
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