Re: Do green bananas ripen if they are cut off the tree but still on the branch?
It all depends on how much they have filled in yet.
Try the following: cut a hand of bananas and put them in a brown paper bag with a few apples. The apples develop ethylene gas which in return will help to ripen the bananas quicker.
I had to harvest some pre-mature fruits due to cold weather in mid-December. They finally show some change in color. They may never taste as good as summer fruits ripened on the plant, but at least I have bananas to eat now in January.
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