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Originally Posted by crazy banana
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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when you say cold weather, do you mean frost/freezing temps? we're supposed to dip into the upper-40s to low-50s next week and i have some bananas that are filled but haven't changed color yet. looks like they should any day, but i like to know that they are ready for sure by waiting.
will low temperatures harm the fruit this late in the game? we have been in the 80s pretty consistently other than the last week or two.