Avoid Premature Spoiling of Fruits and Veggies
 

The secret to keeping your produce fresh longer: Keep them separated.
by Michele Bender
Ever wonder why your fruit bowl looks like a sixth-grade science project only days after you set it out? As some fruits and vegetables ripen, they release ethylene, a gas that can cause other produce to become spotted, soft, or mealy. To prevent this, keep ethylene-sensitive fruits and vegetables separate from varieties that emit the gas.

Ethylene-producing
Apricots
Avocados
Bananas
Cantaloupes
Honeydew melons
Kiwis
Mangoes
Nectarines
Papayas
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Tomatoes

Ethylene-sensitive
Apples
Asparagus
Broccoli
Carrots
Cucumbers
Eggplants
Green beans
Lettuce and other greens
Potatoes
Summer squash
Watermelons

This is great to know with the summer fruits and veggies coming into bloom!! :)

I know...it might help me keep more of the fruits and veggies that I get at the Flea Market...I have not been able to get a garden started, so for $50 I can usually get on of those rolly carts filled, it normally will last me 3-4 weeks, then I find it starting to spoil...