Shelf life of a banana

[Big Dad]

I buy them green and within 3 days , turning black ..

Can only buy 3-4 at a time max or they are junk

[Ruffdaddy]

Wrap the stem in plastic wrap...they will last longer.

[lowthreeohz]

I've noticed ours will age quicker if they're on the counter near veggies we have sitting out (tomato, avocado etc)

[SS Junk]

Hanging them will also help preserve.

[LS1Goat]

Supposedly, if you wrap the stems it will delay ripening. However, I think when u buy fresh fruit and vegetables, you just need to eat them. Not let them sit around. Same with almost all perishable foods.

[Big A]

The organic ones are typically much greener at the store, which will also give you a longer shelf-life at home.

[juiceweezl]

When they get about how you like to eat them, place in the fridge. It slows the process down a ton. The peel will turn black, but the fruit inside is still good.

Also, and I only say this because my wife went years not knowing you can do this, split the bunches at the store. I will buy bananas from 3 different bunches usually to get some green, some half ripe, and some ripe.

[Wish4svts]

Bananas won't last a day in my house, so I don't have that problem.

[Grimpala]

I wish we could bring back the bananas from the turn of the 20th century. I've never had one, but if it's anything like banana "flavor" then I bet they were delicious.

[GeorgeG.]

Could it be something in your home? I buy green bananas and they're be yellow with no brown by the 3rd day..maybe a few brown spots but no where near rotten (all brown)

[jluv]

Altitude wreaks havoc on bananas (among other things) at our place. We can buy perfectly yellow bananas at the grocery store in Gunnison at 7700 feet, and by the time we get to our house at 8900 feet an hour later, they will already be brown. I guess they don't like the quick change in atmospheric pressure.

[The King]

When they get about how you like to eat them, place in the fridge. It slows the process down a ton. The peel will turn black, but the fruit inside is still good.

Also, and I only say this because my wife went years not knowing you can do this, split the bunches at the store. I will buy bananas from 3 different bunches usually to get some green, some half ripe, and some ripe.

That's what I do with avocados, buy them green and refrigerate them as soon as they reach my preferred degree of ripening.

[CyaNide]

Get you a banana hammock and wear as much as possible.

CN

[Craizie]

Altitude wreaks havoc on bananas (among other things) at our place. We can buy perfectly yellow bananas at the grocery store in Gunnison at 7700 feet, and by the time we get to our house at 8900 feet an hour later, they will already be brown. I guess they don't like the quick change in atmospheric pressure.

I read that as attitude at first.. It was a confusing statement until about half way through.

[46Tbird]

You bought the wrong bananas: