How do i get fruit to ripen

[emmie]

without going off. I buy fruit, but for some reason it's all taking an age to ripen. Nectarines, Peaches and even the Kiwi fruit. I put some out in a bowl
in the kitchen where it warm, so why is the stuff rock hard or not ripe after a week. Also how do i keep the little fruit flies away from the stuff, they are a pain

[sidkid]

Try putting a banana with it.....something to do with a type of gas bananas produce...

[fliptheswitch]

Put them in a brown paper bag. I do this with avocados, and it softens them quite quickly.

[gingejbee]

AS above. Place unripe fruit in a bag with some bananas - they give off traces of ethylene which speeds up ripening of the other fruit.

[emmie]

Sidkid, i do know about that, but confess i really don't eat them
Perhaps that's it, keep them in brown bags, will try that, it might
stop the fruit flies from having their lunch at my expense.

[Squitty]

The fruit flies interest in your fruit is to lay their eggs in them to make more fruit flies.
Still want the fruit?

[Squitty]

butteryfly - could you teach me how to peel a raspberry pls.

If there are fruit flies around I wont eat it - washed or otherwise.

[emmie]

Must admit i didn't know about the laying eggs stuff, so how do you stop the fruit flies.