ripening pears
I have masses of commice pears this year. I've picked a few, but they're
rock hard, and if left in the fruit bowl they just go 'spongy' not ripe . any suggestions? |
ripening pears
mark wrote:
: I have masses of commice pears this year. I've picked a few, but they're : rock hard, and if left in the fruit bowl they just go 'spongy' not ripe . : any suggestions? How about the obvious Leave 'em on the tree until they are ripe? When did they ripen in previous years? I have an old unnamed pear tree whose fruit ripens in October. Some are even later. |
ripening pears
mark wrote in message ... I have masses of commice pears this year. I've picked a few, but they're rock hard, and if left in the fruit bowl they just go 'spongy' not ripe . any suggestions? I'm still experimenting with pear ripening, but this works for most of them: 1. Pick from tree when lifting them a bit breaks the pear from the tree. 2. Store in cool conditions: I either wrap in newspaper or lay them in trays with newspaper top and bottom, and keep them in an unheated shed. 3. Inspect every few days- if one goes rotten, remove it quickly. 4. When the pear flushes with a different colour (normally a yellow background) bring into the house and eat. If a pear is **nearly** ripe, bringing it into the house for a couple of days normally ripens it, but if hasn't nearly ripened in the cool then keeping it in the warm will do no good. -- Anton |
ripening pears
anton wrote in message ... mark wrote in message ... I have masses of commice pears this year. I've picked a few, but they're rock hard, and if left in the fruit bowl they just go 'spongy' not ripe . any suggestions? I'm still experimenting with pear ripening, but this works for most of them: 1. Pick from tree when lifting them a bit breaks the pear from the tree. 2. Store in cool conditions: I either wrap in newspaper or lay them in trays with newspaper top and bottom, and keep them in an unheated shed. 3. Inspect every few days- if one goes rotten, remove it quickly. 4. When the pear flushes with a different colour (normally a yellow background) bring into the house and eat. If a pear is **nearly** ripe, bringing it into the house for a couple of days normally ripens it, but if hasn't nearly ripened in the cool then keeping it in the warm will do no good. -- Anton thanks......I'll leave them on the tree longer then try your method (previous year left them too long , came back from hols and found them on the floor !) mark |
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