Do you ever buy peaches that aren’t quite ripe, but will be in a few days, only you can’t go back to the grocery store in a few days, so you just buy them not-ripe? I do it all the time, and it’s okay.
Here’s my little tip for ripening peaches off the tree.
Put the peaches in a brown paper bag, like the kind from the grocery store, and roll it up nice and tight.
Put it on your counter for a day or more, until all the peaches are nice and ripe and ready to eat. The peaches naturally emit a gas called ethylene that makes them ripen, and when you trap it all in a bag it does it even faster.
Great, easy, free. Three things I love.
Allison
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Nice. Thanx. I do the same with not-quite-ripe avocados and mangos.
Good call Lee! Smart.
I’ve used the brown-paper trick…but my question is how do I avoid selecting the mealy peaches? My family used to buy boxes of peaches from local farmers in UT, but I can’t seem to find a decent peach here in TX.
Really? I don’t know about mealy, but if you get peaches with just a little bit of give they usually are ripe with a little bit of juice.