"flitterbit" > wrote in message
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> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>> "Phyllis Stone" > wrote in message
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>>> "maxine" > wrote in message news:b9d651e3-48cd-.
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>>> Well, I keep strawberries for a week to 10 days before they start to
>>> grow fuzz, lettuce lasts a week or so. If it works on blackberries
>>> and raspberries, it would be worth the cost. Those puppies don't
>>> usually last longer than the day they are bought without softening and
>>> fuzzing.
>>>
>>> maxine in r
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>>>
>>>
>>> I really don't mean to go on and on and I honestly don't have stock in
>>> this co. The ones I have are Debbie Meyer. You can use them several
>>> times and there are about 20 in the package. I got them in the produce
>>> section of Kroger. Everything I have tried has done wonderfully in the
>>> bag.
>>>
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>> I use a the encapsulated gas absorbing stuff in my produce bins and
>> onion and potato boxes for maybe 10 years and I am equally satisfied. It
>> is just the same technology that the produce industry has been using for
>> storage and transport for years.
>> Janet
> There seems to be a word or two missing from your post; what product are
> you using?
I meant that I have been using the 'egg' in my refrigerator produce bins and
in my onion and potato boxes ( unrefrigerated). I cover my potato box with
a towel to keep out light and keep the humidity higher. Both onion and
potato boxes are kept in an unheated room in the house that maintains a temp
of approx 50F I am able to keep potatoes all winter without them sprouting
if I use 2 eggs to a 50 pound bag of potatoes. I get much longer times on
produce in the fridge than stated here by others. The trick with the egg is
not to enclose any produce in plastic bags in the produce bins as the idea
behind these products is to absorb the ethylene gas given off by produce --
the gas that causes produce to spoil/rot. Putting produce in a plastic bag
retains the gas within the bag and accentuates spoilage. This is the gas
that you use when you put an apple or banana with avocados to ripen them.
The eggs were available before the bags. For me, it is more convenient to
use the egg as I am not big on washing plastic bags and my refrigerator
storage habits don't lean toward bag storage. I am using
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