"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> "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
> http://tinyurl.com/czuwsz
>
>
Here's another possibility:
http://www.amazon.com/Extra-Life-Fru...owViewpoints=1

MaryL