How and Why does Fruit rot? What can I do to prevent fruit from rotting?

Question

How and Why does Fruit rot? What can I do to prevent fruit from rotting?

Answer 1

Eat it.

Answer 2

Fruits naturally release ethylene which hastens the ripening process.  Also, bacteria and mold get to it.  You can't prevent fruit from rotting.  Putting fruits in a bag traps the ethylene gas and ripens them more quickly.  So in principle by not putting them in a bag you can slow the ripening process due to ethylene but you probably increase its exposure to bacteria and mold.    Keeping them in the fridge might help limit bacteria and mold exposure.  Keep ripe fruits away from unripe ones because of ethylene.  

Answer 3

As fruit matures, it emis gas. Sorry ,cant remember the name of it , but i think that its closely related to co2. This may explain why shops sell stands for bananas to keep themm free of the gas which ripens and ultimately rots them . When stororing apples ,they were traditionally individually wrapped, but kept well seperated. Perhaps our predecessors had worked out what to do without the scientific reasoning

Answer 4

they rot because of some gasses they give off.  try usein green bags.  i have them and they really work.

Answer 5

Fruit Rots because it's environment (the air around it) is permeated with bacteria. The bacteria lives off the fruit and then multiplies. When these microscopic bacteria have multiplied enough, there are so many of them that you can see them. That's Rot. Keeping it in a cool, air tight environment will slow down the rot but not stop it, because when you get it, it already has bacteria in/on it.