Don’t you just hate it when your produce spoils before you have a chance to eat it and your money just gets thrown in the trash? Produce costs are rising and some produce can be pretty expensive. My husbands favorite apple is the Honeycrisp apple, they are only available in the fall and can fetch prices of over $4 per pound. They are so beautiful and sweet we cannot resist and is not a fruit that you want to let go to waste in the refrigerator. Have you ever heard of ethylene gas? It is not a gas you put in your car, it is a gas that naturally ripens produce. This gas is sort of thought of as the aging hormone of fruits and vegetables and is even used commercially to speed up the ripening process. In our refrigerator ethylene gas can be a bad thing, sealed nice and tight the gas has nowhere to go and is absorbed into the produce in effect causing it to ripen/spoil faster.
Introducing Bluapple, designed to absorb ethylene gas for up to three months. The Bluapple takes no batteries and does not wear out, it just absorbs ethylene gas up to it maximum capacity. It is not a deodorizer that will add other odors to your refrigerator and it is small enough to sit on the shelf out of the way, in a crisper drawer or storage bin.I have been trying the Bluapple in the refrigerator for the last month and it really is worth its weight in gold. Our lettuce lasts longer, carrots stay crisp and fresh. I keep grapes in the refrigerator in an open bowl so when the kids go to reach for a snack they will see them sitting there and avoid other unhealthy snacks. In the past my grapes would spoil within 4 days and the majority of time we had to throw some out, but with the Bluapple they last over a week and I have not thrown out any grapes since we started using it.
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katie klein says
I currently don’t use any method except keeping them in the hydrater and making sure to get rid of spoiled items.
Karen says
I would really like to save money by keeping things fresh. Often I don’t get a chance to finish what is in the crisper before it goes bad.
Cheryl Chervitz says
I really don’t have any methods right now. I just try to remember that its in the fridge and use it before it goes bad.
Gina H. says
I try refrigerating but it doesn’t always work.
Lisa R says
I just put it in the fridge
Amy Desrosiers says
I do not currently have a routine
mommasbacon says
We use plastic produce savers
Monique Eckert says
We just keep veggies in the crisper and hope for the best.
Krista B says
I don’t have anything right now – I really need to though!
lolaphong says
I keep my produce in the fridge–one fruit fly is one too many
Amanda Price says
We just try to use up everything before it goes bad!
Debra S says
I don’t have much of a strategy for my produce freshness right now, other than we try to use it up as fast as we can. And it’s awful right now, I am on a much lowered budget now. I used to shop once a week, now I try to go only ONCE a MONTH. It is practically impossible to keep some things for a month…
Liz Terek says
I just put them in the fridge.
Sharon Kaminski says
we just store them in the fridge and try to use them ASAP
kim burnett says
I really don’t have any methods right now
PaulaMS says
I haven’t had any luck so I just eat it before it goes bad.
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Dawn Hecke says
I don’t have a current method. 🙁
ELIZABETH CURSON says
I put items in the refrigerator. Some items I put in a brown paper bag and leave on the counter.
john hutchens says
I currently wrap all my fresh vegetables in aluminum foil , it seems to prolong the life some
Pam OLeary says
I am not currently using any method to prolong the life of my produce, I was not aware that there was a way to do that.
Terri S says
I put a box or two of baking soda in the fridge.
Amanda Hendricks-Selby says
just make sure they’re in sight so I don’t forget about them before they go bad
marian boll says
Buy in smaller amounts and keep the fruit front and center so it get eaten faster.
Jennifer Pittman says
I don’t really do anything, mostly I buy a small batchs, or if I bought a lot of say – strawberries, then make sure the whole family eats them for snacks and at meals till the are gone.
Heather Freeman says
I refrigerate.
Tee says
What a neat product! Would love to try!
Steve Stone says
we try to use it up
Cindy says
I do not have a method.
Debra Guillen says
I try to buy small quantities so they don’t go bad on me and I like to wrap my celery in aluminum foil because it seems to last longer
Laura says
I use Green Bags
Cinella says
We wash, sometimes precut and put in an airtight container.
danielle johnson says
I freeze and refrigerate everything i can to last a little longer.
Noreen says
Wash and dry well before refrigerating
Denise S says
I keep it in the fridge and try to use it fast.
Kim Parrott says
I currently try to refrigerate – the methods I’ve tried previously haven’t worked out
Myrna says
I don’t have a method, and I end up throwing a lot away 🙁
ky2here says
Nothing besides removing produce from plastic bags.
Terry Cross says
Besides keeping refrigerated I really have no method
Janice Crespo says
I keep the in the produce bin of the fridge
Deb S says
I put items in the fridge.
Lesley F says
Put in fridge
Kathleen M Smith says
I have used special bags in the past, but am not entirely sure they helped
Karen F says
I do not have a method right now.
vivian says
I don’t really have a good technique. We just try to buy the produce we know will be used in the immediate future. This would be great!
Darlene Carbajal says
We eat them asap before they spoil. 🙂
Teresa Thompson says
I have produce keepers.
Julie Harris says
My mom always told me to put a paper towel in a bag of salad to keep it fresh, I have never heard of this product and I would love to put this to the test, we eat about 7 bags of salad a week but it would be so much easier and cheaper if I could buy the bigger bags and not have to worry about them going bad before we could eat it
Stacy says
Buy what I know I will use before it can spoil
Laura Ellington says
Make sure that the different fruits aren’t touching
Debra Holloway says
I use an open box of Arm&Hammer baking soda in the fridge and wrap everything or put it in air tight containers that I can.
Brittney House says
I don’t have a method.
darby says
I try putting them in the crisper
wendy b says
Ah….geez….I really do not have any method in place right now.
Mihaela Day says
I currently don’t use any method except keeping them in the fridge 🙂
liz says
I leave it in a paper bag
Natalie yeoman says
I keep it in the fridge
Tara C says
I don’t do anything to prolong the freshness of my produce right now – I really should, though, I just had to throw away some that had gone bad earlier today. 🙁