My grandmother and mother use to cover the banana stems.
Really just depends on the batch of nanners imho.
Ethylene has a molecular weight of 28.03, oxygen is 32.0, nitrogen is 28.02,
So the room presence is pretty low but enough to allow escaping gases to mix into the room.
C2H4 is similar to methane CH4, but react very different depending on application.
though I guess it makes sense, they're both alkanes.
I wonder if dipping banana tips in hot wax would work better.
And as I typed this, I looked it up and some bananas are dipped in wax, but not the stem end, marketing?
oops, totally unrelated oof.
https://www.perfection.com.au/produce/perfection-bananas/ecoganic-red-tip-bananas-newThis post was edited by Mondain on May 5 2025 10:35am