• ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world
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    Ethylene is a chemical that acts as a plant hormone, ripening fruits exposed to it. Apples however, seem to also produce/emit ethylene, hastening the ripening process. Putting ripe apples in a container with unripe fruit does in fact help ripen the rest of the fruit.