# Why aren't the bananas I bought ripening?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 7, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-the-bananas-i-bought-ripening/351676 "2006-04-07T03:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-the-bananas-i-bought-ripening/351676/21 "2006-04-08T01:43:05Z")

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All I know is that these particular bananas are refusing to ripen. I could use them as baseball bats.  
Very small baseball bats.

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**Author:** ![Balduran](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cc9497/32.png) [@Balduran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balduran)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2006, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arent-the-bananas-i-bought-ripening/351676/22 "2006-04-08T02:06:16Z")

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From my own personal experience. I never by bananas that don’t have at least a hint of yellow in them. If they are completely green (especially that slightly darker green) there is a good chance they will never ripen for you. For the reasons mentioned above I guess.

Consider this a painful, but necessary lesson. 😉

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