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NPR: Science Reveals How Fruit Keeps A Lid On Ripening Until The Time Is Right
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davem
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DanielW
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September 28, 2018 - 8:03 pm

I use bananas or apples to ripen persimmons.  I put the persimmons into a plastic box with an apple or banana, and put the lid on it.  They ripen in a few days.

I wonder if that would work with pawpaws.

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GH
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October 1, 2018 - 4:39 pm

Thanks for sharing, it was an interesting article and well worth checking out.

There was also an article concerning Roundup's complicity in the decline of bee populations. The dangers of this herbicide are finally being reported here in this country, and I sure hope that people begin to listen.

When we bought our 4-acre property in Battle Ground, WA, there were almost no birds, no butterflies, very few bees (native or domestic). It was eerie. We took over a dozen pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides to the local recycling center for proper disposal that the previous owner had left and had used extensively on our property. It took several years for the birds and bees to begin returning. Eight years later we have praying mantises, native bees and wasps, a much more diverse and healthy ecosystem. Thankfully nature is forgiving and resilient. 

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DanielW
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October 1, 2018 - 8:34 pm

GH -we have two acres in Battle Ground.  I think others in my neighborhood are pretty aggressive with chemicals, but I avoid most of them.  After neighborhood pressures to treat the road edges with roundup, I did relent and start that.  My orchard doesn't usually have much insect problem.  This year yellow jackets were the biggest problem.  We have some coddling moths and drosophila.  I encourage birds, including hummingbirds, so maybe that helps.

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John S
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October 6, 2018 - 9:39 pm

Nice work, GH.  As Sepp Holzer says, if you kill the praying mantises (bees, spiders, etc. ) , then you have to do their work for them!
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