Guest guest Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Quick question for all you gardeners: We have a pear tree that is so full it's breaking the branches - and the pears aren't ripe. We've probably got 2-3 weeks before they're ready to eat. Will they ripen if we pick them now (and maybe put them in the sun or something?). Or, do you have any suggestions with what to do with unripe pears? Thanks! Torey Salem, OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 Put the unripe pears in brown paper bags. Put an apple in each bag with the pears. The ethylene gas released by the apple will ripen the pears. Keep a close eye on the whole process because it can ripen the pears pretty quickly. I have put an apple in with avacadoes when they are pretty green. It works well. Carolyn , " Torey at TummyWear " <torey wrote: > > Quick question for all you gardeners: > > > > We have a pear tree that is so full it's breaking the branches - and the > pears aren't ripe. We've probably got 2-3 weeks before they're ready to > eat. > > > > Will they ripen if we pick them now (and maybe put them in the sun or > something?). > > > > Or, do you have any suggestions with what to do with unripe pears? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Torey > > Salem, OR > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 There are some recipes that are better if you do it before the pear is fully ripe anyways. Poached Pears is one that springs to mind, that way the fruit doesn't break down into a mush...or you could do a pear version of apple sauce. Dennis -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 14934 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 16, 2007 Report Share Posted August 16, 2007 You can have the pears ripen on the tree if you prop the branches up with forked sticks from the ground to the underside of the branches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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