Re: [Aroid-l] Monstera fruits - when ripe?

From: Michael Pascall <mickpascall at hotmail.com> on 2009.08.06 at 07:25:01(19645) Steve , yes it takes 1 whole year for monstera fruit to ripen . You will notice the older fruits slowly drooping to nearly horizontal . The scales closest to the peduncle [base ] will start peeling off . This is the perfect time to pick . Wrap up in newspaper , and you can place in a plastic bag with a ripe banana to speed up ripening . This is so you can eat more than the few cms that ripen normally. Be careful not to peel off to many scales as the fruit may irritate your mouth. I used to have several fruits standing up in jars in the kitchen . And eat a little from each one mmmmmmm. Dissapointing when you find seed in the fruit as there is less flesh then . Actually very rare to get seeds . Michael Pascall, HTML +More Click Here View photos of singles in your area--_f7ca717e-9f9b-4d4f-832f-ff2d3e7dae37_----==============097897004564308751=

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