Ripen Avocados in 24 Hours!

NO JOKE! In just 24 hours, you can get a green hard avocado ready to enjoy!

DirtFarmerJay compares 3 methods for ripening avocados - choose for yourself what approach you want to use!

This is the second episode on ripening avocados that we’ve offered, and we’ve received plenty of questions, comments, and viewpoints on how to get an avocado ready to use in the shortest possible time.

To provide an honest test, we bought 4 avocados of all similar sizes, colors, and hardness. They were all very green and ultra-firm - not ready to use at all!

We washed and labeled all of the fruits, and set one aside to provide a baseline. This avocado was simply placed on the counter in our kitchen, where the room temperature was about 68°F/20°C. The other three each had different methods used to attempt the hastening of ripening and all at the same room temp.

One was simply wrapped in plastic food wrap. Why? We’ve been asked many times if this is a viable approach, so we put it to the test. The result? It did NOTHING to help to soften the fruit, in fact, it appeared to impede it! The fruit that was simply left on the counter ripened faster than it did.

Another avocado was placed in a small brown paper bag, along with an apple, and the bag was rolled shut tightly. This method worked well, with the fruit beginning to noticeably soften at the 12-hour mark. When 24 hours had elapsed, the avocado was ready to go!

The last avocado was submerged fully in a tub of white flour. This method worked equally well as the paper bag and apple treatment. Like the paper bag approach, noticeable softening occurred at 12 hours, with full readiness being reached at 24 hours.

As an aside, we’ve been asked many times if this harms the flour. Nope. Assuming you’ve washed the fruit (as well as your hands!), there is no sanitary issue. And, the ethylene gas the avocado produces is a natural gaseous plant hormone that is plentiful in our environment and does not harm the flour - or you.

So, depending on your preference and what supplies you have on hand, either the submerged flour or paper bag/apple approach works very well. So, the next time you want to enjoy a dish with avocado and you can only find unripened fruit, you can be eating a great dish the next day.

Oh, what about the one wrapped in plastic wrap? It was ready to use in about 72 hours. And the one that we did nothing at all? At 48 hours on the counter, it was ready to enjoy.

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[marksherrill]

Wonderful. Just cut an avocado too soon. Have put it back together and put in a bag in the refrigerator. Will see if I can save it.

[williamwelch]

I used to work in produce, and I always make sure the stem is still in place when I buy avocados. It's like a cork in the avocado skin. If it's missing, the flesh of the avocado has already been exposed to outside air. Thanks for the video Jay

[suzyhazelwood]

Recently my local supermarket has been providing me with some weird avocados in my food orders that just never seem to ripen at all. So many have gone in the bin, they were like green rocks! So I had two out of five this time that weren't ripening and just happen to have a bowl of apples, so did the apple and brown bag thing... yayhay... it worked!!😁 🙌 I'd heard you could ripen avocados with bananas, but didn't realise apples worked too. Thanks for the tip!!👏

[daisylee]

Thank you so much I thought I tried but your insights Farmer Jay is fantastic - no more refrigeration’s which produced grey insides. I needed this video and I wasn’t even looking. So, thanks YouTube for sharing the Eggplant video of Jay Farmer

[edwinungerer]

Can we appreciate how good avocados are? Like there's seriously nothing better

[theresawheat]

I use a paper bag by itself and it works every single time. My grandfather had 400 acres of avocado groves in South Florida before hurricane Andrew hit and was working for the agriculture department . He always said to ripen them in paper bags. Overnight or for 2 days. It works. It amazes me how complicated everyone makes everything.

[etm]

I have a question, and my husband is not available at this moment to answer this question. He is from Haiti and he grew avocados in his yard. Often times, when we buy avocados, and we let them ripen, they don't really ripen. He says those were picked too soon. If you pick them too soon, there's a point at which if you picked in that soon they will not ever ripen. I would like to know how to tell that. I would like to know how to steer clear of avocados that are not going to ripen ever.

[maryloudelossantos]

Thank you for sharing your video. Tips are valuable & helpful.

[stewartbruce]

Simply a brilliant tutorial, coupled with your delightful personality. Can I use beach sand, or is it the ethlene gas that flour has in it? Thanks for your presentation and all the best to you and family from New Rochelle N.Y.

[marrissagonzales]

Thanks for your awesome info, I will try those two the one in flour and the other one with apple.

[BrendaGomes-hmqm]

Good to know about adding the apple my Mom just put paper bag in dark pantry closet door closed approx 24hrs

[lindaharris]

Thank you I really enjoyed this information God bless 😊

[cynforrest]

Great test. Fun n useful. I ❤️❤️❤️ avocados! Thanks Jay

[juliegray]

Can I use a smaller container to cover with flour? Also, thank you for all the information 😊

[losscookie]

Hello, My question is in the flour does it have to be in a large plastic bucket or can it just be in something air tight maybe a jar or smaller container ?

[kenpearce]

Have a sudden urge to pick up some avocados on my next trip to the market! 👍🏻

[boysen]

Great video thanks for putting it out. Have you ever tried the paper bag but with no apple, just the avocado itself ? As far as I know the avocado emits ethylene on its own so was wondering if that would be enough

[tiffanytiffany]

Thanks for the video. I really needed this💯💯

[monjulia]

Great video! It got mixed up when it was described wrong #2 avocado was the apple and bag and #4 was the flour. In the demo of slicing it the numbers got switched but it is obvious the man's a pro @ removing those pits and really helpful info

[FrantasticFacials]

That is really great info. I've always done the paper bag, but will have to try with an apple in there. Curious if a banana would have the same effect. Now I'm going to wrap them in plastic wrap if I don't want them to ripen too quickly! Thanks!