Products of the soil are beneficial for us. A few of us are sufficiently fortunate to be huge enthusiasts of them, as well! We don’t want rapidly crisp foods grown from the ground can go off. We’ve all had that snapshot of taking a look at a darkened banana. Avoid the inconvenience of squandered sustenance. Look at these helpful products of the food hacks and keep your fruit and vegetable fresher, longer.

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Practice food timing. Some fruit and veg last longer than others so at the start of your week, plan which you’ll need to use first. For instance, bananas strawberries and mushrooms won’t last as long as oranges, tomatoes, and spinach.

• If you really want to maximize the lifespan of your peppers, slice ’em up and pop them in a ziplock bag in the freezer.
• Wrap celery, broccoli and lettuce in foil before refrigerating.
• Berries are delicate. Try to avoid stacking them on top of each other, as they bruise and spoil easily.
• Most fruits emit ethylene gas, which speeds up the ripening process in other fruits and vegetables around them. This can be good if you want things to ripen but bad if you don’t. So remember to separate your fruit from your veggies.

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• Mushrooms are usually packaged in Styrofoam with plastic wrap, which is how they keep best in the fridge. It’s important to keep them sealed so if you’ve already opened your mushrooms, remember to replace a new film of plastic wrap to keep them fresh.
• Tomatoes are sensitive to the cold and can lose texture and moisture and taste from being put in the fridge. Keep them on the counter.
• Remember to store garlic in a dark, cool place.
• Keep potatoes at around 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Your basement is an ideal storage place.
• Similarly, apples also last longer in the fridge. You can even put a wet paper towel on top. This helps them retain crunchiness.
• On a counter, a lemon lasts around a week. In a ziplock bag in the chilled drawer of the fridge, however, they can last up to four weeks.
• An orange’s lifespan can be double if not triple by keeping them in the fridge.
• Bananas, despite popular belief, can be kept in the fridge to make them last longer. Don’t panic to find black skins, inside the bananas will be as fresh as ever!