ISLAMABAD -- While the Islamabad Capital Territory Administration is so proactive on social media and sharing its daily actions taken for the welfare of community, the fruit vendors are selling artificially
ripened fruits in the federal capital markets with impunity.
In response to the directions of the Commission, the Gujarat government has informed that a bridge has been completed now over the
Ripen River connecting the Kaneri village from all the roads.
Dr Ibrahim Adamu, Director, Public Health, Nasarawa State Ministry of Health, told NAN that chemicals used to
ripen fruits could affect the liver and kidney.
However, there are things you can do to help your tomatoes
ripen, either on or off the vine, says Hannah Stephenson.
Bring them in Once the cooler weather has set in, cut off whole trusses of the remaining fruits still attached to the connecting stem - you'll need to attempt to
ripen them indoors.
Ease offon watering the plants, which will encourage remaining fruits to
ripen.
However, since the hot weather is causing the grapes to
ripen earlier, they could start selling it on August 6.Climatic change has increased, resulting in agricultural problems, for which it is necessary to look for solutions, said Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matecna, as cited by the SITA newswire.
Do not store fruits and vegetables together as some fruits emit high levels of ethylene (the ripening agent) that prematurely
ripen and spoil surrounding vegetables.
Usually, gardeners collect unripe fruits and after putting them in a basket place a small amount of calcium carbide on them which increases the temperature in the basket and helps
ripen the fruits,' he said.
Assuming your tomatoes avoid blight, which is a fungal infection accelerated by moisture, you can use a number of techniques to
ripen them up.
HARVEST Mangoes picked before their optimum maturity may eventually
ripen, but will develop inferior flavor and aroma and may have a shortened shelf life.
If your tomatoes are still green, they need more warmth and sunshine to
ripen them.
Hyderabad: The High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad on Wednesday came down heavily on the indiscriminate use of banned chemicals to
ripen fruits and termed the practice as "worse than terrorism".
To know the reality behind artificial ripening of mangoes, M AIL T ODAY visited the Azadpur fruits market and found that calcium carbide is widely used to give the fruit a robust look, pulpiness and aroma and to subvert the period it takes for mangoes to
ripen naturally.
Recent studies using gas chromatography show that ethylene acts as a hormone to stimulate fruit to
ripen.
