4 Tips on How to Select and Store Avocados

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4 Tips on How to Select and Store Avocados
You are often disappointed when buying avocados?

Though the avocado is one of your favorite fruit.

So how do I pick a good avocado?

Here are some tips that you can try to select and save the avocado:

Tips on Choosing Avocados

1. Avocados are for immediate use, select slightly soft avocados, which produce a gentle pressure on the skin.

2. If to be used within a few days, buy avocados are a little harsh. Then save the avocados at room temperature in order to mature.

3. Sign of irregular light brown is sometimes found on the outer shell. However, this sign generally has no effect on the avocado flesh.

4. Avoid avocados with dark sunken spots or irregular surface cracking or breaking because it is the signs of decay.

Because the avocado leaves contain substances that can prevent maturation of avocado, then the fruit will not ripen on the tree. Therefore, to begin the process of ripening avocados must be plucked from the tree.

Avocado Saving Tips

The best way to save is to leave the avocado tree, avocado can hold up to 7 months or more when left on the tree.

If you've bought an avocado, keep the following tips in the home are:

1. Avocados are kept below 4 degrees Celsius or above 22 degrees Celsius could make it to rot.

2. Note, however, also some avocado varieties can be damaged if stored at temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius.

3. Avocado will ripen at room temperature or about 15-22 degrees celcius.

4. Once ripe avocados can be stored at temperatures around 8 degrees Celsius.