Bananas can go from green to mushy in the blink of an eye, but storing them correctly could make them last much longer – and it’s all to do with where you keep them

Bananas appear to be green one moment, and mushy and dark brown the next, leaving you with barely any time to properly enjoy them at their best, which can be seriously frustrating.

However, it turns out you’re likely storing them in the completely wrong part of your home, which is causing the fruits to spoil prematurely. So, if you feel like you’re throwing away bananas all the time, Amy Cross from The Cross Legacy on YouTube is set to help you save money on your shopping and guarantee you can properly enjoy your bananas after buying them from the shop.

The first point Amy made is you shouldn’t keep your bananas in a fruit bowl next to apples and oranges, as they will cause each other to go off more rapidly. She mentioned this approach works well if you’re attempting to “ripen rock-hard avocados”.

Amy explained must “store bananas three feet away from any produce,” and a hook is “the best way to hang” them. Just ensure you position it away from other produce.

Through the years, Amy also discovered organic bananas remain fresher for longer, which is useful information for those wanting their fruits to last as long as possible, because they’re not treated with chemicals.

She noted if bananas appear yellow and ripe when you’re purchasing them, it typically means that within a few days, you’re going to end up with some “black overripe bananas” on your hands. While this might be ideal for making banana bread, if that wasn’t your plan in the first place, it can be rather annoying.

Organic bananas will “ripen slower,” making them a worthwhile purchase.

Placing a seal over the banana stems stops ethylene gas from spreading, keeping your fruits fresher for considerably longer.

Amy then claimed she was going to “blow minds” as she revealed it’s actually far better to open your banana from the opposite end. You simply need to “pinch it, and it opens easily”.

Should you not wish to eat an entire banana in one go, she also suggested keeping the peel on, cutting it, and choosing to “store it in a glass jar” so you can return to the remaining half whenever you’re ready.

When bananas are “starting to go bad,” she pops them straight into the freezer, but noted she doesn’t “put them in as a solid banana”. Amy explained she typically “cuts them in longer slices, and then flash freezes them overnight”.

She described this as a brilliant way to make the most of your bananas, as they can be thrown into a blender for smoothies, and after sitting out of the freezer for a few minutes, you can “nibble on them”.

In the comments section, viewers heaped praise on her for the storage hack, noting that they’d “learned something new” from her video.

A further user commented: “Thanks for the tips. There’s always room for new ideas. A few years ago, I saw a vid, I think it was in a zoo, and the monkeys were opening the bananas from the other end like you just showed us, I figured then that they were obviously brighter than me, so since then I’ve been doing the same! and it’s far easier.”