Keep bananas fresh for 18 days longer with crazy but simple food storage hack [Video]

Bananas often ripen only after a few days of being bought, meaning a whole batch has to be eaten quickly otherwise they turn brown and go mushy. 

However, it turns out that bananas should be lasting weeks without spoiling and that most people are storing them the wrong way as they should never be stored in a fruit bowl. 

The stems of bananas produce a plant growth hormone called ethylene gas, which helps the fruit go from hard green bananas to tender and sweet yellow bananas ready to eat, but this gas also causes them to begin ripening quickly. 

Apples, avocados, mangos, pears, peaches, and berries also produce ethylene gas, and when stored together the amount of ethylene gas produced will cause all of your fruit to begin rotting and will likely have to be thrown away before their time. 

However, Brenda Anderson, a farmer, cook and founder of Little Lost Creations, …