How to best store fruit and vegetables

Wrapped in plastic, cucumbers will keep for a week in the refrigerator, but they cannot withstand freezing temperatures.

Most citrus fruits have a shelf life of a few days at room temperature, so you should keep them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. However, lemons should be stored in a bowl on the kitchen counter, separate from ethylene-sensitive fruits like bananas and avocados.

They will keep for a couple of weeks in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. If they have become limp, you can cut off the ends and let them stand for a couple of hours in cold water.

Keeps well for 4–6 days at approximately 8 degrees. Should not be stored with fruit and vegetables that produce ethylene, such as apples, pears and tomatoes.

Keeps for 2–7 days, depending on ripeness. Becomes brown in the refrigerator, so is best stored in a bowl on the kitchen counter.

Store at room temperature, not in the refrigerator. A ripe banana has beginning brown spots.

Keeps for up to a month in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.

Fresh beans last the longest (5–6 days) in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.

Rewrap and place in the refrigerator, where it can last for up to a couple of weeks. It will go bad quickly if stored with products that emit a lot of ethylene (including apples and tomatoes).

Keeps best at low temperatures. Excretes the substance ethylene, which promotes ripening and decay. Apples (and pears) can therefore affect the decomposition of other fruits and vegetables.

With the stem on, they will go limp in a few days. Remove the stem and place the carrots in a bag in the refrigerator. They will keep well for 2–3 weeks.

Keeps for up to six months in the refrigerator, and 3–4 weeks at room temperature.

Ginger can stay fresh for a couple of weeks in a plastic bag in the refrigerator, but can also be frozen.

Do not refrigerate the strawberries if you are going to eat them the same day. However, they can be refrigerated if you are going to use them the next day.

Do not refrigerate. A ripe kiwi can last for 3–5 days, while unripe ones will last a couple of weeks at room temperature.

Store in the refrigerator.

Should be stored dry. Avoid both plastic bags and refrigerators. Onions can last up to 6 months if stored dry and cool.

Store whole at room temperature, but refrigerate once cut.

Best stored in the refrigerator, at 7–10 degrees. Red and yellow peppers will last for a week, and green peppers will last up to twice as long.

Keeps for 4–5 days in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. Can also be chopped and frozen.

Should be stored in a cool, dark place at 8–10 degrees Celsius, but can become sweet in the refrigerator. If exposed to too much light, a toxin is formed that turns the potatoes green. The best storage is therefore in a cool cupboard or covered in a dry, cool cellar.

Keeps best at no more than 5 degrees in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. Then the shelf life is two weeks. Vegetables with soil should be stored in the refrigerator's vegetable drawer.

In the refrigerator at about 10 degrees, but separate from other fruit and vegetables because the pears secrete ethylene, which accelerates ripening and decay.

Place in the refrigerator.

Goes bad after just one day at room temperature, but can last for a week in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.

Repackage and place in the refrigerator.

Rinse the lettuce and let it absorb some moisture. Drain the water and place it in a bag in the refrigerator. You can also pinch off the leaves, rinse them thoroughly and store them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.

They last the longest (about a week) in the refrigerator, in the package you bought them in. They also keep well in a plastic bag in the refrigerator after you clean them. A little browning doesn't mean anything; it's a wound healing process caused by enzymes in the mushroom.

Fresh spinach should be stored in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. It will keep for about a week. Soft leaves will become crisp again if placed in cold water.

Place in the refrigerator, where they will keep for about a week.

Ripening stops in the refrigerator, where the tomatoes lose their flavor and aroma. They should therefore be stored in a bowl on the kitchen counter.

Spring onions will keep for about 10 days in a plastic bag in the refrigerator.

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