Take one down from the bundle, also called the bunch or hand.

When harvesting bananas, you want either a stalk that is already ripening, i.e., yellow, or a stalk that is still green but has stopped growing. When this is the case the flower is usually dying and the bananas themselves have plumped out of their young rectangular shape.

Prematurely picked bananas that have not had time to ripen don't taste very good; they can taste slimy and strange.

These bananas are ready to Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Nov 27, When Bananas Usually Ripen Bananas require a warm climate in order to grow, and they are quite sensitive to cool temperatures.

The entire process to ripen a banana, specifically a dwarf banana. Use a knife to cut the light green, almost ripe bananas from the tree.

Prematurely picked bananas that have not had time to ripen don't taste very good; they can taste slimy and strange.

Hang the fruit in a cool and shaded place to allow them to ripen completely. You achieve a better flavor this way than letting them tree ripen all the way. The bananas will turn yellow, b tree remove visualization or red, depending on the variety, when they are totally ripe.