Does one bad orange spoil the whole bunch?!
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the answer is suppose to be yes for apples, but I'm wondering if the thick peels of oranges make a difference for the oranges that weren't in direct contact to the spoil orange.
Answers: I recently bought some oranges in a plastic bag and left them in the refrigerator too long and discovered that one of the oranges spoiled very badly and had the characteristic white fuzz on it and it was extremely mushing to the touch, and a few oranges that were on top of it were very soft to the touch(even though they did have white fuzz on them), however, the rest of the oranges in the bag were firm and healthy looking. Therefore, what I would like to know is: Should I keep the firm healthy looking oranges or should I throw them out with the rest of them? Also, according to this Yahoo Answer:
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the answer is suppose to be yes for apples, but I'm wondering if the thick peels of oranges make a difference for the oranges that weren't in direct contact to the spoil orange.
Yes, the mold will go from one orange to another. In the future, take them out of the plastic bag before you store them in the fridge. They'll last a little longer.
yes, they will spoil like apples if left together...it spreads from one to another
Yes it can
It begins to go bad aka rot and
the stench and decay of rotting orange is enough
to make all the rest of the bag join in on
the rotten trip to the trash can