Biyernes, Marso 14, 2014

Ripening banana using calcium carbide and madre de cacao


Materials:
1.Mature banana fruits (latundan) at different stage of maturity
2. Box
3. Madre de cacao leaves
4. Dried banana leaves
5. Calcium carbide


Procedure and Treatment
T1- Using 60 grams of CaC2/208 liter capacity container
       Wrap the required weight of CaC2 chunks with newspaper prints and place at the bottom of the container lined with newspaper prints and dried banana leaves. Fill the container with commodity. Seal the container tightly with 2 to 3 layers of the same materials and open only after 3 days
T2- Using Madre de cacao leaves.
*Store all the samples under ambient condition.
*Open all the container after 3 days and observe the changes in commodity.


  1. -We found out that using CaC2 the ripening of commodity is faster than using Madre de cacao.

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