• Question: why do apples rot?

    Asked by toxicboy to Ryan on 22 Jun 2015.
    • Photo: Ryan Cheale

      Ryan Cheale answered on 22 Jun 2015:

      Once an apple is picked it’s no longer attached to it’s energy source, i.e the tree. So the tree is no longer supplying it food ,water and energy so the cells begin to die and that’s what rotting is.

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