[DoreenMichele]

Other research teams are working on lettuce that wilts more slowly, bruise-resistant apples and potatoes and identifying the genes that determine how quickly grapes and blueberries shrivel.

Pro tip: Buy your grapes, take them home, rinse them and promptly remove them from the vine. They will last up to a week in the fridge if the plant they grew on isn't desperately trying to stay alive longer with zero hope of survival by feeding on the grapes.

[hackernudes]

Anecdote: I always keep my grapes on the vine unrinsed and they last more than a week.

[Etheryte]

What do you mean you don't buy grapes and then just eat all of them in one go? Interesting tip though, I know a fair bit about plants and gardening, yet this idea never occurred to me.

[aitchnyu]

IME the rot setting in from broken skin wins over the effects of vine consuming the nutrients.

[knowitnone]

Pro tip: you can grow your own grapes just by sticking a cutting in the ground. Super easy.

[phito]

The grapes I buy stay good for more than a week in the fridge without doing anything to them.