Erm, Experts Say We Shouldn’t Keep Cucumbers In The Fridge And We Had No Idea

Saying that, cucumbers are highly sensitive to ethylene, which is a natural gas that causes the certain foods to ripen (and eventually spoil) very quickly. Therefore, botanically speaking, a ‘fruit’ is the seed-bearing product that grows from the ovary of a flowering plant or, in other words, a fruit is the plants’ way of spreading its’ seeds.