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This makes logical sense (plants need carbon dioxide, which you exhale), but I’ve never tried it myself (from Dorie Greenspan):

“I know, it looks a little weird, kind of like a terrarium for lettuce, but it’s really a little bit of low-tech genius. It’s a terrific trick I learned from Michael Newburg, who grows the best, best greens at his Falls Brook Organic Farm. Put your fresh greens in a big plastic bag, gather up the neck, blow a little air, aka carbon dioxide, into the bag, then seal it up quick. If your greens are perfectly dry and really fresh (when Michael brings his to the Lyme Farmers Market, they’re only two-hours old), they’ll stay bright, firm and flavorful for at least a week like this. The only problem is the amount of space the puffed-up bag takes in the fridge — but scrambling for a few extra cubic-inches of room on the shelf seems a small price to pay for greens that stay great from market day to market day.”

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