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Strawberries are classic because you can dip them in a flowing chocolate fountain and make a dessert out of them. They are your win after a midnight refrigerator forage. You love them dearly and yet have been time and again disappointed by these very delicious fruits. It's a bit heartbreaking sometimes when you find a moldy strawberry. Strawberries, if neglected for a while, get covered with mold or a slimy substance that ruins them. It can happen only within a few days of purchase. Apart from losing out on a refreshment, you also lose your money. Flickr There is nothing worse than buying a batch of strawberries and having them go bad less than a handful of days later, right? Strawberries are not cheap when they're out of season! But you can stop worrying about them now. There are ways you can actually make the strawberries stay fresh for some days, even a week or two. Follow along! Read onto the NEXT page to see how to keep your strawberries fresh... The Krazy Coupon Lady So, basically, it is the mold spores and bacteria that ruin the strawberry fun for you. To fight this you can follow this simple, 4-step procedure: Pour 1/2 cup white vinegar and 2 1/2 cups of water in a bowl. Next, soak strawberries in this mixture for only a few minutes. And meanwhile, watch the water turn all grimy and ugly as the bacteria comes off of the strawberries. After that, dry the strawberries very thoroughly by using paper towels. you can choose to either put them in a salad spinner or let them dry in a colander. Either way, make sure that they get perfectly dried, or else you risk the mold spread again. Put the strawberries back in the refrigerator on top of paper towels. Read onto the NEXT page to see how to keep your strawberries fresh... The Krazy Coupon Lady Additionally, you can make sure they remain fresh by not removing the stem until the time of eating them. Normally, strawberries only last for about 3 to 7 days. If you purchase them at the grocery store and don't realize they've been sitting out for a while, you might have a very tiny window to actually eat the strawberries. Wikimedia Commons Read onto the NEXT page to see how to keep your strawberries fresh... Plus, if you notice a mold on one of the strawberries, you can prevent the rot from spreading by removing that single troublemaker immediately. Make sure to thoroughly check your strawberries before purchasing, to make sure you're not buying a package that has multiple moldy berries. Try some of these tips the next time you spot a mold on your strawberries. And may your strawberries last long! Flickr What tips do you have that you can share with us? SHARE these easy tips to help others save their fruit. You can check out the video below to see how to harvest and grow your own strawberries: