Will strawberries ripen any further once they are picked?

In my experience, they spoil. They won’t ripen once they’re picked.

Sorry but no. They will however rot, go mushy or grow white beards.

Sadly no, they must be on the plant in the sun to achieve full ripening.
I’ve had two dud watermelons in a row….bah!

@Coloma: So have I, wet and overripe, like a Renoir nude. They are taking up a huge amount of room annoyingly in my compost pile.

I know stone fruit (peaches and apricots) keep ripening. And tomatoes. And avocados. Do plums? Or pluots? What else can we think of?

Bananas
What is a pluot?

@gailcalled A cross between a plum and an apricot. And nix on the strawberries ripening.

@gailcalled

Mine have just become organic bowling balls, rolled deep into the forest for the critters. :-D

Thanks, all. I’m disappointed but not surprised.

And I know why they pick them so green. But still—who would ever want to buy them twice if they thought that’s what strawberries were really like?