I just had to throw out a batch that I'd barely started.

I feel like there's already a few rotten ones hiding when you buy them

Always a few bad ones at the bottom, yep.
- Gotta throw the squishies before you get going

If I don't eat them immediately, I chop them and toss them in sugar. That stuff stays for a while and its great on everything.

Came here just to say this

If you wash berries of when you get home with white vinegar, they will last so much longer.

Genuine question, how do you wash raspberries? I feel like they get mushy if I wash and leave them, so I do it right before eating them.
Whoa. I wonder why. Do you know the science behind this?
- I read on it years ago, but I think it helps kill the mold spores.
  
  "It's not exactly that vinegar itself extends the life of berries. It's the fact that vinegar is so acidic that it kills or inhibits the growth of a lot of the bacteria and fungus, including mold, that may grow on berries, which makes the fruit last longer," explains Sean Brady Kenniff, EatingWell's senior digital food editor. (By the way, this same technique should work to clean just about any fruit, not just berries.)

dont wash strawberries until you are ready to eat them.

I started washing my strawberries with a little bit of vinegar, then storing them in a new container in the fridge. It's helped a lot
- Yes, this is the solution
- Haven't tried the vinegar yet but I store them in an air tight container and throw a bit of paper towel in there for good measure. Lasts at least a week.
wash...strawberries...

I've never heard anyone doing that
- You should absolutely wash everything you intend to put in your body. Not only are fruits and vegetables covered with things like pesticides, even when they are totally organic, they were probably fertilized with nitrates which are bad to ingest (and organic pesticides are a thing and not good for humans). And even if that isn't the case, they grow those things outside like on the ground. There is a reasonable chance at least one animal has pooped or peed on them.

I never buy Driscoll fruit (particularly strawberries and blueberries) for this very reason. When I used to work at a grocery store, half of the time the Driscoll fruits would be rotten already upon arrival to the store!

There are plenty of self-picking strawberry farms around here anyway. I can guarantee I have the freshest strawberries if I pick them myself.

Yep there's so many moldy ones already. I took pride in my work and made sure not to put them out for sale, but cannot say the same about some of my coworkers

Raspberries are worse.

"you have 10 millisecond-- too late!!!"
- Argh not again :s

you don't eat all of them within 15 minutes?

Also, freezing and smoothies later is a thing

I got some amazing strawberries in the summer and forgot about them in the freezer for many months. They were a little freezer burned, but I turned them into a SENSATIONAL sorbet, with some glucose syrup infused with mint leaves, a little lime juice, and a whisper of xanthan gum. I use this double-bowl method for making ice creams and sorbets.
- Whoa, sounds amazing, I'll have to try it!

I have a solution. But apparently I should eat more fruit.

Storing them in a sealed mason jar actually has them last way longer.

fresh is nice. good dried too