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I don't spend much time at all unless it "feels" like there's something I need to really wash off. I admit that sometimes I don't even wash my fruit. :S

I don't wash it for very long at all. I went to a friends and we made dinner together, she asked me to wash and cut some veggies, and I could tell she was uncomfortable with my short washing time. But I just don't worry about those things.

Hardly any time at all. I'm am pretty eh about these things. But I have started washing LO's stuff with the vegetable/fruit spray so I spend more time if it is something she eats.

Just rinsed two nectarines... for like five seconds? Maybe? I do the same for apples...

Just a few seconds under running water then towel off for me also.

A few seconds!

I also rarely wash fruit. Unless I'm making it for someone else, then I'll wash it.

It depends if they're organic or not. If it's organic, I sometimes don't even wash it, or just rinse it and wipe with a paper towel

If it's not organic, I will wash it with a produce wash.

@mrbee: yeah I know I'm bad like that. It's usually if I'm in a hurry, like walking out the door. Otherwise I at least rinse it.

I just give them a quick rinse.

I'm well aware that I am a lazy fruit washer, so I bought some fruit wash spray thinking I would turn around my awful 3-second rinse fruit washing habits, but the bottle is still under the kitchen sink and I've never used it:(

i'll wash it real quick then wipe it off good with a paper towel...
Unless it's a bunch of grapes...grapes are dusty and weird and need fruit spray.
This is a new thing for me (washing fruit at all). I used to not care but then I got married and DH is a major germophobe.

I'm nuts when it comes to washing produce. I have a little brush and spray veggie/fruit cleaner on it and rub it with the brush then thoroughly rinse. Leafy greens get soaked with water and the cleaner and then rinsed. I'm a clean freak in general but I'm extra cautious with greens because sometimes there is sand or dirt or bugs trapped in there!

We disinfect all unpeelable fruits and vegetables by placing them in a bowl with water and a few drops of an iodine solution, for 10 minutes. Then again, I live in Mexico.

I only wash peelable fruit if a knife is going through it (i.e., oranges, bananas, watermelon, etc.). Not very long under the water spray, but I usually try to rub as I'm washing.

I wash hand fruit (apples, pears, peaches, etc) and veggies in a stream of water or a colander.

I've recently taken to washing berries in a 1-10 mixture of vinegar and water (half a cup of vinegar and 5 cups of water in a bowl) because it really does prolong the life of the berries. I would do it for hand fruit but the setup time makes me lazy :P.

a few seconds under the faucet then dry with a paper towel!

@mrbee: Err, 10 seconds sounds like a thorough cleaning to me!! Mine get a quick rinse under the faucet and that's about it... oops.