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Plum issues

Sue & Mutton

Sue & Mutton Posts: 125

July 2019 in Problem solving

Have my plums been got at? This otherwise healthy 2 year old tree was going to give us our first crop this year but I think they've all been nobbled. Plum 1 at the top - has an insect pierced it, laid it's eggs inside and this is the hardened juice running out? Plum 2 - scabby - keep or ditch. Many thanks

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fidgetbones Posts: 17,618

July 2019

Plum one appears to have a line so may have had something burrowing through it. Scabby fruit are Ok to eat, just the skin is not perfect.

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Sue & Mutton Posts: 125

July 2019

Hmmm, so ditch the weeping ones?

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Dovefromabove Posts: 88,147

July 2019

I’d use them for cooking
... cut them in half and remove the stone and cut out any dodgy looking areas. They’ll be fine. 😋

Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.

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Sue & Mutton Posts: 125

July 2019

Excellent, they've had a reprieve - thank you all :-)

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