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Damsons

Morning, we have a couple of heavily laden Damson trees and whilst the fruits are a good  colour they are still pretty firm.The intention is to use them for jam so should we leave them on the tree longer to allow them to ripen further?

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The best day to harvest damsons is the day before the wasps think they’re ripe 😉 

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





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